Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Although women publish less than men, they do more of the sort of necessary work that isn’t respected by promotion boards, like mentoring and service activities. Since 2001, the foundation has given over $270 million in advance grants to institutions and nonprofit groups in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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JULY 11, 2024

million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. Radford received its hoped-for amount in the grant, said Trageser, as they carefully calculated what it would cost to hire and keep their student support advocates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Faculty from the University of Kentucky (UK), Vanderbilt University, and University of North Carolina Greensboro have received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support underrepresented minority faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The African American Male Education Network and Development, also known as A²MEND, is led by African American male educators who work for institutional change within California’s community college system to increase the success of African American male students. One thing Compton College and President [Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

By securing inaugural grant funding from the U.S. Notably, Bowie State University is the only historically Black university to have received the grant in 2023, marking an historic achievement and presenting as a beacon of hope for inclusive and equitable education. Department of Education’s Augustus F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

However, the Minority Male Success Initiative (MMSI), a three-year project from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and Watermark, an ed tech company, has offered a glimmer of hope: students who received success coaching using an online platform were 22.4% Success coaches seek to be as involved as necessary.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of 10 seed grants to launch its Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative to transform their doctoral education programs in STEM fields. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 in human development from The Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

It provides $200,000 annually over five years for the initiative based on wrap-around support (coaching, mentoring, and scholarships) through the Future Connect Scholarship Program. The college is in the final year of a five-year Title III federal grant, which helps colleges to expand their capacity to serve students with limited incomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The program is funded through a grant provided to the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc is committed to providing support for African American, LatinX, and other underrepresented groups through scholarships, grants, and professional development. “I Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. Terrell The Dr. Melvin C.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“If we train mentors to know about the resources on campus, know about housing, life, and other offices, then they can give that information to their mentees. Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective, said peer mentorship works. “It Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Another is “Culturally Responsive Mentoring: a Psychosociocultural Perspective on Sustaining Students of Color Career Aspirations in STEM,” which she is co-authoring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program. Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The difficulty of making a successful transition from school to the workforce remains one of the most persistent problems in higher education. million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year. One is a very high college success rate. This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), said the plan to pursue HSI status, announced in 2022, was intentional.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The IIT-Wright Engineering Program is an open-ended multi-year agreement that reflects the commitment of both institutions to support the successful transfer of community college students to complete four-year degrees in STEM and related fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

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. by requiring students to be engaged with the apparatus they’ve built to help students be successful.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The program, which will eventually expand to include six scholars, will give fellows financial support for their research and teaching, as well as mentoring, networking, and community over a six-year term. According to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, only 10.1% of STEM faculty are from minoritized backgrounds.

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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

A&T has hosted six successful national conferences to address current and emerging environmental issues and solutions, and foster relationships that result in partnerships to protect and sustain the environment. Mentoring is of particular interest to Williams because he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from N.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

To get a sense of what freedom dreaming looks like in action, consider a recent visit Mims made to a middle school in Richmond, Virginia, as part of “Freedom Dreaming and Dreamkeeping with Black Girls,” a course she developed for Black middle school girls with a small grant from NYU. “I English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

counselor education & supervision, The Ohio State University Career mentors: Dr. James L. Currently, she is leading a three-year project supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S. middle school math & social studies education, University of Missouri, Columbia; M.Ed., Moore, III, The Ohio State University; Dr. Donna Y.

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She had ongoing work which was dependent on permanently employed researchers and their capacity to win grants. Authorship of papers is important for academics: they need to show that they have produced in order to get promotion, more grants etc. While this work was good for a while, it ultimately became unfulfilling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

She oversaw 15 departments and was responsible for the academic success of John Jay’s 13,000 undergraduates. They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal. There is also an effort to increase equity.

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2024

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways. We place people anywhere from UBS (financial services) to someone who decided to take a risk and start a business through our Center for Entrepreneurship where they were mentored,” he says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. It will also be hiring a full-time program coordinator to help manage the grant’s efforts. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr. Brian McGowan, American University; Dr. Kimberly A. Her mentors at ASU, Briscoe says, truly encouraged her to understand the significance of education and valuing Black thought. Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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MAY 1, 2024

To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S. Success Must Be Scaled The day’s closing discussion explored how state, system, and campus leaders scale equity-centered, evidenced-based advising initiatives across institutional and state contexts to reach more students. “Our

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Corporate Partnerships: Forge partnerships with corporations to secure additional funding for scholarships and grants. Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a sophomore, he was matched with a mentor from the University of Texas Long School of Medicine , who invited him to work with him on a project researching teen mental health. Jake learned about writing grant proposals to support the research, and the team received a $5,000 grant. The field took notice of the research project.

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