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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students. Yet each of us has the power to shape events in real time. Together, we must hold our country’s leaders accountable and demand equity in education. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvey Nevertheless, some of these alumni maintain various levels of contact with their alma maters – ranging from attending reunion events, to regularly reviewing materials they receive from the college or university, to making monetary donations they hope will help produce a more inclusive atmosphere for current and future generations.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. CSUN has put an infrastructure in place for faculty and staff recruitment, including equity review officers. Dr. Erika D. Beck CSUN President Dr. Erika D.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

56% of undergraduate institutions reported using technology to recruit international students through events like virtual college fairs and online information sessions. In terms of student mobility, there wasn’t much equity to start with,” said Dr. Philip G. This represented an increase of 16% from before the pandemic.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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We present the problems/solutions as an easily accessible 10-point checklist, so that you can grade your own processes, identify your challenges, and proactively incorporate de-biasing practices in the spirit of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Committee members often arrive unprepared. The tenure process is a social and political process.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. Addressing health disparities means addressing access to healthcare equity,” she continues. Public health is a social responsibility.

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the unanticipated: reflecting & looking forward

Catherine Cronin

As I wrote shortly after the event, the Lehman campus was one of our precious green spaces as children, for running around, making noise, and dreaming about the future. The event, with 98 participants, resulted in an amazingly rich collection of alternative AI imaginaries, including photos, paintings, stories, poems, and multimedia creations.