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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 The convening represents the culmination of a decade-long commitment to strengthening leadership within the HBCU ecosystem. ORANGEBURG, S.C. set the stage for the gathering on Wednesday afternoon.

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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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. Community college leadership can play a critical role in bridging the military – civilian divide, serving learners, and connecting communities. 2) Who are your military-connected learners and how do you know? Dr. Susan M.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In May 2018, COD’s board of trustees approved a $1 million investment to support a diverse group of 23 faculty and administrators to participate in Kansas State University’s (KSU) doctoral Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), the first cohort known colloquially as the CCLP Roadrunner cohort. in community college leadership.

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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. Keisha Lewars 3. We cannot support people if we do not know what they need.

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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. Dr. Margaretta B. Roueche and Margaretta B.