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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DFC’s] success is driven by the level of personal care and support that we can provide our scholars.” DFC’s approach is in line with recent research showing that student success requires a comprehensive approach. The support that DFC gives its students is not simply financial. It was easy for us to lean on each other.”

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Dr. Erik M. Frazier, R.-M.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The students who are accepted into the college will complete their General Education (GE) classes there and will be taught in small classes and mentored by mostly Black Sacramento State faculty members. It’s a specialized, accelerated, elite experience,” he said. “The

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Faculty can also bring the work and stories of undocumented immigrants into their curriculum.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I'm a former foster child, and I'm a student who struggled with food insecurities and housing insecurities, and I'm a first-generation college student, but I went to Sac State and it was an environment where I had mentors and people who supported me, and programs and services that I benefited from,” Wood said in an interview with Diverse.

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Close the Gap Foundation Supercharges its Boards with Teachers and Industry Experts Invested in Student Success

Close the Gap Foundation

Along the foundation's journey to serve FGLI students with empathy and care, forming the BoE originated as a method for Close the Gap Foundation to enhance the mentor training process for its programs, which it successfully achieved through interactive workshops, educator panel discussions, and Q&A sessions on how to mentor with empathy.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Precisely, the effect of commodifying education reinforces enrolled students’ entitlement and institutional leaders’ unreasonable expectations for faculty labor. Importantly, we do not include students’ accessibility needs in reference to student demands; accessibility accommodations are necessary for equitable student learning.

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