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Her lived experiences align with those of many FLC students, and her leadership, vision, and dedication to reconciliation and student success make her an outstanding choice to guide the college into its next chapter." Shotton currently serves as FLC's inaugural Vice President for Diversity Affairs and Acting Dean of Students.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Yolanda Watson Spivas 25+ year career in postsecondary education spans a range of executive leadership, general management, federal government, public affairs, operations and academic officer positions. Watson Spiva serves as the President of Complete College America (CCA). Watson Spiva has also held various positions with the U.S.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Research has shown that Black women face unique challenges in the workforce and in leadership; however, despite persistent obstacles, including a lack of mentorship and feedback, a dearth of role models, and discrimination in hiring and promotion, Black women continue to excel in their chosen fields and rise to leadership positions.

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MAY 24, 2023

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has selected the 29 senior-level higher education professionals for its 2023 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI). MLI stands as a magnet for talented people looking to bring something different to American higher education leadership.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Most of Compton's Black students are first-generation and from households where the adults are paid low wages. It will take unapologetic leadership to serve Black learners well. Through established business, community, and K-12 partnerships, we support our students in achieving their educational and career goals.

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MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. Under her leadership, the university achieved record graduation rates and philanthropic funding while expanding its research footprint. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college. Dr. Dereck J.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Institutional leadership must show a commitment to transformation and creating an environment in which Latino students thrive. These are the institutions that can show you with their data, with their evidence-based practices and with their leadership what they’re doing,” says Santiago. and graduate 19%.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Students and their families don’t understand the inner workings.” Dr. Gresham D.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He also serves on the board of multiple organizations, including the American Academic Leadership Institute, of which he is board vice chair; the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems; and Goodwill Industries of Arkansas.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The foundation emphasizes the need to focus on both recent high school graduates and adult learners returning to education.

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JUNE 13, 2023

The School of Religion will engage scholars on matters such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religious tradition, ideology, faith and activism, first-generation Christians, and addressing the needs of the Black community. “At It is, in fact, evolutionary.”

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APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Yet it is institutions who admit, retain and award doctoral degrees that then make up the pool for future faculty and academic leadership.”

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JUNE 20, 2024

It also encompasses big things like leadership, talent management and coaching, and I lean more toward that,” says Mendoza, a third-year Ph.D. A lot of that had to do with leadership and people’s perceptions of leaders, leadership development, and leadership emergence,” she says.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Hicks is a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University, where he has served as a dean for the Clemmer College of Education and Human Development. in counseling and counselor education and higher education from North Carolina State University.

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MAY 26, 2023

Bergeron – a first-generation college student – holds a Doctor of Education in educational leadership, with an emphasis in college leadership, from the University of South Florida; a Master of Education in college student affairs from the University of South Florida; and a B.A.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Georgette “Gigi” Dixon The grant gives scholarships and emergency student aid for students, funding for UNCF’s Empower Me Tour program, and support for the future HBCU Innovation Summit and Student Leadership Conference.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This leadership position enables her to further her commitment to inclusive excellence. Seventy-one percent of its students are first-generation college students and more than half are Pell eligible. Rios-Ellis previously held leadership roles at two other California State University institutions, Long Beach and Monterey Bay.

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APRIL 9, 2023

In recognition of his commitment to inclusive excellence, servant leadership, and his devotion to lifting up the disenfranchised in the community college space, Gonzales has been named a 2023 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

He has served as professor and dean at PVAMU, along with other senior leadership roles at the school. His professional research interests include first-generation college student academic self-efficacy and minority male academic achievement and mentorship. He will lead PVAMU until Dr. Tomikia P. McFrazier holds a Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership. Most of the students in her district are Latinx, followed by Asian and Black students.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lim The institute — which operates at the highest tier of research (R1) — reached its goal a year ahead of schedule, after launching its Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council to fuel Hispanic student enrollment and deepen relationships with Hispanic and Latinx alumni, businesses, and organizations.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. African American and Latino students were less likely than white students to mark earning credit toward a four-year degree as a reason for participating in dual enrollment. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gonzalez provides leadership to the university’s Division of Student Affairs, engaging with students to recognize their needs and enhance their experiences. Her research targets first-generation students, immigrant students, equity and diversity, higher education policy and governance, personnel development, and higher education finance.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Is it developing boutique programs on each campus for diverse, first-generation students? These advisors help students apply to any colleges of their choosing and are a tremendous asset to first-generation students who often find the application process daunting. It is time for transformative system change.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Empowerment Through Education Education is the ticket to achieving the American dream for many immigrants and first-generation Americans. This includes calling out biases, pushing for pay equity and supporting pathways to leadership roles. When my family moved to the U.S.,

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APRIL 11, 2023

Research Reveals Ways to Improve Mental Health Support for First-Generation Students April 11, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Colleges can do more to help first-generation students address mental health challenges as they transition to campus life, an Ohio State University researcher says. Sergeev emigrated to the U.S.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Dorsey, II, dean of student involvement and leadership at University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, adding that focusing on the places where students come from can help to facilitate a culture of belonging on campus. We have first-generation students and students from different social economic backgrounds,” said Ruffin.

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MAY 29, 2024

This year’s American Council on Education (ACE) Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award honors Dr. Richard Helldobler, the president of William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. It is bestowed annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions with sustained commitments to diversity in higher education.

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JUNE 26, 2024

She connected the dots and realized that CMC was losing students by not recruiting more of its regional K-12 students and their families, many of whom are Latinx, first-generation, and immigrants. She’s researched the needs of the local, tourist-driven economies that surround CMC’s 11 campuses. I love CMC. It has truly become a family.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Marta Yera Cronin will become president of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), making her the second woman and the first Latina to lead the school. Dr. Marta Cronin Cronin – a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents – is currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I have thought a lot about our university and the most auspicious time to begin a leadership transition. The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Stay tuned.”

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AUGUST 23, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. The Proctor Institute is a national center devoted to exploring issues of leadership, equity, and justice in higher education.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Your efforts can help cultivate a generation that values and upholds a multi-racial democracy.

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