Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

With enrollment hovering at 13,885 as of fall 2023, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) is the largest historically Black university in the country. At present, none of the nation’s 101 HBCUs has Research 1 status, which refers to doctoral universities with high research activity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Students in the New York tri-state area will have a new opportunity this summer to explore a lucrative career in healthcare, thanks to a partnership between Mercy University and Medical Sales College (MSC). Dr. Brian Amkraut, vice president for Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact at Mercy University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. Ford, EHE Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, said that she is impressed by this effort. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Before attending the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill for undergrad, the Fayetteville, North Carolina, native had a budding interest in Hip Hop and spoken word but needed an outlet for it. Livingston credits mentors for reminding him to continue cultivating his connections to Hip Hop and higher education. “For

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Carol D. Dr. Joyce E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. Greg Abbott signed a new law shutting diversity offices at Texas' public universities. See themselves reflected in the curriculum and in the faculty. Sydney Freeman Jr. •

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing Graduate Program: Ph.D. in Nursing with a Certificate in Disability Ethics Education: B.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

“Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Dr. Kayon Hall, assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. Each cohort is assigned to a mentor, who meets with the full group once a month, as well as each member individually. “We Del Valle López reported talking to his mentors extensively, about everything from academics to personal struggles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex Red Corn Title: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University College of Education. education, University of Kansas; M.S., education, University of Kansas; and Ed.D., Age: 39 Education: B.S., Mercer, Kansas State Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Be patient, but persistent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. The program offers a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Espinosa said this exposes students at MSIs to research opportunities and mentoring. Eleven of top 20 schools for Hispanic STEM PhD recipients were Hispanic Serving Institutions. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Bennett As a team, we are a recent doctoral graduate, now administrator, and a faculty member, formerly a mentor and now colleague, to the first author; we have collaborated via mentorship, co-instruction, and co-research. Dr. Delma Ramos is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

In two decades of leading Mary Baldwin University, Dr. Pamela R. Fox Photo Courtesy of Mary Baldwin University As Fox heads into her next chapter, she leaves Mary Baldwin as its longest-serving president in 100 years and its most transformational. Fox has overseen changes that propelled the institution into the future. Dr. Pamela R.

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COE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Unleashing the Power of empower at Southeastern Louisiana University February 7, 2024 — by Ron Abel Explore how Southeastern Louisiana University’s Upward Bound programs evolved with empower , seamlessly integrating to streamline operations and empower staff. Here’s to empower -ing education, one student at a time!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. She discovered a love for the sport that led her to competitive fencing, Columbia University, international competition, and two Olympic Games. “I Acrobatics and tumbling are emerging in collegiate sports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

was not until my master’s program at the University of Missouri-Columbia that I had my first Black instructors. I also wanted them to mentor me, particularly the Black male instructor, as I could see my future self in him. Hines is associate professor and program coordinator of counselor education at Florida State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., She arrived at the University of Florida in July 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

University of Maryland Global Campus Dr. Pam Carter University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) offers a broad range of programs, primarily online. We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. We take a look at institutions that have excelled at graduating a diverse student base.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. It’s a lot of mental [acrobatics] that go on, I’ll tell you that,” says Mamie Williams, senior director for nurse diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

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Scholarship America

AUGUST 21, 2023

Aja Leatherwood, a communication science and disorders major at Case Western Reserve University, found her inspiration growing up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy on public television. “I Lauren Calandruccio, a professor and Associate Dean at Case Western Reserve University , recalls meeting Aja during orientation. “My

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COE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Boyden Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Evidence-based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Mentoring really works, but it is unevenly distributed,” said Rhodes. We should be thinking about mentors as a paraprofessional workforce that we can shift tasks to,” Rhodes said.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Many students arriving on college and university campuses today have never had a first job. Colleges and universities need to continue to support students and provide them opportunities to sharpen soft skills to help them be successful in the classroom and beyond. Access to a mentor to help them grow and develop can be pivotal.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Advising and coaching represent foundational practices colleges and universities use to support student success. Dr. Erik M.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

LEARN MORE AND APPLY Bronson Mills, from Oregon State University, emphasized the importance of cultural immersion, noting how the experience broadened his perspective. This sentiment was echoed by Jade Buchanan from Suffolk University, who noted that the experience taught her about the shared humanity that transcends geographical divides.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

. ; Lydia Perez, director of TRIO Support Services at Mesa Community College ; and Randall “Randy” Schroeder, former TRIO Student Support Services educational counselor at the University of New Hampshire. Inspired by his experiences growing up in a single-parent household, Randolph Holly Jr. Click now to view the stunning photo gallery.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Stephens , director, TRIO Center of Excellence, Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC; and Dolores Gomez , director, Student Support Services-Teacher Prep, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. “A The 2023 award winners are Jeffrey Kahlden , director, Grant Management Services for Student Success at Dallas College ; Antonio C.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Vela , president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Michele Minter , Princeton University vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, and Lorraine Hastings , vice president of the College Board at COE’s annual conference in New York in September. “We She said programs such as “near-peer” mentoring are powerful. “It

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COE

APRIL 11, 2023

Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says. Sergeev emigrated to the U.S.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brett , president and chief executive officer of the New England Council ; Fernando Cárdenas , director of partnership development and community activation, Comcast ; Lesia Crumpton-Young , immediate past president, Texas Southern University ; and Ruben Canedo , co-chair, University of California Systemwide Basic Needs Committee.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

She persevered and ultimately, she earned her associate’s degree from Quinnipiac College (now Quinnipiac University). For most of my childhood, my father took night school courses at the University of New Haven and eventually earned his master’s degree. Education Bill Blog Helping Veterans Make the Most of the G.I.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He worked two jobs while attending high school and was studying political science and communications at the University of Nevada , Reno when his father was shot and killed. A year later he returned to the university, where he was a member of TRIO Student Support Services and earned his degree.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Improve student persistence toward college and toward graduation by: Incentivizing faculty to engage in student advising and mentoring Encouraging students to develop a college-going mindset Offering completion and retention grants Making sure the right students and mentors are getting into peer mentoring programs Encourage lifelong learning through: (..)

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