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AASCU Selects 29 Participants for 2023 Millennium Leadership Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Developing Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Cultivating a Culture of ‘Servingness:’ Institutional Considerations for Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For instance, partnerships with local community organizations can provide leadership development, internships, and scholarships tailored to Latine learners, while fostering a connection to space and place and bolstering a learner’s sense of belonging.

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Integrating Arts as a Healing Force

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. She is also the first Black and openly queer director in the University of Louisville Women’s Center’s 30-year history.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After AT&T and Southern Bell merged, HISPA leadership decided to keep the group intact and in 2007 voted to become the independent nonprofit organization it is today. There is also HISPA’s Latinos in College, a leadership development program for mostly first-year, first-generation students.

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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of our students are first-generation students. The program – now in its eighth year and is open to all undergraduate first-year students – offers approximately 15 different courses every spring semester under the program umbrella, said Graml, who directs Agnes Scott’s Center for Global Learning.