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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2004-2014 – Realignment and Internal modifications Colleges and universities became more aware of factors that negatively impacted people of color and women within the institutions.

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LEAD Fund Mourns Passing of DEI Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr. Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.”

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2014, Diverse named Glaude an Emerging Scholar. “As a student, as a scholar, as a Black student, as an FLI [first-generation, low-income] student, it was everything that I needed for it to be,” said Kiara Gilbert, who had Glaude as her junior paper and senior thesis adviser. “I

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Florida Atlantic, UC Merced Earn Award for Institutional Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The award for institutional transformation was established in 2014. “Both institutions exemplify how our members use critical thinking and creativity to serve all learners,” said Mitchell. As the first U.S.

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Report: 13% of Title IV Aid-Receiving Students from Community Colleges Earn Bachelor's Degree Within Eight Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The goal of the investigation was to gauge the performance of both the sending and receiving schools, measuring both the rate of successful transfers out of a two-year school, “Access,” and the rate at which those transfer students earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, “Success.”

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Richard Bland College Seeks Independence from The College of William & Mary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This has been evolving for quite a few years now," Sydow said, adding that serious discussions and planning started in 2014. RBC President Dr. Debbie Sydow said the separation is amicable. Since then, the process has been vetted to the point where all that is needed now is legislative signoff, she said.

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Two More Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Attain VETS Campus Certification

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The 2014 Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support (VETS) Act – which established the VETS Campus program – requires schools to meet a set of seven programs, requirements , and qualifications to be certified by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

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