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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. She was even told that she focused too much on race in a class about diversity. The experience was isolating.

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Dr. Timothy Alvarez Retires from Otero College in Purpose, with Satisfaction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A panel titled, “Diversifying the Future of the Profession: On Mentoring, Mattering & Movements,” was moderated by Dr. Terrell L. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. Mentoring remains one of the most viable and critical tools for professional development.” That’s what mentoring is all about.”

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Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

before she became a full professor and a dean, before she published the book that sums up her life's work and her life experience, Terah Venzant Chambers was shaking in a pew. It’s a concept that she’s been refining for 16 years, culminating in the release of Racial Opportunity Cost , her first book, this month.

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Creating Diverse Pathways for the Next Generation of Doctors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Accelerated Pathway Program, immersing himself in a rich environment filled with mentors and testimonials from current medical students and doctors. As summer approached, his commitment intensified; he devoted 8 to 10 hours daily to studying, attending prep classes, and utilizing various study tools like prep books and practice questions.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. But I’m not elitist ….