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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. That’s what mentoring is all about.”

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While mentoring provides valuable guidance, she argues that women in higher education need presidents who can create and provide concrete opportunities that prepare them for the presidency. The importance of practical experience and opportunities, Jackson emphasizes, cannot be overstated.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Village at Cerritos College is California’s first community college housing project exclusively for homeless students. Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

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Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We And by providing support, mentoring, and a ready-made network of peers, clusters can help minoritized faculty avoid burnout and stay in their roles. The experience was isolating. And an increasingly popular one.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, a recent working paper has shown that students of color are far less likely to experience these advantages. From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., Be open to change and new directions as a teacher, scholar, advisor, and mentor. vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recruitment materials, campus tours, and FAFSA open houses are bilingual as are several members of the student affairs staff. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. The Hornet Launch program pre-enrolls first-time, first-year students in their first semester courses.

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