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Southern University Launches Academy to Diversify K-12 Leadership Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a bold move to address the stark underrepresentation of minorities and women in school district leadership, Southern University A&M College has established the Academy for Current and Aspiring Superintendents, a comprehensive program aimed at preparing the next generation of K-12 educational leaders. The benefits are far-reaching."

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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To state the obvious, it is vital that administrators recruit and retain more Black STEM professionals in STEM and in the curriculum, particularly math and sciences courses in K-12 and in STEM majors. CURRICULUM MODIFICATIONS. MENTORING MATTERS. Then Black students can aspire to become STEM professionals. Older achievers (i.e.,

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., When he was accepted and assigned Ladson-Billings as his mentor, it proved to be a match made in heaven. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. Remember why you got into this.

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Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The leadership pipeline in higher education has long suffered from a lack of diversity, cultural competency, and justice-minded vision. From curriculum to campus culture, intentionality drives design. Faculty are not just instructorsthey are mentors, guides, and co-conspirators in the work of equity and justice. Dr. Fred A.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutional leadership must show a commitment to transformation and creating an environment in which Latino students thrive. These are the institutions that can show you with their data, with their evidence-based practices and with their leadership what they’re doing,” says Santiago. and graduate 19%.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., an associate professor of educational leadership and research methodology at Florida Atlantic University, commends Dueñas for her innovation. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Breaking the Assimilationist Trajectory

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alex Red Corn Title: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University College of Education. He also built the Osage Nation Educational Leadership Academy, a master’s degree program delivered in the Osage community, open to Osage citizens and employees. Age: 39 Education: B.S., education, University of Kansas; M.S.,