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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Dr. Donna Y.

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Lenoir-Rhyne Receives $1.2M Grant to Promote STEM Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hank Weddington The grant is designed to address science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teacher shortages and create pathways for underrepresented students to become STEM educators, according to Dr. Hank Weddington, dean of the College of Education and Human Services.

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WVU's Cuts: A Threat to Digital Age Justice?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Notably, the endangered programs encompass graduate tracks in the School of Mathematical and Data Sciences and, alarmingly, the comprehensive Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. K-12 Teaching: The repercussions of these cuts could extend down to the K-12 level. But there's another layer to this story.

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Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez Inaugurated as 10th President of Champlain College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Champlain’s education model is designed to get students “ready for work, ready for life, ready to make a difference,” Hernandez said.

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Dr. Anne S. Pruitt-Logan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During her 17-year tenure at Ohio State, she also served as associate dean of the graduate school, associate provost and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Pruitt-Logan is professor emeritus of educational policy and leadership at the Ohio State University.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Luis A.

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Paying it Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

applied mathematics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico; M.S., mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute; and Ph.D., Lopez Valdez’s focus on the human element started when he was a visiting scholar in Switzerland during the 2014-15 academic year.