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AASCU Selects 26 Higher Education Leaders for 2025 Millennium Leadership Initiative Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities has named 26 senior-level higher education professionals to participate in its 2025-2026 Millennium Leadership Initiative, as the premier leadership development program continues its mission to diversify college and university presidencies.

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MCT Foundation Names Three Graduate Scholars to Study Student Mental Health Across Diverse Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terrell Educational Foundation has selected three master's students from diverse institutions across the United States for its 2024-2025 MCT Araceli Negrete Scholars program, with a focus on investigating student mental wellness in today's challenging environment. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

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A Legacy of Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unlike many of today’s emerging leaders, Bumphus didn’t have mentors who looked like him when he started. “I I unfortunately didn’t have any mentors when I started in the business that were leaders of color,” he tells Diverse. John Roueche and Terry O’Banion, who helped expand his visibility in the field.

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, being asked to return as a mentor each year since 2018 without being pregnant again has shown me that those tears were much more than a hormone-induced reaction. Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024. “As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. 2022-2025, received funding of $541,879 from the National Science Foundation over three years. Love is active in STEM mentoring and enrichment programs that target students, especially girls, in high school and the lower grades. physics education, West Chester University; M.A.,

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Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. After steering America's community colleges through unprecedented challenges and opportunities, Dr. Walter G.

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California Sets Ambitious 70% College Attainment Goal Amid Persistent Equity Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Currently, just 56% of California adults aged 25-64 hold a postsecondary degree or credential, according to the February 2025 report. While this rate has steadily increased and matches national averages, it falls well short of the state's aspirations, particularly for underserved communities.

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