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New Book Examines Foster Care Students in College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In his new book, From Foster Care to College , Dr. Royel M. Many participate in the Guardian Scholars Program (GSP), which offers foster youth wrap-around supports and a built-in peer and mentor community, all who share similar backgrounds. There are over 400,000 youth in the foster care system.

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Why Mentoring Programs Matter

Steve Keating

Schools and books are all about knowledge. For the purposes of our post we call that “sharing” mentoring. Many large companies have formal mentoring programs in place. All organizations, large and small, will benefit from a formal mentoring program. Not everyone can be a mentor. Mentoring is serious stuff.

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Here’s Why You Need a Mentor

Steve Keating

I have been blessed to have had outstanding mentors throughout my life. No matter where you are in life or your career a mentor is incredibly important for personal and professional growth. The role of a mentor goes beyond providing guidance; they act as a trusted advisor, supporter, and source of wisdom.

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Higher Education for Good: curating a cohesive book

Catherine Cronin

In this post, we describe how we set out to create and curate the book as a cohesive collection, enacting the editorial principles of heterogeneity, care, and community which we explored in our previous blog post. With the intention of a diverse, global authorship for the book, we worked hard to share the call for proposals far and wide.

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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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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What Chua had intended as a semi-comedic study of parenting at a cultural intersection quickly became a hotly contested book. “A If you actually read the book, you realize that it gets really complicated. If you want to write the book, write the book.’” A lot of people were talking about it without having read it.

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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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