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

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"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.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%.

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

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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

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From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Earning the Seal will only deepen our future work in building a richly diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus. The Seal of Excelencia is a symbol of that commitment.

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Pride in the Halls

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The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

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The health and safety of our colleagues and our students to put at the forefront. A long-overdue spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion shining on all of our operations. Morrison and her parents, Pat and Sandy Koerner, after her hooding ceremony at Montana State University in 2018. There are regulatory matters to consider.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

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So while student affairs and campus safety, and again, university communications may take the lead in responding to a particular incident, it's critical that all institution leaders have this baseline understanding of the current flashpoint landscape. That certainly, those conversation happening on a very regular basis.