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Excelencia in Education Publishes Analysis about Today's Latino College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Yet it is institutions who admit, retain and award doctoral degrees that then make up the pool for future faculty and academic leadership.”

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Dr. Gary G. Bennett Appointed Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. Faculty is a leadership role. When you're a faculty member, you're your own boss.