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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The prison education program as a whole has had more than 400 students since 2022, composing a mix of both incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people and Marquette undergrads, though the program’s origins stretch back to 2015, Wheelock said. It is collaborating with UW-Madison’s own prison education program towards that aim.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. Since 2015, 64 students, 93.75% of whom are Latino, have been placed in internships. “I

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Mālama Pono: Rebellious Teacher Preparation Through Hānai Pedagogy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Today, there are only 2,000 native speakers , but a 2015 Hawaii State Data Center census reported that 5.7% Hnai is lelo for adopted kin and is an acronym for the pedagogical practices that are rooted in critical mentoring that emerged from this study: Hands-on Activities. Navigation. Authenticity.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HISPA’s Leadership Workshop was developed in 2012 in collaboration with the Governor’s Hispanic Fellows Program and sponsored and overseen by the New Jersey Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development. In 2015, it received The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics’ Bright Spot in Hispanic Education honor.

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Student Success, Retention, and Employability – Getting Digital in a High Tech, High Touch Environment

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

When I was in graduate school, my mentor used to talk to me about the challenges of creating a “high tech, high touch” environment in higher education. In 2015, Tim Bounds, Senior Director of Strategic Operations for the Division of Student Affairs at Duke University, wrote about the need for a “ well-rounded student information system.”

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New Book Traces Shirley Chisholm’s Radical Embrace of Black Feminism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By refusing to stand on the sidelines, never letting others define her limits, and daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm embodied the American spirit,” Obama said in 2015, when he presented Chisholm with the Medal of Freedom posthumously at a ceremony held at The White House. Curwood was published by The University of North Carolina Press.

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

The University Innovation Alliance

She's consulted for years with a leadership coach and four mentors, and she mindfully embraces a rhythm of self-care: "Every meeting that I am in, that individual expects me to be at my very best. And to be at my best, I must take care of myself.