Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.” The program has three areas of interest.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We I always tell people you have to learn how to work hard.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It Students, she says, felt isolated in engineering because they were often the only Black students in some of their classes. It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Howard says he’s blown away when he meets K-12 schoolteachers who have followed his career and who praise his scholarship. He says he thought that, after earning the degree, he might return to the Compton school district to work as a curriculum coordinator or literacy specialist. But I say, ‘you’re on the frontlines,’” he says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million. Since then, the number of scholarships has significantly increased, which has brought increased diversity. “In UMGC is open access, which means there are students from different backgrounds and preparation levels.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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