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Black Women Navigating the Path to College Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In this article, we share the perspectives of three Black female CEOs and our rise to the college presidency. My success has been shaped by failures, triumphs, and uplifting others along the way. I began teaching College Success courses to first generation, low income, multicultural students.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support. “We

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He cares for success, not just for students, I think he cares for the success of his employees." Both are first-generation college students, grew up in migrant farming communities, have a background in mathematics, and served as president of MCCCD institutions (before Gonzales became chancellor of MCCCD).

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After years of developing student supports, three of the four institutions featured in this article recently received HSI designation and the fourth is moving toward designation. Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), said the plan to pursue HSI status, announced in 2022, was intentional.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The IIT-Wright Engineering Program is an open-ended multi-year agreement that reflects the commitment of both institutions to support the successful transfer of community college students to complete four-year degrees in STEM and related fields. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student. Be open to change and new directions as a teacher, scholar, advisor, and mentor. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr.,

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Honoring a Father's Diversity Legacy in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1988, de los Santos and Richardson co-authored the article, “10 Principles for Good Institution Practice in Removing Race/Ethnicity as a Factor in College Completion” for the Educational Record. El Paso was one of the first in Texas that had more minority enrollment than majority enrollment,” Roueche said. He never excluded anyone.