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Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I argue in my book Capitalizing on College that the way forward for these value entrepreneurs must include recognizing they are not alone and that their similarities are greater than their differences. Their continued survival demands an equally bold step: writing their next chapter not as competitors, but as collaborators.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. Fees, housing, meals, books, all of that adds up.”

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Racialized Agency as a Buffer for K-16 Black Students in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Case studies, biographies, movies, and books about Black males and females overcoming challenges and succeeding in STEM are fundamental resources to use in lesson plans. FAMILY-SCHOOL COLLABORATION MATTERS. Formal policies and strategies must be in operation in schools to build home-school collaborations. It is often intuitive.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He has co-authored seven books and more than 160 publications, secured nearly $40 million in funding, and delivered more than 200 scholarly presentations globally. Moores work has focused on closing opportunity gaps, increasing access to quality education, and addressing systemic barriers that disproportionately affect marginalized groups.

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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Ess Pokornowski, Reintegrating students face a unique set of overlapping challenges: they are leaving a total institution where choice, communication, access to healthcare, access to technology, and opportunities for education and gainful employment are all dramatically limited.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. Fees, housing, meals, books, all of that adds up.”

Students 246