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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Montgomery—an accomplished economist who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations—is African American. “Now From 1998 to 2003, Floyd served the university before going on to lead the University of Missouri and Washington State University. The school’s president, Dr. Edward B.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Javier Reyes found himself elevated to the position of Interim Chancellor.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Minority stress theory, coined by Ilan Meyer (2003), articulates empirically supported findings where marginalized sociodemographic groups experience increased risk for distress due to more frequent and deleterious experiences of discrimination, harassment, systemic oppression / barriers, stigmatization and social isolation.

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The 100th Innovating Together Podcast

The University Innovation Alliance

There are a lot of people who have managed or administrated their way into the presidency, and they are a good manager or good administrator, but there are actually very few true iconic leaders, people who have a clear, compelling vision, who get you excited and enrolled in that vision.

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The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As deputy chancellor of California Community Colleges, she fosters policies and practice that support student success and college effectiveness. During 12 years there ending in 2003, Suzuki constantly urged mid- and senior-level AAPI administrators of Asian descent to pursue the top jobs.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy. We can't escape that.