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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. Dr. Robert T. Dr. Larry J. Dr. Tryan L.

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HBCU Leaders Gather to Create Blueprint for Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for strategic partnerships at the United Negro College Fund facilitates a session at the H.E.L.F Attendees were encouraged to talk through case studies and were guided by facilitators: Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for Strategic Partnerships at the United Negro College Fund; Dr. M.C.

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Promises, Promises: Agency, Self-Actualization, the Higher Ed Social Contract

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education leadership must emphasize its key role in a vision of a society that centers, involves and supports people in the community. Yet these options have, in some cases, facilitated greater social isolation and disconnect from the environments, relationships and resources provided to support student success.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

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If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. Yelich Biniecki serves as associate professor in the College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership, Adult Learning and Leadership Program., at Kansas State University. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These communities of practice should be spaces where student affairs educators at all levels and in all functional areas come together to learn, grow, and problem-solve with other professionals committed to positive personal and institutional transformation. We cannot support people if we do not know what they need.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

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of the history and organization of COD) and a broadened perspective that facilitated communication. The study found that a perceived effect of the KSU-CCLP on the graduate students was an enhanced readiness to take on leadership responsibilities. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lingle Higher education and professional policing can be perceived as mutually exclusive endeavors, an odd dichotomy given that police officers are community members and students first. Recruits develop cognitive skills that facilitate trust, legitimacy, and policing practices. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.