Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. Faculty are also restricted in the number of materials that they can bring into prisons, as well as what type.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. MacArthur Foundation granted a total $550,000 to support the center; each gifted FAMU $275,000. Darius Young is a transformational leader, thought partner, and historian. The Henry Luce Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center. and global histories, culture, social, economic, legal, and health systems. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

The budding Black studies department at the University of Rochester will fast-track their hiring of faculty with the help of a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. chair of faculty programs and departmental initiatives in the university's Black studies department. Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. McCune, Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Warren Grayson and Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff, The Johns Hopkins University; and Dr. Michele Manuel and Dr. Cammy Abernathy, both of University of Florida Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Feel the fear and do it anyway! You are capable of more than you can imagine.” She arrived at the University of Florida in July 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Rhodes College will receive an $800,000 grant to expand their research on racial equity, discrimination, and justice in the Memphis and Mid-South region. We strive to empower students, faculty, staff, and community members to address contemporary social issues through intellectual inquiry, reflective dialogue, and community action."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Community is everything! Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. Irene Mata, Wellesley College; and Dr. M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

million grant from the Andrew W. Kimbrough , Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants the symposium to dive deeply into mental health and how it affects Black men and their communities. Funded by a $1.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether it’s a dissertation, a program, a grant, whatever it is. He said he viewed the field as one essentially about humanity. Outside of CAU, Currie is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Social Work at Simmons University. I think too many times we lose our voice, and that’s the opposite of what needs to occur.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Dr. Jeannette E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Dr. Jeannette E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ellen Pinderhughes, Tufts University; Angela Patton, Girls for a Change; and Eunique Jones Gibson, Because of Them, We Can Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “In the words of Wilma Rudolph, ‘never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. Rainbow cords are distributed that students are welcome to wear at the campus-wide graduation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

One focus will be on trust of autonomous systems by humans. Another emphasis will be on how humans and machines can work together to take advantage of what each are best at. Howard had previously received a grant from the Department of Defense in 2020 of $7.5 No HBCU currently has R1 status.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., Currently, she is leading a three-year project supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S.

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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. Dr. Jamie Washington Washington connects all these responsibilities and commitments with a very simple but unifying approach: find the humanity inside everyone. “I Because he’s taking a human-centered approach.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Carey is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware. The center provides peer mentorship as well as faculty mentorship. “It helps to target intentional, really smart strategies at the institution.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

The number of master’s degree and doctoral degree programs continues to grow and the faculty is achieving national and international recognition for its research. Smith-Jackson Over the course of more than 30 years as a faculty person and researcher, Dr. Godfrey A. Dr. Tonya L. Also, we’re getting people out of the silos. He says N.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She stood up to the principal and affirmed my humanity. She let me know, ‘You are a full human being, and they’re going to have to recognize you.’” Rema,” says she has learned from her own experiences to defend our collective humanity. “My mother recognized the violence I experienced that day,” recalls Vassar.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Prior to joining the Ohio State faculty in 1979, becoming the university’s first African-American woman full professor, she served as professor of education at Case Western Reserve University and previously in positions as dean of students and dean of women at Fisk University and Albany (Ga.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

degree-granting institutions. The largest growth areas across all countries are biological and agricultural sciences and mathematical and computer sciences, although the arts and humanities, business and education also show growth. Dr. Suzanne T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, mentions the bachelor’s degree in health services management, which began in fall 2019 in response to career interests of students in the health sciences and biological sciences. Vernarelli says the areas represented in the HRSA grant help develop the public health workforce at multiple levels.

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Most college majors are divided into basic categories, such as STEM, humanities, social sciences, health, or education. Youll want to take into account everything from faculty expertise and available electives to career services and networking opportunities. College majors are often recognizable topics, like Economics or Journalism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Developing individual supports for each student.” “It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

biology, Bennett College; MPH, health behavior and health education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and Doctor of Science, society, human development and health, Harvard University Career mentors: Dr. Ana V. Ford, UCLA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Don’t be afraid to chart your own path.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When transportation and lack of childcare became a barrier, this principal ran a pilot program at her site where university faculty came to her school to teach, students brought their children during evenings and weekends to learn together, and grants paid for schooling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role. Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2023

Dr. Yohuru Williams That case, which left Danny Reyes, Rayshawn Brown, LeRoy Jarmaine Grant and Keshon Moore injured, made national headlines and sparked around-the-clock protests organized by Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders who down parts of the turnpike to demand justice for the New Jersey Four. Williams thought. “I

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#RealCollege Blog

MAY 3, 2022

Manla had help from the Faculty and Students Together (FAST) Fund , which provides emergency grants, large and small, to students at 30 colleges and universities, usually within 48 hours after they fill out a simple form. When students are struggling, even seemingly minor adjustments can make a big difference. Nearly 60 percent of U.S.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 10, 2024

My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency grants to students. And in all the hundreds of hours of conversations I’d had about student success, I had never once talked to or about faculty members as part of the solution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

With five STEM degrees collectively from MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and Harvard University, and an abundance of refereed publications and grant-supported research, Rodriguez has chosen to focus on community-based, action-oriented projects. human-centered design of health technologies; and 3.)

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. In spring 2021, the UIA concluded its four-year completion grant initiative after providing more than 5,000 microgrants (valued at $3.6 Understanding how students may use their completion grant funds. College to Career.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Villarreal, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute; Dr. Elisa Gorla, University of Neuchâtel; Dr. Felice Manganiello, Clemson University; and Dr. Gretchen Matthews, Virginia Tech Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Try, try, and try, and then you will get it. Do what you love.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Given past experience, including the 35-day shutdown in 2018, the work of most faculty, students, and staff should not be seriously hindered, and patient care will continue without interruption. Faculty, staff, and students should plan to continue normal operations for the foreseeable future. Continuity of operations. Financial aid.

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