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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. They must present evidence of effectiveness in institutional practices serving Latino students. Hawkins Jr.

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Unconventional Higher Ed Leadership Paths

The University Innovation Alliance

We’d been impacting the lives of 5,000 students, and I wanted the challenge of impacting the lives of 180,000 students, not to mention 350,000 learners that aren't even degree-seeking. Leadership on a Bigger Scale In higher ed, as in so many other sectors, the top leadership positions are seen as the endpoint of career steppingstones.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terry Anne Scott has been told that her classes change lives. She said she can’t count the number of white students who, in their evaluations for her African American History, Blacks and the Law, and Civil Rights and Black Power classes, have said, “I was raised to be racist, and taking your courses has allowed me to see things differently.”

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