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New Nonprofit Launched to Address Gaps in Educational Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education Week has reported that only around 3% of American K-12 superintendents are women of color while 54% of students nationwide are diverse. The diversity of the educator leadership workforce has not kept pace with the growing diversity of our classrooms, and this presents an array of challenges, including a lack of representation.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul.

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East Tennessee State Professor Wins Social Science Scholar Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hicks is a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University, where he has served as a dean for the Clemmer College of Education and Human Development. in counseling and counselor education and higher education from North Carolina State University.

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ANSLEY BOOKER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She holds a PhD in educational leadership from Mercer, a master’s of science in pharmacy from the University of Georgia, and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University, where she majored in biology with a minor in chemistry and was a Ronald E.

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ROBERT PIMENTEL

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in educational leadership and administration from Cal State, Fresno. He served as president of Fresno City College. Pimentel holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from California State University, Fresno, an MSW from Cal State, Baker, and an Ed.D.

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KRISTEN MILLER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and English from Sonoma State University in California, a master’s in education and education leadership from the University of New England in Maine, and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Capella University in Minnesota.

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VICKY WOOD

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wood holds an associate degree in business from Marion Technical College, a bachelor’s degree in business education from Ashland University, a master’s in education from Bowling Green State University, and a doctorate in higher education leadership from The University of Toledo.