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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This backdrop was on the minds of panelists in preparation for their presentation, entitled, A State of Affairs: The Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees, which convened at the recent Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT, 2024) Leadership Congress in Seattle, WA. in press, p.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Courses must include Black males and females experiencing success in STEM. In 1993, the federal government issued what we consider the most equitable and culturally responsive definition for advanced learners. Educators MUST believe that Black students have the ability to persist and be successful in STEM. MENTORING MATTERS.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education. Essential Supports for Success According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2022 the college enrollment rate for 18-to-24-year-olds who identified as Native American or Alaska Native was 26%. Dr. Gresham D.

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Legacy of Innovation and Equity, St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Outgoing President Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan Reflects Tenure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among her successes, [President Jordan] took the college and helped us rebrand it. Under Jordan’s leadership, SMCM saw a 71% increase in undergraduate admission applications, a 30% increase in first-generation students, a 20% increase in historically underrepresented and/or marginalized students, and a significant jump in alumni engagement.

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Are You a Good Hearer?

Steve Keating

Hearing Definition : Hearing is the physiological process of perceiving sound. Being a Good Listener Definition : Listening is an active process where you not only hear sounds but also focus on understanding and interpreting the meaning of what is being said. Hearing and being a good listener are fundamentally different.