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An Equity and Access Champion

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educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Another is “Culturally Responsive Mentoring: a Psychosociocultural Perspective on Sustaining Students of Color Career Aspirations in STEM,” which she is co-authoring.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.” Equity, familia and servingness are woven into the college’s leadership, programs and services to foster success for all students. In that same time period, the retention of full-time Latinx students increased 3.9%.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

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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. Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. See “A View from the Founders,” July 11, 2019) To Mr. Matthews, I say — MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. White House Honoree, Jan.

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Futuristic Scholar Looks to Change the World

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communication, University of Southern California Career mentors: Dr. Rudy P. Each of my projects has an overarching umbrella: community, technology, justice, equity, and media,” says Agloro. “I Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.A., public & private sector organizations, Brown University; M.A., Guevarra, Jr.,

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Lifting As They Climb

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Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. It’s kind of like the grandfather, the father, and the son,” says Banks.

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As Decision Day Looms, Colleges Try to Boost Minority Enrollment

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million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds. The organizers make sure that there are a diverse group of mentors and accommodate requests from potential students to be matched with a mentor of the same background. But institutions are under pressure, too.