Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Faculty from the University of Kentucky (UK), Vanderbilt University, and University of North Carolina Greensboro have received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support underrepresented minority faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Nearly half are Pell Grant-eligible, and 68% experience at least one basic needs insecurity, with 24% self-identifying as homeless. If we are truly committed to equity and student success," Goldsmith added, "we must modernize this law to align with the mission of today's community colleges."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

One Black British academic felt “discriminated against for promotion” while white colleagues with fewer high-profile publications or research grants were promoted instead. Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

It is a systemic crisis that impacts student outcomes and educational equity. By securing inaugural grant funding from the U.S. Professional Development: Offering ongoing training focused on equity, inclusion, and strategies to engage minority students effectively. Department of Education’s Augustus F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community. Additionally, more than four dozen faculty will be V-FIRST mentors. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander. American Indian, and 0.1%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. The funding comes as part of a California program to tackle issues of equity in higher ed and the workforce. But California State University, Fullerton’s efforts to tackle this issue got a major boost recently with the announcement of $1.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The program, which will eventually expand to include six scholars, will give fellows financial support for their research and teaching, as well as mentoring, networking, and community over a six-year term. According to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, only 10.1% of STEM faculty are from minoritized backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Mexico border and her scholarly work on immigration. “As I'm a first-generation student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Riley, dean of Arts and Sciences at URI, says Mark has contributed much to the campus community and points to the recent $250,000 Knowledge for Freedom Grant that he and Dr. Catherine John, chair of Africana Studies, received from the Teagle Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. PCC is a place where we have a lot of creative thinking,” Boekelheide says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

As of this year, Emory has replaced loans with grants in all of its need-based aid , and is examining how it factors home equity into aid calculations to reduce the pressure that families experience to borrow against their homes. Even applications are changing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.” They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. There is also an effort to increase equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Riley, dean of Arts and Sciences at URI, says Mark has contributed much to the campus community and points to the recent $250,000 Knowledge for Freedom Grant that he and Dr. Catherine John, chair of Africana Studies, received from the Teagle Foundation.

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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. As a result, the college received a Title V grant, $3.5 million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. As he prepares to retire Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Equity Seeing so many African American undergraduate and graduate students excelling in STEM fields is inspiring to Smith-Jackson. Williams is also involved in curriculum development and recently received a $600,000 grant focused on food allergies research in education. He says N.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. This academic year, 575 students are being supported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Sharrelle Barber Title: Inaugural Director of the Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements and Population Health Equity and Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University Age: 38 Education: B.S., James, Duke University; and Dr. Chandra L. and Brazil.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. Beck, administrators, faculty, staff, and student leadership have used data and intentional practices to re-center campus culture around an equity-minded student success agenda and solidify strategic direction in closing equity gaps.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Washington’s expertise is sought after and granted across religious, government, corporate, and educational settings. But, in your role of diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, as a residence hall director, in those roles as educators in that space, it is your educational responsibility [to teach those identities].”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr. Brian McGowan, American University; Dr. Kimberly A. Her mentors at ASU, Briscoe says, truly encouraged her to understand the significance of education and valuing Black thought. Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

“It wasn’t always easy to know where to go if I needed advice on what classes to take, what to declare for my major, how to get financial aid,” Cardona shared in a keynote at last week’s Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Natalia Rodriguez Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Age: 35 Education: B.S., chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S.,

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Close the Gap Foundation

OCTOBER 18, 2024

San Francisco Bay Area, CALIFORNIA – October 2024 – Close the Gap is honored to announce that we have been awarded the prestigious STEM Action Grant from the Society for Science. This grant enables us to expand our reach and provide even more students with the transformative opportunities they deserve.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Corporate Partnerships: Forge partnerships with corporations to secure additional funding for scholarships and grants. Mentorship Programs: Pair students with mentors who can provide guidance, support, and role models. This can lead to improved academic performance and positive social-emotional development.

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Scholarship America

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

She stated, “Through empathy, humility, and a dedication to addressing taboo issues, I aspire to contribute to the well-being of individuals and communities, promote health equity, and create positive social change.”

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COE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mason Award stands as the pinnacle of recognition bestowed by the Council for Opportunity in Education, celebrating extraordinary individuals who have made indelible contributions to the realm of college opportunity programs and the relentless pursuit of educational equity for low-income, first-generation students, and those with disabilities.

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