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Championing Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Undergraduate students who earn a ‘B’ or above in one of the offered courses — usually in the STEM fields — are recruited and offered a paid job to work with other students enrolled in that same course. “We I have the ability to help change policy and have boots on the ground for the opportunity to change things tomorrow.”

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Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Transformative Guide for Educational Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In her timely and important book Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: Strategies for Healing the Root Causes of Inequity in Education , Dr. ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart offers a comprehensive roadmap for educators committed to creating more equitable learning environments. The books greatest strength lies in its practicality.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Heather Shotton, an Indigenous Education scholar who is currently the vice president of diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College, has done extensive research on Indigenous student success and what it means to be a Native-ready campus. Fees, housing, meals, books, all of that adds up.”

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the campus level, Gomez is faculty advisor for the student organization Semillas de Centro America, which seeks to sustain a supportive community for Central American students and community members. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Ess Pokornowski, Reintegrating students face a unique set of overlapping challenges: they are leaving a total institution where choice, communication, access to healthcare, access to technology, and opportunities for education and gainful employment are all dramatically limited.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the campus level, Gomez is faculty advisor for the student organization Semillas de Centro America, which seeks to sustain a supportive community for Central American students and community members. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

Teaching 239
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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Heather Shotton, an Indigenous Education scholar who is currently the vice president of diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College, has done extensive research on Indigenous student success and what it means to be a Native-ready campus. Fees, housing, meals, books, all of that adds up.”

Students 246