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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

While MSIs play a key role in promoting faculty diversity by consistently employing more educators of color than other institutions, MSI faculty also face pressures, such as heavy teaching and advising loads, high expectations for research and publishing, and limited resources for career development.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. Dr. David Goldberg recalls that Love was hired when the department was seeking new teaching faculty with a focus on STEM. physics education, West Chester University; M.A., Loves Ph.D.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

sociology, emphasis in Black studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Career mentors: Christine Rodriguez, J.D., That explains quite a bit about Gomezs scholarship, teaching methods and service. sociology, emphasis in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., His 2022 essay, Wheres the Gig at?

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Crafting Innovative Approaches for Analyzing Data - Dr. Zachary K. Collier

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2025

Stay persistent, stay grounded and always leave the door open for others to follow.Career mentors: Dr. Thomasina Lott Adams, University of Florida; Dr. Bianca Montrosse Moorhead, University of Connecticut; Dr. Walter Lana Leite, University of Florida Education: B.S., Collier conveys that message to the doctoral students that he teaches.

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

San Antonio College a large, two-year public college in Walnut, California students regularly credit a program called ARISE with providing peer mentors, culturally relevant courses and a sense of community. A communication major, Sarrol hopes to transfer to a California State University system school in fall of 2025.

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Crafting Innovative Approaches for Analyzing Data - Dr. Zachary K. Collier

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2025

Stay persistent, stay grounded and always leave the door open for others to follow.Career mentors: Dr. Thomasina Lott Adams, University of Florida; Dr. Bianca Montrosse Moorhead, University of Connecticut; Dr. Walter Lana Leite, University of Florida Education: B.S., Collier conveys that message to the doctoral students that he teaches.

Teaching

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech Career Mentors: Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, Dr. Aubrey Knight, Dr. Azziza Bankole, Dr. Shelvy Campbell-Monroe, and Carol Lynn Maxwell-Thompson, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

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Dr. Amanda Datnow, University of California, San Diego

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

She teaches courses in qualitative research methods and educational change and is actively involved in mentoring. Her research focuses primarily on K-12 educational reform and policy, particularly with regard to issues of equity and the professional lives of educators.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. The peer mentors are recruited from UCLA’s undergraduate student body and are usually former participants in AAP. With that kind of structure and those kinds of environments we create.

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

She was teaching law at Yale University and raising her two daughters. White males that were very nice to me,” she says, adding that many of them became her best advocates and mentors. A committed mentor Chua says she tells her students to “find your comparative advantage.” “I She was like, ‘You need to get disciplined.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Educational Leadership and Higher Education, University of NebraskaLincoln Career mentors: Dr. Brian McGowan, American University; Dr. Kimberly A. Her mentors at ASU, Briscoe says, truly encouraged her to understand the significance of education and valuing Black thought. Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

When he was accepted and assigned Ladson-Billings as his mentor, it proved to be a match made in heaven. His work delves into crucial questions about retention, working conditions, and the importance of allowing Black teachers to maintain their autonomy and cultural teaching practices. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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A Champion for Refugee Communities - Dr. Ashley Cureton

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

No matter what happens, keep pushing towards greatness.Career mentors: Dr. Trina Shanks (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Dr. Rogerio M. It really has to be informed by research, teaching, and practice. Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Remember, its progress, not perfection. You win some and you lose some.

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Impacting the Environment - Dr. Majid Bagheri

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Career mentors: Dr. Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University Education: BSc., Bagheri is inspired by teaching students underrepresented in STEM fields. Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Try to engage minorities in cutting-edge environmental research.

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Engineering a Path for the Forgotten: Meet the Professor Transforming Transportation Access - Dr. Kyung "Kate" Hyun

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Title: Associate Professor Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.S Aim for steady progress.

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

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

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Crafting Innovative Approaches for Analyzing Data - Dr. Zachary K. Collier

The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Dr. Amanda Datnow, University of California, San Diego

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