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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. Since launching in 2016, the program has grown, with its list of partner schools expanding and new Virginia Tech departments taking part.

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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is collaborating with Dr. Dalia Stern of the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública to lead the study. “We Farland has been collaborating with the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública since 2016, including using data from the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. Dr. Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs.

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North Carolina Behind in Goal for Educational Attainment; Calls for Greater Student Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But by 2016, Allen decided to return to school and complete her education. With those funds, she was able to enroll at Blue Ridge Community College as a human services technology student, on track to graduate this May. Holden added that this effort will take collaboration from all sectors, not just education and policy.

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. We have the human capital to prepare students [for] these roles.”

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How Active Minds Speakers Can Help You Create Lasting Mental Health Change

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In 2016, she gained national notoriety after sharing her story of resilience and perseverance in her viral testimony “Don’t Quit, Anything Can Happen” video with over 900k views. Collaborating with Active Minds and MTV Entertainment, Brandon’s contributions have created a national youth mental health peer support campaign called A.S.K.