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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

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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

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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. Representation matters.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. Employers, he says, are making it clear that they believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. “We

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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HE4Good editorial principles: heterogeneity, care, and community

Catherine Cronin

This open access book, a collection of work by over 70 authors in 18 countries, offers ways of thinking, conceptualising and creating possibilities for (re)making higher education, focusing on futures that foreground inclusion, equity, social justice, care and sustainability. So, how did this belief translate into practice?

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Stress is more likely to be experienced as positive or performance enhancing when we have sufficient control over a situation, perceive a reasonable ability to overcome the stressor, and have access to positive psychosocial supports and safe environments. 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2020; Kirmayer et al.,