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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

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DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. Her research has been cited in more than 9,000 published studies. She will replace Dr. Shaun R.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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Four research questions were developed. It goes back to the support that they have,” said Dr. Erin Dunlop Velez, director of educational research at RTI International and one of the report’s authors. Espinosa said this exposes students at MSIs to research opportunities and mentoring.

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Pride in the Halls

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This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. This academic year, 575 students are being supported.

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

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Another is to fulfill UVM’s responsibilities to communities beyond campus as a land-grant institution, said Dr. Patricia Prelock, provost and senior vice-president of UVM. “It And that's really what our goal is in a land-grant institution.” It is our effort to really increase knowledge for the workforce.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

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Falling in love with the work of the professoriate While becoming a dean of a college of education was an early aspiration, that career trajectory took a detour once Jackson joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison some 22 years ago. “I I wanted to be a dean at a college or school of education that mattered.”

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Bridging Research and Practice

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The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.” The Empowering Futures Gift was earmarked to fund scholarships, advance medical education and research, support faculty expertise, increase athletic competitiveness and make possible numerous student-centered initiatives. at Stanford.

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A Culturally Responsive Counselor

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Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., middle school math & social studies education, University of Missouri, Columbia; M.Ed.,