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MARCH 12, 2025

I would not be here without mentors and allies who saw in me what I didnt always see in myself. Now, I see mentorship as reciprocala process where both mentor and mentee learn and grow. My journey into higher education began at Portland Community College (PCC) as a Pre-K student at the on-campus childcare center.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU. Benjamin Elijah Maysthe former president of Morehouse Collegeas a model for excellence.

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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. We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.” Santiago and Sarita E.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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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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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., educational leadership and policy, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education Career mentors: Dr. Victor B.

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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. Having an advocate or mentor is critical. Establishing a cultural inclusivity and equity function on the board will illuminate these values.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Although women publish less than men, they do more of the sort of necessary work that isn’t respected by promotion boards, like mentoring and service activities. Even accounting for differences in education, career attainment, family responsibilities, or work effort, men in STEM are given more chances to advance and to receive awards.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The alliance has mentored over 6,000 undergraduates, and more than 1,000 Leadership Alliance summer program alumni, known as Doctoral Scholars, have earned a Ph.D. In the pursuit of diversity in education is, today more critical than ever, The Leadership Alliance is a pillar that transforms academic leadership and more diverse inclusion.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. A key focus to achieve these goals is incorporating race-conscious and equity-minded criteria into annual performance evaluations. Economist Dr. Anthony P.

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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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OCTOBER 27, 2024

However, being asked to return as a mentor each year since 2018 without being pregnant again has shown me that those tears were much more than a hormone-induced reaction. At the time, I was pregnant with my second child and attributed my tears before leaving to hormones," she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Dr. Charles Foust, former superintendent of New Hanover Schools in North Carolina, will also serve as a mentor. Dr. Emily Jackson-Osagie, interim director of Southern University's School of Education, highlighted the program's unique position as part of the nation's only HBCU system. "The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Khan is a licensed occupational therapist specializing in womens health, with over 13 years of experience addressing critical gaps in rehabilitation and healthcare equity for women. She says that she aims to help students recognize how power, equity, and inclusion shape healthcare outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

Title: Associate Professor Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.S University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Aim for steady progress.

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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

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. Health equity means that everyone — no matter their income, race, gender, education, location, etc. —

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

In an attempt to break this cycle, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is releasing a new report investigating employers’ understanding—or lack thereof— of equity in recruitment and offering ideas for how companies and Black colleges and universities can create mutually beneficial ties. Dr. Joshua D. Dr. Terrell L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

The landscape of higher education has changed dramatically since the Eisenhower-era statute was implemented. While the Fifty Percent Law technically applies to K-12 schools as well, districts at that level can easily obtain waivers, making community colleges the only educational system where the law is strictly enforced.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students. Early exposure to rigorous STEM concepts and tailored support prepares students for higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Because many postdocs transition into positions that involve teaching, communication and mentoring, effective education in these areas should be the standard.” million collaborative grant from the NSF will support a new research focus for the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy founded by Henderson and Dr.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. He appreciated the impact that peer mentors had on him and became a peer advisor as a sophomore.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. To support this latter group, for instance, UTSA launched Brothers United , a mentoring student organization centered on Black and Latino men. This work has never been more important.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

The immediate losses as a result of continued and strategic legislative attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion work are staggering: reduced funding for offices, the elimination of staff, diluted support for students, and the dismantling of progress made over the past 60 years to support students, faculty, and staff and move the U.S.

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JULY 5, 2023

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

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Outcomes and solutions The Higher Education Policy Institute’s report features several key recommendations for “unblocking the pipeline” of career advancement for Black ECAs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

It is bestowed annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions with sustained commitments to diversity in higher education. Richard Helldobler has been committed to equity and inclusion throughout his career in public higher education,” said ACE President Dr. Ted Mitchell. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Bar is recognizing Brittain’s commitment to advancing civil rights, including his impactful litigation on race equity in public schools and higher education, as well as his dedication to mentoring generations of civil rights advocates. “I This year, the D.C. Brittain has litigated significant cases across the U.S.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. Dr. Hamilton Raymond The findings reveal the historical and societal context of the pursuit of higher education in America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. SCSC initiative builds on Sloan’s University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) program, now concluding. in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

An academic enrichment program at Tallahassee Community College that primarily serves African American men won't have to change its name under a new state higher education law, reported WUSF. Byran Hooper, program advisor for the BMA, expressed concern for the new higher education law.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

“We saw evidence that relationships were critical to fill in that missing variable to the completion and economic advancement equation,” said Michael Collins, JFF vice president and leader of JFF’s Center for Racial Economic Equity. “We This includes peer-to-peer mentoring as well as connection to alumni.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

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