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HBCUs: Beacons of Opportunity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Not only do HBCUs enroll twice as many first-generation, low-income students, but they also outperform peer institutions in improving the economic standing of their students. DevCon increased TMCF’s capacity to identify and develop high-potential talent. It is truly the essence of their existence. Dr. Harry L.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HISPA’s Leadership Workshop was developed in 2012 in collaboration with the Governor’s Hispanic Fellows Program and sponsored and overseen by the New Jersey Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development. Corporations and businesses want to have people from their background working with them.”

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. How do you keep collaboration going when not everybody is in-person? So I acted like I was running my research group.