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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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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 fall of 2023 saw a historic moment when six of the eight Ivy League presidents were women. college and university chief executives by 2030.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

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In June 2023, the U. Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees.

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LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers

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and the board asked me to stay on as executive director in 2023,” he explains. Mentoring new generations of leaders is not just an investment in the future — it is a moral and strategic imperative,” she says. “As The organization’s first formal strategic plan, adopted in October 2023, outlines ambitious goals for the next three years.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. In 2023, Cerritos adopted their Students First Framework, a homegrown initiative to provide strategies over the next decade to reach its goal of graduating more students in less time. “In Morales, president of CSUSB. years, compared to 4.2

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

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physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. Loves current focus is a web-based citizen science project called Name That Neutrino that she and her students created in 2023, seeking a multitude of volunteers to participate in the process. Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S.,

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

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Some of the programming is for prelaw [students] only, some for traditional undergraduates in mentoring, and some for currently incarcerated students. When Quash became director of the initiative in 2023, he set out to engage with the state. Three different populations. Now, we have over 8,000 students [in BMI programs.]

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

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Strayhorn few years ago, Liu (2023) published, Everyone is Talking about Belonging in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Community on campus flows from frequent, positive interactions with others, namely peers, faculty, and staff like advisors, coaches, and mentors. A Dr. Terrell L. Her opening lines were perennial: Its everywhere.