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Examining Educational Equity in Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., educational leadership and policy, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education Career mentors: Dr. Victor B. Dr. Robert T.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., an associate professor of educational leadership and research methodology at Florida Atlantic University, commends DueƱas for her innovation.

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Dr. J. Luke Wood Appointed to California Racial Equity Commission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Luke Wood has been appointed to serve on the California Racial Equity Commission, the state's Senate Rules Committee. He has previously been co-director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL); director of the joint Ph.D. program in education between SDSU and Claremont Graduate University; and director of the Ed.D.

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Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Appointed Head of NC State College of Educationā€™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 Educationā€™s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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Chanelle Whittaker Becomes VP for Equity, Culture, and Talent at Prince Georgeā€™s Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince Georgeā€™s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Whitaker has spent the last 13 years in higher education leadership in Sacramento and Oakland, California.

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

population live in education deserts, with a disproportionately large rates of Native Americans (20%) and one-in-10 African American/Black and Latino/Hispanic adults living in such geographical areas (Hillman et al., Most demographic and related higher education surveys do not include a box for place-bound students to check.

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Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation Selects Recipients for 2023 Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dion Harry Harry is a North Carolina State University doctoral candidate studying higher education opportunity, equity, and justice. His work examines marginalized communities and identities in STEM and higher ed, equity, and students at community and technical colleges. Wallace is a University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D.