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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The budding Black studies department at the University of Rochester will fast-track their hiring of faculty with the help of a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. chair of faculty programs and departmental initiatives in the university's Black studies department. Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. McCune, Jr.,

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

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Every Saturday morning University of Miami freshman Anthony Davenport leaves his residence hall on the Coral Gables campus and gets on the Miami-Dade County Metrorail in route to the Brownsville neighborhood. He wants to help to facilitate this experience for the next generation of students.

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Report: Degree Completion Rate Tied to Number of Credits Taken Per Year

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The number of academic credits a student takes per year has ties to their likelihood to graduate and complete their college journey, a new report from course scheduling company Ad Astra found. Siloes in the schedule build often lead to unintended barriers to student progression. Data on Northeast Lakeview is included in the report.

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Fellowship Program Highlights the Work of Disabled Scholar-Activists

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Cho earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in political science after more than a decade of entering and withdrawing from several universities because of mental health and accessibility concerns. universities using data provided by around 250 surveyed students. The dorms on the SFSU campus weren’t fully accessible.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

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The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. The university must respect its employees’ privacy rights and therefore cannot discuss individual personnel matters,” the university said in a statement.

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Fostering Success

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Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). If the university is not providing the resource, he will make a connection.” We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues.

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