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JULY 2, 2024

The Marie Fielder Medal for Social Transformation is an annual signature award bestowed by the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Social Innovation, recognizing lifetime achievements toward supporting educational access and success. "I I am humbled to receive this year's Marie Fielder Medal.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

One of the core goals of the program – it was launched in 2019 – is to diversify museum staff, which then may affect museum curation, said Dr. Valerie Paley, Senior Vice President and Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. The program also offers non-traditional students an accessible and affordable pathway into the field, Puras said.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

The global challenge of access to higher education means that its life-changing impact in terms of opening minds, improving employment and earnings remain out of reach for many. The inaugural class of this program commenced in 2019. In 2017, a partnership was forged between the University of the People and the University of Edinburgh.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

The leader of a Native American higher ed student access organization was recognized and commended by the Bank of America as a Neighborhood Builders Social Equality Awardee (NBSE). leaders awarded by the bank for working to strengthen social equality and economic opportunity.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We In the wake of the COVID pandemic, where so many researchers pivoted to Zoom to share their scholarship during webinars, Burt thought that he needed to create a new way to make his research more accessible to others outside of the academy.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The Department continues to work to strengthen accessible pathways for educators whose diversity reflects the rich culture of our students and communities.” Although most school and district leaders are white, most of the P-12 student population (56%) are not, according to New York State’s 2019 Educator Diversity Report.

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MAY 12, 2023

The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers. medical school applicants and matriculants between 2014 and 2019.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Denise Forte The tests – given October-December 2022 – found that average scores for 13-year-olds declined in reading (4 points) and in math (9 points) compared to the last assessment, which was given during the 2019–20 school year. The scores also saw a decrease, 7 points in reading and 14 points in math, when compared to a decade ago. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sophia Rahming As a result of her work, class withdrawals and the number of students failing and having to repeat courses — particularly in STEM-related courses — have dramatically declined since she took the helm of the program in 2019. At FSU, the program has also worked to increase access to STEM majors. “My

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JUNE 24, 2024

Hardrick, who has been in the role since 2019, previously served as vice provost for access and success at Florida International University and assistant vice provost for academic affairs at Baylor University.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

For example, Child Care Access Means Parents in School provides federal funding for campus-based childcare programs. Data in “The Almanac” indicates that just 1% enrolled in 2019-20 lived on campus. It would also expand financial aid access for student parents to account for the true costs of attending college.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The widening racial disparities between Blacks and whites is dramatic, noted Ladson-Billings, who pointed out that in 2019, about 30% of Black children lived in poverty, with 1 and 4 Black children facing severe food insecurity.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

percent dip in overall faculty head counts between fall 2019 and fall 2021. institutions down 70% from 2019 to 2020. For students, variable class offerings in both modality and timing, along with online resources they can access on their own schedule, is vital to helping them succeed in the classroom and earn their degree.

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MARCH 15, 2023

College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. The institutions are open-access, affordable, and conveniently located. Dr. George R. attend them.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Dr. Grace Alexis Stephens Generations College boasts a 120-year rich legacy of providing accessible and high-quality education to campus-based and online students from diverse backgrounds across 40 states.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Enabling critical research and technological access can be the key to sovereignty for communities of color. In studying reproductive justice, she received the Birthworkers of Color full spectrum doula training in 2019, which allowed her to become part of the doula community and learn about their specific needs. “I

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MARCH 27, 2024

When Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar first got the call in 2019 to proofread scripts for accuracy in Julian Fellowes’ new series The Gilded Age on HBO, she was surprised. Through the third-party feedback the institutional leaders receive from the coaches, the HBCUs are able to nimbly pivot to meet student needs.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. But despite their efforts to increase access and opportunity for all, equity gaps remain. “We

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AUGUST 7, 2024

There is great concern that African American student enrollment is reported to have declined by 29% from 2011 to 2019, representing a decrease of 600,000 persons. Harvey serves as Distinguished Scholar at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity in Washington, D.C. Dr. William B.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

high school graduates in 2019 (40%) had completed precalculus/mathematical analysis. This requirement change-up is a move towards increasing accessibility at Wentworth, Sontgerath said. We're saying: 'Come to us, and we'll get you ready for the calculus and physics sequence here at Wentworth.'"

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In 2019, following the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship Breakfast in Miami, I observed attendees gathering around one of the honorees, actor Danny Glover. However, my attention was drawn to the man accompanying him, Bob Moses, who went largely unrecognized by many.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

of overall students in 2019. Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia allow students in-state tuition access regardless of citizenship. The reported noted that more than 408,000 undocumented students are enrolled in post-secondary education, representing about 1.9% of all post-secondary students.

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JULY 6, 2023

Who are working hard every day to ensure that all students, regardless of their color, have access to public education that's honest, that's inclusive. Morgan State University in Baltimore, for example, reported a 58% increase in undergraduate applications in 2021 compared to 2019.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. In doing so, they are complicit in reinforcing racist and oppressive power dynamics that contribute to inequality in higher education access.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

2019) found that academic engagement and psychological capital resources were significant antecedents of academic performance among university students. The impact of DEI programs on student success Recent research continues to demonstrate the positive effects of diversity and inclusion initiatives on student outcomes.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Team NEO, in its 2019 Aligning Opportunities Report, zeroes in on the talent shortage facing three sectors of the economy — IT, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our region has a large healthcare industry with a significantly unmet employment demand exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

The overall context of poverty in which homelessness usually occurs brings with it a steady barrage of stressful conditions including lack of access to adequate nutrition and healthcare and unsafe, often overcrowded living conditions. California is a microcosm of homelessness for community college students.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

If the information we put out isn't accessible to and useful for California's diverse communities, we won't have succeeded.” Now, the organization has released a brief about that experience and how the state of California can learn from it to continue integrating UCD into its own upcoming California Cradle-to-Career Data System (C2C).

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JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. Undocumented students make up nearly 10% of Oglethorpe’s degree-seeking student body. As the scholar advisor to TheDream.US

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Department of Education’s 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS:20). Immigrant students and their descendants face many barriers that limit their access to and success within the postsecondary system. i In 2015-16, just 30% of students were immigrants or children of immigrants. for three or more generations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. The beauty of bell’s work was that it was so accessible, it was not contained in the academy,” said Malaklou.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Currently, 60.1%

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JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. After it was first launched at GateWay Community College in 2019, we expanded the model to several colleges and our District Office, with the goal of system-wide utilization by the end of 2023.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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MARCH 10, 2023

Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Enrollment decreases are partly due to the exodus of Puerto Rican residents after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the earthquakes, which started rumbling in late 2019 and culminated in two quakes on Jan.

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APRIL 30, 2024

In 2019, however, the system was awarded the National Seal of Excelencia by the nonprofit Excelencia in Education. Austin Community College District (ACC), for instance, was first recognized as an HSI in 2011, The designation is not, however, all that notable in and of itself.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

years from 2019 to 2021. Lee explains how some of her students live in rural areas “not having access to hospitals nearby … not even just having running water. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that while life expectancy in the U.S. years was equal to the life expectancy of the total U.S. population in 1944.

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