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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When a couple of student affairs practitioners created the College and University Food Bank Alliance in 2012, it had just 10 members. Martin argues for change in food pantries writ large, moving beyond a focus on food distribution with new models that center empathy, equity, and systems reform.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. When he returned to the U.S., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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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. While total enrollment in KCTCS has declined since 2012, URM enrollment has increased. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. When he returned to the U.S., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, values such as cultural appreciation and equity-minded decision-making often elude officers who interact daily with people from diverse backgrounds. Cultural competence is imperative because some people care more about how they are treated by the police than they do about crime rates.

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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. The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. That rose to 61.2% for students who entered in 2017.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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Similarly, I have attended department meetings across the organization, from finance to human resources to facilities, to understand the challenges that they face. An effective institutional leader must be willing to make appropriate investments in both technological and human resources to support the data-informed revolution.