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KRISTINA LONDY

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kristina Londy Kristina Londy has been named director of student success and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

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The Missing Paradigm: Concordance Between Cultural Responsiveness and Institutional Policies and Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recognizing and valuing this diversity is the cornerstone of cultivating an inclusive learning environment in the community college setting. In an era of increasing diversity and globalization, institutions are challenged to foster environments that are not only fair and just but also inclusive of diverse cultural perspectives.

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Silenced Voices: Confronting Linguistic Discrimination and Cultural Erasure in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Individuals are denied equitable access to education and coerced into relinquishing their native tongues. My experience highlights the urgent need for educational institutions to address and combat linguistic discrimination and cultural erasure. Nelson Pham is a currently a Ph.D.

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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dual enrollment agreements should include strategies for increasing the inclusivity of dual enrollment programs. The programs offer access to hundreds of occupations in high-growth and emerging industries. The program also provided important access for older adults. Georgetown University, Center on Education & the Workforce.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Dr. J. Luke Wood to Become President of Sacramento State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The work that I do as a scholar is directly influenced by [the knowledge that] educators serve as critical agents to help students, particularly our minoritized students, navigate institutions that have historically struggled with facilitating access,” he said. Once Wood had access, he made the most of it.

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Stancia Jenkins

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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