Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S. and graduate 19%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The two will be part of the program’s eighth cohort – they will be enrolled August 2023 – with participants from 36 countries and 121 universities. Schwarzman Scholars will be part of a one-year, fully-funded master’s degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College on the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Johnson is currently the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity at Johns Hopkins University. In this new role, he is expected to guide policy research at the assessment organization with the goal of advancing equitable access to quality education and fair assessment for learners. Dr. Odis Johnson Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

psychology and theatre performance, University of Evansville; MFA, theatre pedagogy, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Ph.D., psychology and theatre performance, University of Evansville; MFA, theatre pedagogy, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Ph.D., Theater tickets are free to all who are interested.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. If we work together to expand access to science and engineering for Black boys and males, we will begin to better utilize the brilliant, diverse talent in our country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. But the mentoring program proved to be just one piece of the puzzle.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

We see how introductory courses like Calculus play a unique role as a gateway or barrier for racially minoritized students in terms of access to STEM majors and careers,” he says. “We Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. mathematics, Rutgers University; Ed.M., Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

These disparities are not just a matter of personal hardship but are indicative of systemic issues that need addressing to ensure equitable access to education for all. Strengthening community-based programs that proved mentoring, tutoring, and college preparatory resources can help African American men succeed academically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit driving workforce and education transformation, in partnership with the University of Phoenix released the report “Professional Social Capital: A Key to Black Economic Advancement.” Connections, networks and resources help people understand, access and navigate educational systems and the labor market.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., Be open to change and new directions as a teacher, scholar, advisor, and mentor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Fewer women pursue careers in physics than biology, according to a new Rice University study. Past studies have shown issues with women being excluded from professional networks because of their gender, being penalized for motherhood, and not having sufficient access to mentoring. Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Herbert S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Marybeth Gasman, one of the report’s authors and the executive director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions and the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Endowed Chair at the university. That’s why professional development and mentorship play a critical role in fostering a diverse and dynamic faculty at MSIs.” Dr. Cheron H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

Johnson, an associate professor and director at the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education, shines a light on an often-forgotten subset of students. Dr. Jennifer Geiger, an associate professor in the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago, agreed. Dr. Royel M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. He did not have mentors until he propelled himself back to college at age 32.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. Ford, EHE Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, said that she is impressed by this effort. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. He went to the dean of the College of Education at Central Connecticut State University and said, “I need help, or I’m out.” His story illustrated the need for comprehensive advising with an essential focus on access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Now, with her sights set on attending a university, the question was which one, and how much money would they offer Patterson-Stephens so that she could attend? “I She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university. Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. There is a structured approach to CAMP, which exists at colleges and universities around the U.S., The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. are Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

The University of North Florida (UNF), by example, has shuttered several on-campus centers, including the LGBTQ Center. The University of Texas at Austin closed its Gender and Sexuality Center, transferring some of its activities and services to the university’s Women’s Community Center, which UT then closed in May.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T – is the longest serving chancellor in the University of North Carolina System and among the U.S.’s A&T – is the longest serving chancellor in the University of North Carolina System and among the U.S.’s A&T) Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Throughout the 2022-2023 academic year the scholars in their respective Higher Education Administration/Student Affairs master’s programs will fully emerge in their academic programs along with professional development, mentoring, and a research study on graduate student identity and The Black Lives Matter movement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Although contingent faculty may be equally good teachers as tenured faculty, their positions might limit them as mentors for students of color. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Creating an opportunity for students to share their full selves in a mentoring space is important,” said Griffin. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

The beauty of bell’s work was that it was so accessible, it was not contained in the academy,” said Malaklou. Dr. Felecia Commodore is an associate professor in the department of educational foundations and leadership at Old Dominion University. My non-Black colleagues — my white colleagues — cannot go, and it’s not a thing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: CRT Forward Project Director, UCLA School of Law, and Lecturer of Law, University of Southern California Tenured : No Age: 34 Education: B.S., John’s University; LL.M., John’s University Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “You belong here.” legal studies, St. UCLA School of Law; and J.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., international affairs, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S., geography and environmental resources, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; and Ph.D., Are they young children?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

This year’s American Council on Education (ACE) Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award honors Dr. Richard Helldobler, the president of William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Helldobler holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Toledo as well as a master’s in speech and theatre and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. Gonzalez had an internship that took her to the Czech Republic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Glenn Youngkin has announced an initiative to address learning loss through a tutoring partnership between the Urban League of Hampton Roads and Greater Richmond and four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The program will pay HBCU students to be tutors and mentors to high school and middle school students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

And he is doing his part as director of policy and advocacy in California at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent, nonprofit research and policy organization. Now it’s not all doom and gloom,” he continues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Conway-Turner, who grew up in a small town in Missouri, said her journey mirrors that of many of the students at Buffalo State University (part of the State University of New York system). She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Kansas, also a public institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

The students will have access to mentoring, networking opportunities, and advising, internship, and volunteer healthcare experiences through a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) at the UCR medical school. CMSP has four RHHOs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

The first cohort of fellows — whose projects ranged from a first-of-its-kind campus accessibility ranking to a digital zine examining the intersection of anti-Blackness, fatphobia, ableism , and incarceration — gathered at SFSU for a month-long workshop in July 2023. universities using data provided by around 250 surveyed students.

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