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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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New Report Highlights Challenges and Solutions for Black Students in Higher Education

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Ensuring College Access and Success for Black Students in Higher Education," authored by Drs. Since its 2005 inception, the program has graduated over 100,000 students, trained more than 30,000 mentors, and expanded to 30 programs across 25 campuses.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

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Mental health is synonymous with psychological wellness, a multidimensional construct involving satisfaction and balance among mind, body, and spirit (Myers & Sweeney, 2005). This may make accessing support like food banks or religious services difficult. Kwanza celebrations, minority health month, healing circles).

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Military Academies Retain Affirmative Action in Admissions?

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“So, decisions made about who is admitted to the military academies, what institutions have ROTC programs and who comes to the officer corps through that path have major long-term consequences — as do decisions about assignments, the availability of mentoring and the evaluation process.” It is beneficial to the country.”

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

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The beauty of bell’s work was that it was so accessible, it was not contained in the academy,” said Malaklou. Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty. My non-Black colleagues — my white colleagues — cannot go, and it’s not a thing.

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