This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
To accompany the release of its 2024 Emerging Scholars magazine edition, Diverse hosted its first-ever panel for the 15 outstanding scholars it recognized this year. Scholarly research should be made accessible and legible for people not in academia, the scholars agreed. "My The panel was moderated by Dr. Jamal Watson.
Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.
Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Now, I try to give back.
Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. He did not have mentors until he propelled himself back to college at age 32. Adjustments were made.
Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal. There is the pooling of knowledge,” she says.
It also means having access to resources and support services that can help them succeed. Have access to mentors and role models who can help them succeed. We believe it means that they can: • Feel safe and supported on campus. This means students can be themselves without fear of discrimination or harassment.
Those barriers lead to a lack of access to quality education for our minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.” It sponsored a cohort of faculty to participate in an ESCALA program with an eye toward closing the gap in educational access and success for Latinx students. Claflin is starting its program summer 2023.
He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. I could never pay [back] the mentoring that faculty of color have given me as I have navigated higher education,” he said. students. “I She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.”
The college recognized that the campus needed a safe space for males to get together, interact and learn from each other as well as to access resources,” says Jamal Biggs, director of the QCC MRC. Programming has been developed to meet the needs of men of color, who now comprise about 50% of the students who access the center.
Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. years at St.
As part of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program, Gonzales did a summer at Duke University, where he studied the optimization of hydrogels to promote the 3D growth of cells. “I He has also been a peer mentor in the Sloan Scholar program, helping students in different departments and cohorts connect with each other.
Dr. Hongtao Yu Morgan State also has an alumnus mentoring program. Access will continue to be our trademark.” “To become the first African American governor in Maryland’s history, the third African American governor in U.S. We lay a really strong foundation that this is not like any other university,” Mfume notes.
Part of the fellowship involved mentoring three undergraduate researchers, assisting them in designing experiments and teaching them synthetic techniques. Gilyot explains the intricate process of synthesizing small-molecule fluorescent sensors to be able to detect concentrations of biological materials such as proteins and neuropeptides. “It
Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.
UMGC is open access, which means there are students from different backgrounds and preparation levels. We place people anywhere from UBS (financial services) to someone who decided to take a risk and start a business through our Center for Entrepreneurship where they were mentored,” he says.
De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. He represents the best of those who were about access, courage, and tenacity,” he added.
The beauty of bell’s work was that it was so accessible, it was not contained in the academy,” said Malaklou. Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty. My non-Black colleagues — my white colleagues — cannot go, and it’s not a thing.
“So, decisions made about who is admitted to the military academies, what institutions have ROTC programs and who comes to the officer corps through that path have major long-term consequences — as do decisions about assignments, the availability of mentoring and the evaluation process.” It is beneficial to the country.”
Access to high-quality higher education is perhaps the strongest path towards reversing the poisonous culture, but today, the success of males in college lags behind their female counterparts-– with ‘cis’ and ‘identified’ Black and Hispanic/LatinX male outcomes the most concerning.” Jean’s advocacy has not gone unnoticed.
In addition to her historic run for president in 1972, Chisholm’s legacy rests in the number of Black women leaders whom she would mentor, most notably Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California. Chisholm is increasingly invoked as a symbol of universal access to economic and political power,” writes Curwood.
“We have so many first-generation students that using our alums as mentors has really been a powerful thing for our students.” Classrooms have been modernized and the campus is more technology accessible. “We That showed administration that they had to think about accessibility as well.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content