Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Research has shown that Black women face unique challenges in the workforce and in leadership; however, despite persistent obstacles, including a lack of mentorship and feedback, a dearth of role models, and discrimination in hiring and promotion, Black women continue to excel in their chosen fields and rise to leadership positions.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Her pivot from medical school aspirations to a career in health education is now a lesson she shares with young people: life is a journey, not a checklist. The benefit for me is that I had really great mentors who just really encouraged me and provided me with opportunities to explore. in educational leadership.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Waded Cruzado has been named winner of the American Council on Education’s 2024 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award. It has been my pleasure to mentor these fellows,” she said. They are all remarkable people and I cherish the time we shared on this pursuit that is higher education.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. He understood that community colleges needed to be at the table for every major conversation about America's future workforce and educational opportunities."

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. The university has achieved record retention rates and a 61% increase in four-year graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Vartan Gregorian, founded The Leadership Alliance. The Leadership Alliance is a consortium of 41 leading research and teaching colleges, universities, and private industry dedicated to increasing the participation of underrepresented and underserved students in Ph.D. training programs.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). Having an advocate or mentor is critical.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2025

As a higher education professor and an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated , I am deeply grieved and outraged. I have dedicated my career to mentoring students, advocating for safe spaces in higher education, and preserving the integrity of Black fraternal organizations. Dr. Antonio L.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Institutional leadership must show a commitment to transformation and creating an environment in which Latino students thrive. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

CUNY student at BMI conference Black and Brown students, particularly men, have historically struggled to enroll in higher education, and many that do fail to complete their degrees. Some of the programming is for prelaw [students] only, some for traditional undergraduates in mentoring, and some for currently incarcerated students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs.

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JULY 5, 2023

Dominique Turner Institution: Morgan State University Graduate Program: Higher Education Administration Education: B.S., Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in Black studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Career mentors: Christine Rodriguez, J.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The data shows stark disparities in educational attainment among recent high school graduates. These gaps persist across California's entire higher education system, from community colleges to the University of California.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in Black studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Career mentors: Christine Rodriguez, J.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education.

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JULY 19, 2023

Despite these circumstances, André has embraced the path of higher education with courage, determination, and grit to receive the power of knowledge and learning.” So, you get to do research at the same time as mentoring. Gordon wrote in his letter nominating Childs as a Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

“One of the biggest holes that we had in this educational pipeline was the validation, the exposure to role models,” she says. Mission HISPA seeks to inspire Latino students to discover their potential and to ignite their desire to embrace education and achieve success.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Marquette University recently received over a million dollars from the Mellon Foundation to further energize and grow its prison education program. The first, the Educational Preparedness Program (EPP) , offers courses, academic support, and career-building resources to currently and formerly incarcerated (CFI) students.

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JULY 12, 2023

Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I He has the ability to lead groups and teams,” said Dr. Virginia Byrne, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Morgan State. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

The American Council on Education has announced its selection for the 2024 ACE Donna Shavlik Award. And I appreciate all those who have supported me and my efforts to empower women as leaders in higher education.” ACE plans to present the award during its 2024 ACE Women’s Leadership Dinner on March 20 in Washington, DC.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Burt is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Sloan Foundation Scholars Program will gather at the 31st annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring. This year, more than 1,000 are registered to attend the conference hosted by the Southern Regional Education Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The first time I stepped into the offices of Diverse Issues In Higher Education , I was with Dr. Orlando Taylor. They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. Dr. Katrina Rogers In our long association, I traversed the field of higher education with Dr. Taylor.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Terri Gomez Gomez’s “deep understanding of our campus’ strengths and opportunities; her student-centered approach to leadership; her dedication to faculty and staff excellence; and her unwavering commitment to the success of our diverse students,” said President Dr. Soraya M. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s, and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. think tank. A global problem Dr. Jerlando F.L. This parallels findings in the U.S., says Patton Davis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Coley, president of Cal Poly Pomona, will receive the American Council on Education's (ACE) Donna Shavlik Award for her efforts in support of the success of women. 13 at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. Coley will be given the award Apr. Dr. Soraya M. list since 2018. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University of Dayton (UDayton) will launch a fellowship program to provide paid internships, mentoring, and professional development to underrepresented students from the Dayton region. These two initiatives will be housed in the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community. The fellows program will begin Fall 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

This year’s American Council on Education (ACE) Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award honors Dr. Richard Helldobler, the president of William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. It is bestowed annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions with sustained commitments to diversity in higher education.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Bazan — whose term begins July 1, soon after the official transition to the new name of Union Adventist University — brings a long legacy of supporting and mentoring students, university leaders, and local church constituents. in leadership from Andrews University. in leadership from Andrews University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). In this new role, he is expected to guide policy research at the assessment organization with the goal of advancing equitable access to quality education and fair assessment for learners. Dr. Michael T. Nettles, previously held the Edmund W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men. Whites make up more than 75% of all professionals in higher education. More than 80% were white.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Hass, author of A Leadership Guide for Women in Higher Education , is described as a philosopher, teacher, and mentor. Marjorie Hass steers the helm as president of the Council of Independent Colleges. She is also a leader. She served as president of Rhodes College and Austin College and was provost at Muhlenberg College.

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