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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.

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JULY 5, 2023

in Nursing, The Ohio State University; Intensive Summer Arabic Program, American University of Beirut Mentor: Dr. Sarah Abboud, UIC College of Nursing; Dr. Em Rabelais, Independent Scholar; Dr. Carrie Sandahl, UIC, Disability and Human Development; Dr. Beth Marks, UIC, Disability and Human Development; and the late Dr.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Delta’s Guiding Pillars: Equity and Completion Led by Gavin, the Delta faculty and staff are focused on two key pillars: equity and completion. To alleviate feelings of isolation among the student body, the institution initiated the Delta Mentor Collective mentoring program, offered in partnership with Mentor Collective. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Throughout my academic journey, I’ve had very different mentors — from clinical to lifeline, including those with diverse backgrounds. The feedback I received from my lifeline mentor was not always what I wanted to hear, but it was the honest truth. To be an effective mentor, you must know how to apply your support.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To support this latter group, for instance, UTSA launched Brothers United , a mentoring student organization centered on Black and Latino men. This initiative offers ongoing formal mentoring as well as three annual events on topics such as career development, self-marketing, and restorative justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Johnson is currently the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity at Johns Hopkins University. His expertise will not only contribute to groundbreaking research, but he will also mentor the next generation of scholars dedicated to equity and social justice in education.” Dr. Michael T.

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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. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.” Equity, familia and servingness are woven into the college’s leadership, programs and services to foster success for all students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Through campus partnerships, support programs, and academic interventions, she has led advances in student retention, persistence and graduation with the goal of eliminating equity gaps for our most vulnerable students. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s, and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Video 4 (“Digging Deep”) illuminates struggles faced by some Black male college and graduate students in STEM fields and highlights the uplifting power of peer support and faculty mentoring. Finally, Video 5 (“Of Triumph and Perseverance”) offers an illustration of a Black male success story. Dr. Brian A.

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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

MAY 29, 2024

Richard Helldobler has been committed to equity and inclusion throughout his career in public higher education,” said ACE President Dr. Ted Mitchell. “He Helldobler holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Toledo as well as a master’s in speech and theatre and a Ph.D. in theatre from Bowling Green State University.

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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). So, you can be mentoring these students … and being an advisor, and all of those things, and it gets placed in this nice little bucket called service. says Patton Davis.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Garcia co-chairs the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Council on Ethnic Participation’s Mentor-Protégé Program, a leadership role among others in her professional organization memberships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

He served in a similar capacity previously as associate director of policy and government relations at The Education Trust — West, the California-based office of the national educational equity advocacy group, Ed Trust headquartered in Washington, D.C. He’s a great asset in California.” Initially, I aspired to be a lawyer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Past studies have shown issues with women being excluded from professional networks because of their gender, being penalized for motherhood, and not having sufficient access to mentoring. Research has also been done that showed that women are influenced early on by parents’ gender roles and occupations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Also, his research explores issues of equity, STEM identity, and classroom experiences among minoritized populations, which I think is crucial to informing what can be done to recruit more underrepresented students into STEM, particularly through math.” Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Center of Excellence for Social Justice is a dynamic hub where students and faculty mentors will work together to identify and address issues affecting marginalized communities, striving to implement impactful policy-based solutions,” Favors said. “By

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

The absence of African American male role models and mentors in the spaces of higher education and professional settings who can provide guidance and inspiration further exacerbates this issue. This is not just a matter of equity but a necessity for the advancement and enrichment of our society as a whole.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. She was even told that she focused too much on race in a class about diversity. The experience was isolating.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). For now, Patterson-Stephens says that she appreciates the many opportunities that she has to mentor students and help her alma mater advance forward. “I Patterson-Stephens’ work has led to national recognition.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Florida's higher education law bans the state's public colleges and universities from spending federal and state money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or campus activities that advocate for DEI, with certain exceptions. Tallahassee Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University ODU’s Holmes Scholars program – its primary goal is equity, diversity and cultural competence in higher ed and PK-12 schools – will offer mentorship, peer support, and professional development. So, this is the program where we say, ‘Let’s connect with other doc students, not just at ODU, but nationally.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Olivas Award, a national award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) that recognizes leadership and mentorship in diversity and mentoring in the legal academy. Olivas, was a friend, colleague, and mentor. “He Johnson said he was touched by the award because its namesake, Michael A. 5 during AALS’s annual meeting.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

It includes support for academic and non-academic challenges via an OMD program coordinator; life skills training; a mentor; and financial support up to $1,000 a year for students who meet expectations. And the mentor is there to give advice, wisdom, and encouragement, said Sohoni and Malcom X President David A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Sloan Foundation is also supporting each institution’s participation in the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium , a networked improvement community that equips participants with research, tools, and change management strategies to achieve systemic change.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

There are a lot of different groups that deserve different approaches if we want equity,” said Chin, a computer science major. Such a dual designation, he added, reflects the university's broader goal to support diversity and equity across the student body, faculty, and campus culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

It is a systemic crisis that impacts student outcomes and educational equity. Professional Development: Offering ongoing training focused on equity, inclusion, and strategies to engage minority students effectively. This demonstrates the positive outcomes resulting from the support and mentoring provided by the project.

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MAY 20, 2024

million grant – lasting five years – will go toward what this cadre of faculty and staff are calling the Transformation, Equity, Access, and Sense of Belonging (TEAS) project, which is directly aimed at aiding Asian students at UConn’s regional campus in Hartford. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The students who are accepted into the college will complete their General Education (GE) classes there and will be taught in small classes and mentored by mostly Black Sacramento State faculty members. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.

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