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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. Colleges looking to expand resources for formerly incarcerated students need to know that help is available and collaboration is essential.

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Engineering a Path for the Forgotten: Meet the Professor Transforming Transportation Access - Dr. Kyung "Kate" Hyun

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hyuns determination to include the human-being in transportation engineering makes her scholarship stand out, says Dr. Vistasp Karbhari, professor of civil engineering, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and past president at UTA. We collaborate by looking at the same transportation problems in different ways.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. Moores work has focused on closing opportunity gaps, increasing access to quality education, and addressing systemic barriers that disproportionately affect marginalized groups. With a budget of approximately $1.8

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Lopez Named Accessibility Services Director at Hudson County Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). She will lead and support our accessibility and accommodation programs for students and employees.

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Anthropologist to Lead the University of La Verne

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and master’s in sociomedical sciences and anthropology as well as a master's in human rights, all from Columbia University. Mahdavi holds a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College. She earned a Ph.

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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. FAMILY-SCHOOL COLLABORATION MATTERS. Formal policies and strategies must be in operation in schools to build home-school collaborations. EXPERIENCES MATTER. It is often intuitive.

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Rural Higher Ed Institutions Team Up to Boost Community Resilience and Economic Mobility for Rural Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, rural-serving institutions often do not have the same access to state funding, infrastructure, and human resources as other institutions to provide innovative and responsive programs and supports for rural learners.