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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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The Case for IES Postsecondary Studies: What NPSAS and BPS Tell us About College Affordability and Student Outcomes

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

In c ontrast , students who did not receive a Pell Grant c an typically afford to spend about $5,000 more on college costs, after accounting for grants and scholarships. Among students with unmet need in 2019-2020 school year: 40% reported taking out student loans, nearly twice the rate of students without unmet need (21%).

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Museum Studies Program Seeks to Diversify the Field

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fundamentally, I want my scholarship to matter to people's lives and to do that, it's really helpful if I don't lose sight of how people are living.” 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.

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Hardrick Steps Down as Florida Memorial President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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New Video Series Showcases Research on Black Males Navigating and Succeeding in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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