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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Luke Wood has been appointed to serve on the California Racial Equity Commission, the state's Senate Rules Committee. Luke Wood Wood is currently vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer (CDO) at San Diego State University (SDSU). Wood will serve a two-year term. Wood holds a B.A.

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Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award on Tuesday from NASPA, the association representing student affairs professionals. Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens Patterson-Stephens is an award-winning scholar-practitioner with 20 years of experience in higher education. The Bobby E.

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Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). After earning a master’s degree in student affairs administration from Michigan State University, Patterson-Stephens went on to Florida State University where she earned a Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Anna Gonzalez, known to her students as “Dr. G,” is vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Gonzalez provides leadership to the university’s Division of Student Affairs, engaging with students to recognize their needs and enhance their experiences. Louis (WashU).

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JULY 26, 2023

Mamie Voight Citing Chief Justice John Robert’s majority decision on the matter, EducationCounsel co-founder Art Coleman said that it was still possible to strategize and innovate to promote access, equity, and diversity in higher ed.

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MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

“We are thrilled to honor their achievements, and we look forward to the many ways in which they will shape the future of higher education.” Graduate students in fields where the master’s degree is the terminal degree are also eligible. The 2024 K.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). She will lead and support our accessibility and accommodation programs for students and employees.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. in higher education and student affairs from CGU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While that generosity of spirit is appreciated, we think it’s time to say thanks and ask how those collective energies could be harnessed to fight students’ hunger, rather than just feed them. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress.

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JULY 15, 2024

Jackson previously served as president of Black Hills State University in South Dakota and has held other leadership roles within higher education, including vice president for Student Affairs at both the University of Louisville and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Genevieve Chin, a fourth-year undergraduate student who served on the UCLA committee, agreed that it was about “breaking down the monolith” of what it means to be Asian American. There are a lot of different groups that deserve different approaches if we want equity,” said Chin, a computer science major.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Dr. Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. It helped me navigate higher education. Do no harm.

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JUNE 20, 2024

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Hollingsworth – who has also taught and advised students at Johns Hopkins University – anticipates that she’ll graduate next May. “I’m For her Ph.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Making Higher Education Work for All Students A Conversation With Becky Takeda-Tinker, President, Colorado State University Global bridget Thu, 09/14/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Remote Learning Weekly Wisdom Online learning became a critical component for many institutions during COVID.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. She elevated the role of UCSC's chief diversity officer and restructured the Office of Student Affairs and Success to align with her goals.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

She is an assistant professor of educational administration in the College of Education and Human Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where her work is concentrated on campus climates and the role of student affairs in student experiences.

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APRIL 15, 2024

I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. The IU Higher Education and Student Affairs Program allowed Ph.D. higher education.

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MARCH 3, 2023

Jacquez Gray Jacquez Gray has been named assistant director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nicholas Bowman The presence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) and first-generation college students in a course is related to higher STEM grades for all students in the class, especially for the minority students themselves, according to a recent study published in AERA Open.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. And they weren’t looking to just hire one. They were hiring three. Dr. Candace N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Jones Jones is currently chief diversity officer at William Paterson University and teaches diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) modules to senior leaders through The Equity Institute, a remote program at the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. Dr. Timothy Alvarez From earning an associate degree to serving as president of a community college, Alvarez understands the value of higher education and the need to create pathways and support systems.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

The detrimental ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education won’t be going away any time soon, and student mental health is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, according to a recent EAB report. Kate Brown “What we've seen through the pandemic is student wellbeing, student mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 are very intentional in how we recruit, retai Dr. Jose Fierro n and support completion to our diverse student body,” says Dr. Jose Fierro, president. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I It’s all a team effort,” Means said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Graduate and undergraduate degrees are expensive,” Crawford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A

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MARCH 13, 2023

Many are helping each other navigate their sense of duty to their students of color, to their community, to their families, and to themselves. There’s this unfair labor that is thrust upon us because, when we really think about it, the organization, the institution, refuses to invest in diversity and equity,” said Commodore.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

As you think about those inciting incidents that drew you to higher education, take time to connect with those who have been by your side on your journey. Higher education is heading into the eye of the tornado. The health and safety of our colleagues and our students to put at the forefront. Dr. Cali M.K.

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JUNE 6, 2024

“It’s not just a sense of belonging — students can find that in many avenues — community is what is very critical,” said Ray Murillo, interim assistant vice chancellor of student affairs, equity and belonging at California State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It should be the responsibility of higher education institutes to train these counselors to have that background in order to properly serve the student population. They recently hired Dr. Ron McLean as the Director of Health Equity & Access to Care (HEAC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

“Parents and caretakers are always concerned about educational costs, degree competition and job placement, and if a safe and healthy campus environment is provided for their students,” said Dr. Davida L. Haywood, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs. It is a journey that aligns with the historical mission, values, and aspirations of those who have fought for educational equity and social progress.

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