Remove 2009 Remove Accessibility Remove Equity
article thumbnail

On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I

Placement 279
article thumbnail

Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Compared to the average person living in urban areas, people in rural communities often suffer from more inadequate access to healthcare, experience lower quality of care, and have higher mortality risk, Hung said in an email. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said.

Equity 246
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Conference Welcomes New Members Fighting for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. But despite their efforts to increase access and opportunity for all, equity gaps remain. “We

Equity 245
article thumbnail

Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are the four pillars of transformation, ingredients critical to the mission of Complete College America (CCA), the advocacy organization working to improve college graduation rates since 2009. Prior to her joining CCA, we were doing amazing work, but we never had a strategic plan.

article thumbnail

Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Employers, he says, are making it clear that they believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. “We This includes a cultural competence certification program.

article thumbnail

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen.

Mentoring 290
article thumbnail

A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ensuring access to all student populations across the state will always remain a focus,” Martinez says. Russ Deaton, executive vice chancellor for policy and strategy at the Tennessee Board of Regents, helped in the development of Tennessee’s outcome-based funding model back in 2009 when the idea was first introduced. Dr. Karen A.