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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To state the obvious, it is vital that administrators recruit and retain more Black STEM professionals in STEM and in the curriculum, particularly math and sciences courses in K-12 and in STEM majors. CURRICULUM MODIFICATIONS. MENTORING MATTERS. Then Black students can aspire to become STEM professionals. Older achievers (i.e.,

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreover, the law's current definition fails to recognize valuable faculty contributions outside the classroomlike serving on committees, developing curriculum, and mentoring studentscounting these activities on the "wrong side" of the 50% calculation.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had to figure out how to slip the material into the pre-designed curriculum. It definitely helped me stay in the role.”

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

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in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech Career Mentors: Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, Dr. Aubrey Knight, Dr. Azziza Bankole, Dr. Shelvy Campbell-Monroe, and Carol Lynn Maxwell-Thompson, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. I know there are students out there that could definitely succeed, they just need the resources.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The fact that they are very proactive in letting students know their potential of going to graduate school and being successful is high, and then aligning them with funding, mentors and support to get there is incredibly powerful.” They learn about what we call the hidden curriculum of grad school,” Janssen says.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The central value of transmitting women’s heritage and issues in the curriculum and the way Mary Baldwin’s history is celebrated are maintained. Some of the didactic and professional curriculum were flipped. I definitely want to be a resource to other presidents and other institutions,” Fox said. “I

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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. That day I felt like I was probably the only president in the country who could definitively say that I did not have a meth lab on campus. That was formative.”