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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Moses, who served as her faculty adviser and co-chair of her dissertation committee. Her research is groundbreaking,” says Moses. “It

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

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DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. Jessica’s scholarship is widely acclaimed and her contributions to the field of education have been significant.

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Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

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Diversity of the US Public Health Workforce Pipeline (2016-2020): Role of Academic Institutions ,” developed by researchers at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) looked at public health student diversity from 2016-2020 using a Diversity Index (DI).

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

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Faculty and staff serving Indigenous students at PWIs must be aware of the varying institutional contexts and how students navigate and experience their educational pathways. However, TCU students often transfer to PWIs to continue their education or engage in bilateral mobility between TCUs and PWIs while working toward degree requirements.

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Examples of Excelencia

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Assistant professor and program coordinator Eleisha Moreno, who has worked with EAP since 2016, says this recognition from Excelencia in Education is validating. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. are Hispanic. GPA and a persistence rate of 94.4%.

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Scholarship America Announces New Trustee Angel B. Pérez

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Scholarship America , the nation’s leading nonprofit scholarship and educational support organization, is pleased to announce that Dr. Angel B. As a first-generation student who grew up in poverty, a scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend college and live an extraordinary life,” said Pérez. About Scholarship America ®.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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