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TANIA D. MITCHELL

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mitchell holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and communication from Baylor University in Texas, a master’s in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University, and a doctorate in student development from the University of Massachusetts.

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Melvin C. Terrell Scholars Dive into Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Delnita Evans dreams of being a dean because she wants to help underrepresented students succeed. “I We weren’t graduating,” said the master’s candidate in higher education student affairs at the Morgan State University School of Education & Urban Studies. I saw that people that looked like me did not matriculate.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work in the academy includes various stints in project management, student affairs, development, and fundraising roles at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tuskegee University, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. I am, therefore, especially proud that he is now a tenured professor at an HBCU.”

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, a new report from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and UWill, an online counseling platform for colleges and universities, has shown that mental health is continuing to decline. They can create crisis intervention policies to help students who are in distress.

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Solutions in Action: Breaking Down Barriers to Student Success

Timely MD

Bring TimelyCare to Your School Systemic change for student success The panelists acknowledged that students are entering college at varying levels of readiness and support therefore systemic changes may be needed to improve student outcomes.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary studentsdevelopment. This led me to create a UofGH interdepartmental committee to develop a program to meet the needs of our students.

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