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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.” Equity, familia and servingness are woven into the college’s leadership, programs and services to foster success for all students.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

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If we are truly committed to equity and student success," Goldsmith added, "we must modernize this law to align with the mission of today's community colleges." The sixty-four-year-old law remains literally unchanged while everything around it has transformedfrom technology to teaching methods to the students themselves. "If

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

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To support this latter group, for instance, UTSA launched Brothers United , a mentoring student organization centered on Black and Latino men. This initiative offers ongoing formal mentoring as well as three annual events on topics such as career development, self-marketing, and restorative justice.

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Women in STEM: Perception Versus Reality

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Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. At the same time, within the broader category of engineering and science, it is instructive to examine the discrepancies in enrollment figures between fields.

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

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Dr. DeLeon Gray Gray is an associate professor of educational psychology and equity at North Carolina State University. To date, Gray has mentored over 100 students through Black and Belonging in Durham Public Schools. “When I went to other spaces and started thinking about my work, community engagement just seemed so natural to me.”

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

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The funding comes as part of a California program to tackle issues of equity in higher ed and the workforce. Participants will then return to their home districts and instruct students in multiple languages, including Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, and Khmer, the predominant language of Cambodia.

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Lifting As They Climb

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Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University.