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Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era

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Aikin Regents Endowed Chair at The University of Texas at Austin, he mentored hundreds of administrators who went on to leadership positions at community colleges across the country. In 2013, Bumphus was awarded the Diverse Champions award by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

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From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. Creating an opportunity for students to share their full selves in a mentoring space is important,” said Griffin. “I

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After a Successful Tenure, Hauser Prepares to Pass the Torch

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That’s how Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser became president of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in 2013. Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser “It’s a lesson for our students: surround yourself with good mentors who remember you uttering something to the universe, and be careful what you wish for, it could happen” says Hauser.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

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Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. In addition, gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality (ACCT, 2018).

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

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Specifically, it was a 2013 keynote speech that Cummings gave for the Black Policy Conference held at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. Title: Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Tenured: No Age: 33 Education: B.A., English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., Congressman from Maryland.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

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Patterson-Stephens guided the development of CMU’s first strategic plan for diversity since 2012 and reinstated the Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance, which had remained inoperable since 2013. Throughout her career, she continues to teach and she also serves as a mentor to several generations of students.”

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. “One