Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., an associate professor of educational leadership and research methodology at Florida Atlantic University, commends Dueñas for her innovation. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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The University of Dayton (UDayton) will launch a fellowship program to provide paid internships, mentoring, and professional development to underrepresented students from the Dayton region. These two initiatives will be housed in the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community. The fellows program will begin Fall 2023.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

One Black British academic felt “discriminated against for promotion” while white colleagues with fewer high-profile publications or research grants were promoted instead. So, you can be mentoring these students … and being an advisor, and all of those things, and it gets placed in this nice little bucket called service.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program. Previously, he was coordinator of the Agriculture Teacher Education Program in Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture. “Dr.

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MAY 9, 2023

Vanessa Cerano, a master’s candidate in educational leadership at the California State University, Fullerton College of Education Vanessa Cerano was always curious about academic research, but she, like Evans, never saw herself actually doing any. “I MCT Scholars receive mentoring and professional development, as well as a stipend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Back in December of 2020, the foundation awarded the then-budding EPP a $745,000 24-month grant that allowed the team to build up and grow. The money will mostly go toward staffing – directors, program managers, academic advisers, and peer mentors – and student resources, such as books, school supplies, and transportation, Wheelock said.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López "I've been in the classroom on and off, but I've been supporting youth and students in different ways throughout that time,” says López, who is starting a new chapter of her career as a tenured associate professor in educational leadership and policy in the University of Arizona College of Education. I'm a first-generation student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

I am proud the leadership of both institutions are united on this goal that secures Vanderbilt’s future among the leading research institutions. Additionally, more than four dozen faculty will be V-FIRST mentors. Racial diversity among research faculty on the national scale is low, with 4% Black, 4% Latinx, 0.2% American Indian, and 0.1%

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MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. NAU applied for classification and then appointed key leadership to ensure we serve our Hispanic students well,” Cruz Rivera said. The college also has two bilingual peer mentors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. One of the biggest factors for us is getting our leadership involved and getting them to support the work.” With many faculty and staff remaining closeted, there is also a lack of role models or mentors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. PCC is a place where we have a lot of creative thinking,” Boekelheide says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

We infuse ethics, character, and leadership with our courses as unique features. Under Uzochukwu’s leadership, N.C. Williams is also involved in curriculum development and recently received a $600,000 grant focused on food allergies research in education. The reason for this is they will graduate and serve society.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

counselor education & supervision, The Ohio State University Career mentors: Dr. James L. Mayes says: “I had the chance to go to the Gates Millennium leadership conference — it’s always very fulfilling — and because I was a junior, they were like, ‘hey, have you thought about graduate school?’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

applied behavior analysis, Institute of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Endicott College; and postdoctoral fellow, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Career mentors: Dr. Caio Miguel, California State University, Sacramento, and Dr. Michael F. psychology, California State University, Sacramento; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“The resource centers serve as one-stops with many tailored supports that can help male students of color find a sense of purpose because it typically will include things like mentorship, academic support, career exploration, leadership development opportunities, and peer support networks,” says Jez.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr. Brian McGowan, American University; Dr. Kimberly A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., When he was accepted and assigned Ladson-Billings as his mentor, it proved to be a match made in heaven. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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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. As he contemplates retiring after 40 years in higher education, he acknowledges the scores of mentors who led him on his path, and the mentees he hopes will carry the baton into the future.

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JUNE 5, 2023

in management and leadership. The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways. For example, the MBA programs offer 11 emphasis areas, including cybersecurity, health administration, data analytics and human resources.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

” In a recent call with her leadership team, a vice president at Thermo Fisher asked what Thomas wanted her legacy at the company to be; she mentioned charting a path for future women in finance and accounting. .” Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Career mentors: Dr. Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University Education: BSc., He is currently the principal investigator on three significant federal grants, showcasing his ability to secure substantial funding and foster impactful research initiatives.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. And that got us the grant. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.”

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

One hundred and thirty-nine high school TRIO students from across the country participated in the National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) this year in Washington, D.C., He highlighted the importance of an empathetic, albeit “tough” mentor in a student’s college access journey.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

Hamm Click to view the page: “National Student Leadership Congress has opened my eyes”: Future leaders realize their power in D.C. Blog “National Student Leadership Congress has opened my eyes”: Future leaders realize their power in D.C. this summer. this summer.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The 2023 award winners are Jeffrey Kahlden , director, Grant Management Services for Student Success at Dallas College ; Antonio C. Mason Award, our most esteemed national distinction, symbolizes not just exceptional service but the embodiment of transformative leadership in the ongoing quest for educational excellence and equal opportunity.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Barriers such as siloed systems or entrenched processes from previous leadership can limit visibility into student behavior and performance—key factors for driving successful outcomes. This collaborative approach made it simpler for faculty to integrate the system in their day-to-day practices and share its value to peers.

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Scholarship America

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Selected Community Scholars will be encouraged to participate in the Chick-fil-A Scholars Program, a one-year engagement that includes mentoring and leadership development alongside the 2024 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Scholars. In addition, you must have a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 Applications are open through November 1.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Boyden Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Evidence-based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Mentoring really works, but it is unevenly distributed,” said Rhodes. In addition, the mentor has to be well-trained, which requires more than the one hour of training that most mentoring programs offer. “We

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In addition to awarding up to 80 annual scholarships, Esperanza Scholarship Foundation partners with Toyota for an annual leadership and mentoring event, and has operated an internship program for the last nine years to allow district students to get real-world experience. As marketing and grants director Barry C.

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COE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

At Southeastern Louisiana University, we run three classic Upward Bound and two Upward Bound Math-Science programs currently and have received Federal TRIO grants since 1987. As the program director since 1999, I’ve witnessed our evolution from a homegrown system to the dynamic world of empower.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

She said programs such as “near-peer” mentoring are powerful. “It He urged TRIO professionals to seize campus leadership roles, saying more should become college presidents. “We The more, the better, especially in inner-city institutions that need strong leadership. We need more people to step up and do this. … this summer.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. Faculty is a leadership role. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Perez also highlighted the unique role of TRIO professionals as mentors and guides, remarking, “The real genius is that [the creators of TRIO] knew they had to find special people, special leaders, who could walk that journey with TRIO participants.” Named after Walter O. More News & Impact Click to view the page: U.S. this summer.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership. Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years.

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