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Southern New Hampshire University President to Step Down Next Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutional leadership must show a commitment to transformation and creating an environment in which Latino students thrive. These are the institutions that can show you with their data, with their evidence-based practices and with their leadership what they’re doing,” says Santiago. and graduate 19%.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

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AASCU President Dr. Mildred García Appointed Chancellor of the California State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mildred García Once she steps into the role, García will be the first Latina president of the CSU, which is the nation's largest and most diverse four-year university system. Since 2018, García has overseen AASCU, restoring the financial health of the organization and working to support public higher ed.

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Canton Specifically, UF closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), removed DEI and administrative roles, and stopped DEI-focused contracts with outside vendors, according to an administrative memo UF leadership published Mar. McCune, Jr., chair of Black studies at the University of Rochester.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are sick and tired of the lack of progress toward racial justice at Penn State under your leadership,” the letter continues. “We One statistic shows that, between 2004 and 2018, the number of Black professors at Penn State stayed roughly the same, from 109 professors to 112. We expected better.” Many feel quite alienated.

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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. Grubb says NISS’s diagnostic and playbook for CSUMB, shared with institutional leadership in person by Renick in May 2024, were “really impactful and exciting.

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