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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

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There can be no question that this reflects a growing infrastructure to support belonging for all faculty, staff, and students in higher education. Its satisfaction leads to positive gains such as happiness, elation, wellbeing , achievement, and optimal functioning (Strayhorn, 2019, p. J'Quen Johnson RECOMMENDATIONS: BELONGING 2.0 &

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students.

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Legacy of Innovation and Equity, St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Outgoing President Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan Reflects Tenure

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One of Jordan’s proudest achievements: building a liberal arts education model that is innovative and accessible to all. “We It provides students with tools to think about their education practically and guarantees every student access to research, an internship, or an international experience. “If It took perseverance.

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Defining “Servingness” At Black-Serving Institutions

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Garcia (2019) noted that while the federal government defines what constitutes an HSI–a full-time undergraduate enrollment in which 25% of students identify as Latinx–it offers no guidance on what servingness actually means or looks like. million Black residents, has 14 HBCUs, the most of any state.

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Strategic Revival, The Numbers Behind Dr. David Thomas’s Morehouse College Success Story

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Smith announced during the 2019 commencement ceremony for Morehouse that he would pay off the student loans for the graduating class. Some students and faculty criticized the decision because of Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. During my time here, we hired and promoted many young faculty,” Thomas says. “I

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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education

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Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

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Morehouse Alumnus Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Named 13th President of His Alma Mater

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I am excited to partner with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and supporters to build on our legacy and write the next chapter of Morehouse's transformative story." These classifications highlight the institution's growing research profile while maintaining its historic mission of providing educational access to underrepresented communities.