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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. The experience was isolating. Dr. Candace N.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before coming to Otero, Alvarez was a senior fellow for NASPA (student affairs administrators in higher education) and a vice president for student affairs at North Dakota State University. He has a deep connection to community colleges. At age 18, he enrolled in a community college in western Nebraska.

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Emphasizing 'Purpose' Among Leadership Facing Diversity Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Parham, who began his presidency at CSUDH in 2018, is a veteran leader in higher education — he previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs at UC Irvine. Parham believes initiatives like Early Start and innovations such as e-sports are designed to keep these students engaged.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At CDU it’s embedded in the curriculum,” said Prothrow-Stith. He loved training brilliant young minds to serve with excellence and compassion, and that was his greatest joy,” added Drew Ivie of her father who taught Black Howard University medical students to be surgeons and chaired the department there until his death in April 1950.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Powell, Temple University’s vice president for student affairs, died Jan. Powell was known and respected for her work in student affairs. During her tenure, Rashad helped modernize the school’s curriculum, expand enrollment among fine arts majors, and design a modern fine arts building, according to Howard officials.