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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson and a few other African American students came together and created a list of recommendations that was submitted to administration and prompted the formation of a task force. Time Magazine once referred to Jackson as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” During her 23 years at the helm, more than $1.25

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For the Common Good

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Examples of possible careers in the field include nursing home administrators and health quality managers, according to Ongeri. No new courses have been introduced related to the pandemic, but Kreeger notes, “as we evaluate shifts in the COVID-19 landscape, we are planning to update curriculum to incorporate post-pandemic focus.”

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college. Some distinct program features include: 1.

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Aesthete Explores Equity in Disability Studies, Healthcare Education

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She was taken into an administrative office and questioned why she had applied to a major she wasn’t physically capable of doing. Jamal-Eddine explained she wouldn’t be going into bedside nursing and was well-aware there were diverse and accommodating pathways in the nursing profession.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” Watford says.

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Championing Student Success

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from FSU but has since found fulfilment as an administrator. “I I continue to function in that scholarly/research world,” says Rahming, who earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of St. “This is praxis. For her part, Rahming, a native of The Bahamas, has not abandoned her scholarship. Thomas in St.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

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Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. The experience was isolating.

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