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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

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The organization focuses on advancing racial and social justice, fostering equity of opportunity, building resilient communities, and delivering world-class philanthropy. Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9 Founded in 1975, SDF has granted $1.8 billion to strengthen the San Diego community.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

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According to the analysis, while 13 percent of community colleges nationwide have at least 40 percent Black enrollment, only 5 to 7 percent of community colleges receiving CCAMPIS funding between 2017 and 2022 had similar Black student representation.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership.

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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

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Valerie Kinloch Kinloch does the work in her leadership role as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of University of Pittsburgh’s (UPitt) School of Education, a position she has held since July 2017. In that time, Kinloch said she has strived to bolster equity and justice at the school. Smith University. is bad,” Kinloch said.

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Women's Educational Equity Takes On Technology

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“While American women have advanced in the last 175 years, we haven’t come close to achieving equity,” said Laura Rebell-Gross, senior managing director of Girls’ Education with the Student Leadership Network, a nonprofit organization working for educational equity.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

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The evolution of how end-users obtain and utilize information spurred a new movement in education that LeiLani Cauthen described in her 2017 book, The Consumerization of Learning. Consequently, renormalizing consumer expectations for end-user experiences.

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Achieving the Dream Names 23 Colleges as Leaders in Student Success; Bellevue College Among Honorees

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Among the honorees is Bellevue College, which earned its first Leader College designation since joining the ATD Network in 2017. Recipients must demonstrate improvement in three or more student outcome metrics, including completion or transfer rates, and show reduced equity gaps for at least two student groups.