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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition, she has published dozens of articles in Educational Researcher , Review of Educational Research , Educational Psychologist , Contemporary Educational Psychology , Teachers College Record , and many other top journals. More than $4 million in National Science Foundation grants have funded her work. Harper agrees. “I

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities. Cristobal Salinas Jr., affect the day-to-day lives of students.”

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Financial Aid Displacement: What Families and Scholarship Providers Should Know

Scholarship America

Updated January 2023 Students and their families are often surprised to realize some colleges reduce their financial aid packages when the student earns private scholarship dollars—a practice called financial aid displacement or award displacement. They take unique approaches to scholarship aid that reduce the chance of displacement.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a researcher and tenured associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, Means’ scholarship “examines racial and class inequities in rural contexts, challenging monolithic perspectives that equate rurality to whiteness,” wrote Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., It’s all a team effort,” Means said.

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A Culturally Responsive Counselor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mayes has excelled as a scholar and researcher to the extent that she has published over 44 peer-reviewed articles and 18 book chapters. Although she has reached such heights in her scholarship, she began her college journey with little information or direction about academia, in part because she lacked counseling in high school.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. 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.

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborators will have to agree to publish digitally using Creative Commons licenses; use only the publishing platforms and resources provided by UVM Press; forgo processing charges, subscription fees, and membership requirements; engage in peer review; and maintain a rolling publication schedule for journal articles.

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