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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Dueñas says her work calls upon “researchers, educators, [and] even, at times, policymakers to think about the ways in which policies, curriculums, rules, bylaws.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support. Faculty can also bring the work and stories of undocumented immigrants into their curriculum.

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Dr. Timothy Alvarez Retires from Otero College in Purpose, with Satisfaction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. It’s kind of like the grandfather, the father, and the son,” says Banks.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs.

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Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

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Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

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In her professional life, President Sacks collects mentors whose leadership skills or strengths have impressed her and whom she can always count on for advice. She is certified by The Ohio State University in DACUM (Develop A Curriculum) and by the Community College of Aurora in Mediation. That was formative.” Sacks holds a Ph.D.