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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Excelencia in Education sees this as a program that is helping develop professionals and future faculty. are Hispanic.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bazan — whose term begins July 1, soon after the official transition to the new name of Union Adventist University — brings a long legacy of supporting and mentoring students, university leaders, and local church constituents. The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

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Hiring practices have been implemented to help attract and retain Hispanic faculty. Current faculty is receiving training and development opportunities so they understand how to fully support Hispanic students. Sam Houston’s academic success center offers one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The tutoring and academic counseling were crucial to her success. AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role.

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