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The organization focuses on advancing racial and social justice, fostering equity of opportunity, building resilient communities, and delivering world-class philanthropy. Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9 Founded in 1975, SDF has granted $1.8 billion to strengthen the San Diego community.
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Mary’s College of Maryland’s seventh president and the first Black woman to hold the title, is reflecting on 11 years of service, feeling pride in her commitment to equity and the college’s continued growth. One of Jordan’s proudest achievements: building a liberal arts education model that is innovative and accessible to all. “We
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Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public highereducation. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.” Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to highereducation has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia.
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Taylor Smith is a noted leader in intercultural competence and joined the University of Dayton as an executive director for inclusive excellence education in 2017, before being appointed assistant vice president in 2021.
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Now, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is recognizing and honoring her with the 2023 ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for her most recent work as a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, a role she has held since August 2017. “I
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Gabi is currently completing PhD research exploring engagement in online highereducation by students who are refugees and asylum seekers, using the lens of the Capability Approach. In this role, I drew on the Capabilities Approach to help to frame the Forum’s approach to supporting open education nationally.
As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across highereducation to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.
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