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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. The university has achieved record retention rates and a 61% increase in four-year graduation rates.

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JUNE 23, 2023

My response included a statement that if offered the job, I would be willing to get into a dunk tank, sell tickets for student scholarships, and challenge my colleagues to join me in the activity. They plan out programs and activities to build community and extended family for students.

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JUNE 27, 2024

A new Center for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging is being established to foster understanding and harness systemwide resources across 25 CUNY campuses. Thompson To combat hate, the center will also oversee training and strengthen reporting and policy aims to bring consistency and accountability. Thompson Jr.,

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Many, if not most, of our students will be working in a field impacted by data and its quantitative, computational analysis. Students pursuing careers in all sectors will benefit from data skills. We have also developed programs to recruit and retain students interested in science.

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APRIL 6, 2025

Johnson The allure of a community college presidency lies in the opportunity it affords to effect meaningful change in the lives of our students. Accreditation is the process by which we assure the students and communities we serve that our institutions meet the mark.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As colleges and universities begin to feel the pain of budget deficits, reduced student enrollments, rollbacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, questions of bloated administrations, and the like, it is essential to remember what your responsibility is and what is not. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. Specifically, whether intentional or unintentional, harm has been done to students/learners. Combined and individually, curriculum and/or instruction can traumatize students, in this case Black students.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. We are committed to building a much more inclusive public research university that better reflects and serves our city, state and nation. Roy Wilson, President of Wayne State. “We

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The pressures faced by those of us whose work intersects with race, gender, history, human rights, feels like a modern form of exile. Williams is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University. Today, the dynamics may be different, but the parallels are certainly clear.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I really enjoy meeting and collaborating with colleagues from across the campus, and it just gave me a much larger enterprise view of how education works and operates to support faculty, staff and students, she says. She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

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JULY 15, 2024

In their study, “ Inside the Black Box ,” researchers discovered that algorithms used to predict student success produced false negatives for 19% of Black and 21% of Latinx students, incorrectly calculating these percentages of students would fail out of college. All the algorithms can see and learn,” said Anahideh.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist.

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MARCH 30, 2025

Thus, with our unprecedented longevity, its important for the traditional image of college students, those transitioning from high school and primarily in the second and third decades of life, to evolve. For college students, intergenerational learning is more than interacting with older adults. I am excited for my next 30 years!

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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. The chance to work with the community to form a culture that exudes belonging and inclusion was irresistible.”

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MARCH 3, 2025

Unlike traditional academic organizations that can be exclusive or rigid in their scope, BWSA is intentionally inclusive, embracing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to the field of Black Womens Studies. When co-founder and treasurer Dr. Jacinta Saffold and the organizations president, Dr. Nneka Dennie enrolled at the W.E.B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Mendocino College has achieved the highest percentage of Native American students among all California Community Colleges, The Ukiah Daily Journal reported. We take immense pride in our student population, and the invaluable diversity students bring to our college community,” said Dr. Tim Karas, Mendocino's president.

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JULY 8, 2024

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and National Council of Negro Women — are doubling down on their endorsement of the Freedom to Learn campaign. 2, in Nashville, Tennessee. As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of Brown v.

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MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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MAY 14, 2024

students face behind the scenes. Blake's article, "Graduate School and Mental Illness: A Survey of Strategies for Support," underscores the prevalence of mental health struggles among graduate students. students face, particularly concerning chronic illnesses and mental health challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. Ron DeSantis have imposed significant limitations on spending funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at colleges and universities in his state.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

He shares tips for coping and encourages students to connect, support each other, and create a more inclusive environment. Yet, its an experience many students face perhaps more often than we realise. Loneliness is a deeply human emotion, and acknowledging it is the first step toward overcoming it.

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JULY 12, 2024

A few days ago, I went to my office to get one of my students a book of great interest. Further, · “individuals who know the world only from their own cultural perspectives are denied important parts of the human experience and are culturally and ethnically encapsulated” (p.1). In searching the shelves, I came across Dr. James A.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

As institutions grapple with this shift, they must adopt innovative strategies to maintain their commitment to diversity and inclusion, honor their espoused values, and care for the broad constituencies they serve and support. Evidence suggests that many minoritized students already perceive campus environments as racist.

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MARCH 5, 2023

"The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To Smith University.

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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. One of Leyva’s active research projects is Transformative Inclusion in Postsecondary STEM (TIPS).

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Kristina Londy Kristina Londy has been named director of student success and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After years of studying higher education and teaching thousands of students, I’m now the parent of a high school senior who’s running the so-called college admissions gauntlet. I adore this human, who started life at barely 4 lbs and has emerged into a thoughtful, sensitive man with a love for soccer and his long-term girlfriend.

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JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). She will lead and support our accessibility and accommodation programs for students and employees.

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MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The University of Florida is--and will always be--unwavering in our commitment to university human dignity," the memo read. "

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APRIL 5, 2024

This photo was placed clearly and proudly on a mantel in a student lounge within an office that many non-English speakers frequent. One line resonated deeply with me: "When you deny a voice, you deny humanity." This expectation harms students of color and those from varied cultural heritages.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice. Frye Distinguished Professor Dr. Jelani M.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Black students know more than what those damn tests claim to measure.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Army, I enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, earned a doctorate from Harvard University, and embarked on a career in which I founded and led 20 education and human services organizations. When our students, faculty, and staff are under attack, higher education must stand up—and stand strong. Supreme Court ruling.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion. As she transitions into this new role, Gilliam said she had her sights on certain key matters, including student diversity, affordability, retention, and graduation rates. "I Gilliam holds a B.A.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Those selected will receive a full tuition/fee waiver and $25,000 from Darden College, allowing students to fulfill program requirements such as travel to the annual AACTE national conference and the Holmes Summer Policy Institute and Day on the Hill. student with 18 completed credit hours who identify as racially and ethnically diverse.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At The Ohio State University, I teach a course by this title in the College of Education and Human Ecology. Students of all ages and from all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are accurately informed; they are empowered; and they have agency in developmentally appropriate ways.

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