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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev. It was mentors and elders in the church that encouraged me to pursue higher education in the first place. Dr. Lewis M. Zion Church; Rev.

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Overcoming Human Nature

Steve Keating

This is a post that might create a bit of controversy because I’m not a huge believer in the idea of a “fixed” unchangeable human nature. I think too often people use “human nature” as an excuse. Human nature may mean you’re likely to do something but it doesn’t mean you have to do it.

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University of Utah Prison Education Project Admits First Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Erin Castro, the associate dean and associate professor who co-founded the initiative with 12 undergraduate honors students in 2016. It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan.

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Fourth-Year Grad Student Sets Sights on Collegiate Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I can easily see Dom Turner being a college president one day,” said Dr. Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I It was mentors and elders in the church that encouraged me to pursue higher education in the first place.

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University.

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Dr. Crystal Eufemia Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is an assistant professor of educational administration in the College of Education and Human Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where her work is concentrated on campus climates and the role of student affairs in student experiences.

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Dr. Donna Shalala Named Interim President of The New School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Across the years, Shalala has held numerous leadership positions, most recently as president of the University of Miami. In 2018, Diverse published a story about prominent scholars who were mentored by her. She has also held a tenured professorship at Columbia University.

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