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The benefit for me is that I had really great mentors who just really encouraged me and provided me with opportunities to explore. in educational leadership. in educational leadership. Last year, Howard-Baptiste was appointed as the President of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE).

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Waded Cruzado has been named winner of the American Council on Education’s 2024 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award. It has been my pleasure to mentor these fellows,” she said. They are all remarkable people and I cherish the time we shared on this pursuit that is higher education.”

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from North Carolina Central University - will conduct research on mental health and wellbeing among college students while pursuing their master's degrees in higher education and student affairs. Beyond their research work, scholars will engage in professional development and mentoring throughout the academic year.

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We serve Midland, Michigan, Saginaw, and Bay City, and we actually are trying to embrace the real, full concept of equity,” says Gavin, who is the author of T he New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education: The Nostalgia Spectrum. “So Since we’ve started this mentoring program, we’ve saved so many students,” says Raube.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. Beyond his policy work, colleagues say Bumphus's greatest legacy may be the network of educational leaders he helped develop.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

CUNY student at BMI conference Black and Brown students, particularly men, have historically struggled to enroll in higher education, and many that do fail to complete their degrees. Some of the programming is for prelaw [students] only, some for traditional undergraduates in mentoring, and some for currently incarcerated students.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU. Benjamin Elijah Maysthe former president of Morehouse Collegeas a model for excellence.

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JUNE 20, 2024

in neuroscience at Brandeis University, Morales stands as a researcher and a mentor in her own right. In her capacity as a mentor, Morales works to guide and advise incoming students into Brandeis. “I I wanted to kind of be a home away from home for the students that I mentor,” she says. “I

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Seventy-five teachers from across Maryland will be able to earn their National Board Certification through a comprehensive three-year, tuition-free program that will support them throughout the rigorous certification process.

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MARCH 12, 2025

I would not be here without mentors and allies who saw in me what I didnt always see in myself. Now, I see mentorship as reciprocala process where both mentor and mentee learn and grow. My journey into higher education began at Portland Community College (PCC) as a Pre-K student at the on-campus childcare center.

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MAY 20, 2024

The alliance has mentored over 6,000 undergraduates, and more than 1,000 Leadership Alliance summer program alumni, known as Doctoral Scholars, have earned a Ph.D. training programs. This call is extended to all to embrace the complexities of today’s academic environment.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

HISPA has received several awards and recognitions for its impact, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 2020. In 2015, it received The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics’ Bright Spot in Hispanic Education honor.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Shana Stoddard, who is being commended for that passion through the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research’s Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on special education from Freed-Hardeman University, and a B.S. I’m gifted in teaching, mentoring, and encouraging. She holds a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. As one of the few Latina provosts in higher education, the Seal holds personal significance for me,” Duran-Cerda says. Santiago and Sarita E.

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MAY 15, 2023

Not all students go on to find mentors like I did. In a recent survey from MENTOR, a national nonprofit that advocates and provides resources for mentoring, Generation Z students reported having fewer mentors than older generations. Horus Hernandez is KIPP alum.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N.

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What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These gaps persist across California's entire higher education system, from community colleges to the University of California. Students' decisions to pursue and complete higher education are shaped by access to information, available resources, and the quality of their college experience.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Role models/mentors. Use group work (counseling) for Black boys and young men to come together in community to discuss topics related not only to their backgrounds, but also academics, careers, and mental health challenges. Invite Black men from the community into the classroom and counseling groups to discuss their experiences.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

However, being asked to return as a mentor each year since 2018 without being pregnant again has shown me that those tears were much more than a hormone-induced reaction. “As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations. How to achieve tenure and publishing assistance is also on the agenda.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. Having an advocate or mentor is critical. In June 2023, the U. Recommendations follow.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics education, West Chester University; M.A., physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. Love is active in STEM mentoring and enrichment programs that target students, especially girls, in high school and the lower grades.

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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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JULY 19, 2023

Despite these circumstances, André has embraced the path of higher education with courage, determination, and grit to receive the power of knowledge and learning.” So, you get to do research at the same time as mentoring. Gordon wrote in his letter nominating Childs as a Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Dr. Charles Foust, former superintendent of New Hanover Schools in North Carolina, will also serve as a mentor. Dr. Emily Jackson-Osagie, interim director of Southern University's School of Education, highlighted the program's unique position as part of the nation's only HBCU system. "The

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AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The University of Utah Reading Clinic, housed in the College of Education, will provide opportunities for the cohort to “serve as tutors and mentors for other incarcerated students hoping to pursue higher education at Davis Technical College or Salt Lake Community College, according to Dr. Frankie Laanan, dean of Utah’s College of Education. “It

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has announced the 2022 cohort of MCT Scholars, recognizing 10 first-year graduate students in higher education or student affairs students at six institutions. Sean Robinson, faculty mentor) Delnita Evans ( Dr. C. Burt, faculty mentor) . The Dr. Melvin C.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Augustine for Health Sciences; Dr. Djora Soetman, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Always strive to see the bigger picturehow your teaching, research, and advocacy can ripple outward to impact lives.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. think tank. This parallels findings in the U.S., I’ve felt it,” says Patton Davis. “I

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JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. Dr. Hamilton Raymond The findings reveal the historical and societal context of the pursuit of higher education in America.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Early exposure to rigorous STEM concepts and tailored support prepares students for higher education. These initiatives not only enhance learning but also connect students with mentors and peers who share similar interests.

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MAY 29, 2024

It is bestowed annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions with sustained commitments to diversity in higher education. Richard Helldobler has been committed to equity and inclusion throughout his career in public higher education,” said ACE President Dr. Ted Mitchell. “He

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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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JANUARY 17, 2024

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

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