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Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA-- In a significant recognition of their transformative efforts in higher education, Chattanooga State Community College and Southwestern Oregon Community College have been awarded the prestigious Leah Meyer Austin Award by Achieving the Dream (ATD). percentage points. The college saw an 8.7 Dr. Karen A.

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

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The journey of Black males through the American educational system is often marked by unique obstacles: racial stereotyping, lowered expectations, and systemic inequities that hinder their potential and alienate them from environments meant to foster growth (Howard, 2014). 2015; Harper & Davis, III, 2012). 2016) Dr. Ronald W.

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An Open Letter to HBCU Graduates

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Today, we must capitalize on those gains by going to the polls and voting for candidates who are most inclined to support an agenda of racial and gender equity. Dr. Charlie Nelms is a veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University. The war on DEI is being well documented.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend. When a couple of student affairs practitioners created the College and University Food Bank Alliance in 2012, it had just 10 members. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress. But that is all the more reason to recognize that hope is a strategy.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred García Founders' Award

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American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education has announced its 2024 AAHHE Mildred Garcia Founders' Award recipient, Dr. David A. Dr. David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

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Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.” Her goal is to provide an elite education without elitist practices that exclude communities of color and low-income people. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.