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The Missing Link to Scaled Excellence and Equity in Community College Student Outcomes: A National Leadership Development Strategy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aspen subsequently began two intensive fellowships that select senior administrators with the qualities of exceptional presidents and teach lessons from the field about how to achieve exceptional and equitable levels of student success. A national leadership development strategy matters.

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Integrating Arts as a Healing Force

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The aim for active listening to students, staff, faculty, community members, and UofL stakeholders anchors my work in making impactful connections, and my team’s efforts in student coaching and leadership development, cultural programming, and resource-sharing,” says Bennett.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An expert on Asian American media and activism, Lopez teaches courses like “Race and Media” but to also administer the day-to-day Asian American Studies Program, which is small but growing by leaps and bounds. I hope that when I talk about and bring my own personal experiences to the classroom, I hope it’s meaningful to them.”

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Cultivating a Culture of ‘Servingness:’ Institutional Considerations for Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For instance, partnerships with local community organizations can provide leadership development, internships, and scholarships tailored to Latine learners, while fostering a connection to space and place and bolstering a learner’s sense of belonging. This includes integrating Latine epistemologies into teaching and advising practices.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We have supported Latinx faculty in continuing professional development through HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities),” says CSULB President Dr. Jane Close Conoley. “We We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He worked as a Boeing research engineer in the 1960s, at times participating in civil rights and equity efforts. An engineer by training, Suzuki, along with his parents, had been confined to an incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during World War Two. Organizers say 12 people had registered by late April out of a maximum 35 slots.

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New Book Examines Foster Care Students in College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These students are offered financial aid, housing priority, counseling, and opportunities for career and leadership development. California has one of the largest foster youth groups in the nation with over 60,000 children in the system, and the state offers ongoing support for the GSP at $12 million a year.

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