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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.”

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Dr. Claudine Gay’s Resignation from the Harvard Presidency Possibly Saved Her Life

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black women who aspire to and ultimately achieve an institutional presidency will always have a tough road due to institution-sanctioned violence, a concept Nadrea Njoku and I wrote about in 2018. We protect and defend what we value and respect and for a moment this appeared to be the case as faculty and students rallied around Gay.

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Fat On Campus: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One student described the difficulty of needing to fit into a chair with an attached and non-adjustable desk by talking about the lack of back support and how squeezing into the chair cut into their stomach. Another student described a similar seating arrangement and how the seat “pushes you against the table, it hurt(s).”

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. There was also a standing committee on LGBTQ student needs that the student affairs office had, which did as much as they could within the confines of the administration,” he says. The opposite is true for Leyva.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%.

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Preparing for a government shutdown

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Given past experience, including the 35-day shutdown in 2018, the work of most faculty, students, and staff should not be seriously hindered, and patient care will continue without interruption. Faculty, staff, and students should plan to continue normal operations for the foreseeable future.