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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities. “My and she received a 2019 Graduate Peer Mentor Award at University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, among others.

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BMCC Grad Looks to Make Restaurants More Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On a Friday night in 2019, Gesy Duran prepared to dine at an Italian restaurant with her wife. Gesy Duran poses with her invention to solve wheelchair access issues when dining out. It’s accessible for me,” she said. She was excited for the special occasion. I didn’t do anything besides that. "How And I cried.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jeff Strohl, director of CEW and lead author of “ Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective and Open-Access Institutions Prior to the End of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action.” Hispanic/Latino enrollment almost doubled Hispanic/Latino, increasing by about 50,000, at selective institutions from 2009 to 2019.

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Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Starts with Culture First, Then Asks Questions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McMillan Cottom’s second book, THICK: And Other Essays, was published in 2019. The Amazon best-seller won the Brooklyn Public Library’s 2019 Literary Prize. She is specifically interested in digital sociology, considering how access to technology has or has not impacted access to quality education.

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Fielding to Honor Mason as 2024 Marie Fielder Medal Recipient in Washington, D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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College Affordability Remains Out of Reach for Immigrants of Color Throughout Generations

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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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Dr. Peiyin Hung, University of South Carolina

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hung was named a Breakthrough Research Star at University of South Carolina in 2023 and a National Rural Health Association Policy Fellow in 2019.