Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

The report notes that the implementation of peer mentoring, paid work-based learning, building partnerships for intentional and inclusive hiring, and elevating career services and DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging) to be organizational priorities.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Diversity in representation not only enriches the educational experience but also provides necessary role models and mentors who understand and can empathize with the unique obstacles faced by students from underrepresented populations. It is the institution’s responsibility to ensure long-term success and retention.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. I would advise them to do it cautiously. The experience was isolating. They were hiring three.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

It is therefore time to connect the dots among efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, overturn race-conscious admissions, and bring back standardized tests. By being proactive with admissions, recruitment, and advising, however, we can reduce this risk. Humans are no different.

Application

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

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. Watford says.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By example, the counseling/advising unit uses an intrusive model, monitoring students’ progress and regularly checking in on them. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. With that kind of structure and those kinds of environments we create.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

Gasman suggested several ways that employers can foster belonging, including DEI activities, mentoring programs, and climate surveys. But Kahn thinks that doing so will be in companies’ best interest, citing research showing that diverse, inclusive businesses have better results.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

In his role as provost faculty fellow, Smith advises and guides the design and direction of academic and student success initiatives. Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., psychology, Middle Tennessee State University; M.S.,

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Upon admission, someone from the office oversees the transition process—orientation, advisement, financial clearance and registration prior to the student’s first term and support through the first year. At that time, they transition to either a professional advisor in their school or major or mostly to faculty advisement.”

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. Earning the Seal will only deepen our future work in building a richly diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.

Retention

Castleton Trio

MARCH 3, 2020

For that reason, he became a Summer Transition and TRIO Texting mentor. Again, Ethan sought additional challenges, serving as Lead Summer Transition Mentor his junior and senior year. As a mentor, Ethan strives to be personal and inclusive. “I I try to become friends with someone before I mentor them,” he says. “I

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. In this chapter, best practices focused on the areas of advising, engagement, instruction, and programing will be discussed. Dr. Erik M.

Advising

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So Let's Get Ready is a national near-peer mentoring organization. Because I think for me personally, my first experience in college access was as a near-peer mentor right after I graduated from college in an AmeriCorps program where we were leveraging the age proximity to provide services. JS: Yeah, it's interesting.

Advising

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Improve student persistence toward college and toward graduation by: Incentivizing faculty to engage in student advising and mentoring Encouraging students to develop a college-going mindset Offering completion and retention grants Making sure the right students and mentors are getting into peer mentoring programs Encourage lifelong learning through: (..)

Retention

Clair Kamp Dush

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I assumed a student who was Black was less involved in our graduate program due to a lack of passion and skill, not a lack of the program reaching out to her or creating an environment of inclusiveness. Increasing your social resources by participating in mentoring programs, cultivating multiple and diverse mentors , and practicing gratitude.

Mentoring

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

She noted that her former boss, UC Riverside's chancellor Kim Wilcox , is now her peer, adding: "He's a great friend and mentor, but all the way along, I haven't thought about having a boss. When you're a faculty member, you're your own boss. He was a senior faculty member who told me you have to remember that it's not about science.

Higher education

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Our most popular were Logic Models for Program Design and the Future of Advising. They mentor and supervise the UIA Fellows, convene campus student success teams, and ensure organizational accountability. Learn more about joining the Lab.

Collaboration

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. So Makuu, we help to advise 30 plus different campus organizations on the undergrad side who are doing something connected to black culture.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. Gerardo de los Santos said his father mentored numerous individuals and pushed them to get their doctorates. In a precedent-setting career in higher education, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr.

Community college

COE

JULY 17, 2023

Dr. Brown’s leadership will drive our efforts to create a more equitable and inclusive educational landscape.” His outstanding track record in higher education and his journey as a TRIO alumnus aligns perfectly with our mission to increase access to higher education for underserved students.

Education

COE

JULY 12, 2024

. — The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) announces today a pioneering partnership with NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising to develop an innovative credentialing opportunity designed specifically for higher education professionals, including TRIO staff and academic advisors.

Higher education

COE

AUGUST 9, 2024

His leadership has driven positive change and fostered a spirit of inclusivity and progress in his community; he serves as the Town Supervisor of Plattsburgh, New York. Cashman , a dedicated public servant and educational advocate, attributes much of his success to the SUNY Plattsburgh TRIO Student Support Services program. DeRionne P.

Education

Active Minds

AUGUST 21, 2023

They also advise Active Minds national staff on student engagement, community building, program planning, Chapter engagement and management, National Conference planning, and program promotion. She even started her own nonprofit, Beyond Taiwan.

Mental health

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 6, 2023

Inclusive Excellence in Our Universities As the leader of a highly regarded public research university, President Sheares Ashby recognizes her role as a pathfinder for higher education: "Trying to help define and move forward inclusive excellence is everything for me. And so, inclusive excellence means everything.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Bonnie has been a supporter, mentor, coach, and friend to so many,” said Dr. Terrell L. Higher education institutions have in recent years been called into accountability for ensuring the inclusion, safety, and well-being of students, especially those holding marginalized identities,” said Dr. Felecia Commodore. “I

Administration