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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.

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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. As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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Dr. Martha Enciso Wins NASPA's 2023 Mena Valdez Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martha Enciso, associate vice president of student affairs at California State University, Fullerton, has won the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA) 2023 Mena Valdez Award. Enciso is the 10th winner of the award and the first from CSUF.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

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There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. The program] was so impressive, it helped with retention and graduation, says James. Since then, the program has spread to all but one CUNY campus.

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CSU Awards $4.6 Million to Advance Black Student Success

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It will help fund programs and projects that meet recommendations outlined in the Black Student Success report released in June 2023. The report re-evaluates supports for Black students and addresses trends in low Black student enrollment, retention, and graduation rates.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. EAB surveyed more than 60 student affairs leaders and analyzed 100 institutions’ student affairs organizational charts to learn how the student affairs reporting structure is changing to reflect today’s needs.