Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How did this small percentage of Black administrators facilitate their success against the odds? Black university leaders had a deep desire to serve as the mentors and role models that many of them never had. The same report found that Black/African American administrators in higher education were just 8% of all senior leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. The dashboard is available through the Office of Student Success. “By

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Flourishing is most often associated with creating and facilitating the environment for a person to be successful. Have access to mentors and role models who can help them succeed. While these terms are often used synonymously, they have slightly different meanings. Thriving is often related to the success generated by one's effort.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

For me, this experience is not only related to family members and close friends, but also to mentors, especially my former HBCU professors. As I reflect on their legacy, the label “superheroes” describes these professors in that their power and abilities at fostering and facilitating positive human transformation were immensely phenomenal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

He was an advocate for practices that removed barriers and also facilitated completion.” Gerardo de los Santos said his father mentored numerous individuals and pushed them to get their doctorates. “Being an anti-racist is removing the barriers to everyone having similar opportunities and similar achievements.

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