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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. from Duke University in 2017. “I

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. for students who entered in 2017. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. Byrne is intent on increasing Macaulay’s already high graduation rate of approximately 80%, which continues to rise even as the number of Pell Grant recipients has risen. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.

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Accountability Group

Clair Kamp Dush

For me, that is getting my grants and publications written, revised, and submitted. This group has helped me become more productive, and has given me peer mentoring and support through some of the most trying times of my career. We count our achievements, like paper and proposal submissions, reviews completed, and grants awarded.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

They mentor and supervise UIA Fellows, convene student success teams, and ensure organizational accountability for their presidents and chancellors. • The UIA Liaisons are the driving force behind our day-to-day efforts. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

They mentor and supervise UIA Fellows, convene student success teams, and ensure organizational accountability for their presidents and chancellors. • The UIA Liaisons are the driving force behind our day-to-day efforts. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership.