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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017. During her time there, she led full-time and adjunct faculty recruitment, development, retention and evaluation, curriculum and instruction.

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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education

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Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

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Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students

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The last time it was amended was in 2008. … Dr. Andrea Fabrizio, dean of academic affairs and principal investigator for the Title V project at Hostos Community College, an HSI in New York City, said she would like to see flexibility.

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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

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In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

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In 2004, Edley joined UC Berkely as dean of the law school, but stepped down from the role in 2013 and took a medical leave to battle prostate cancer. In 2008, he was a board member for the Obama presidential transition with general responsibility for healthcare, education, and immigration. He returned as the Honorable William H.

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EVELYN BILIAS LOLIS

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Evelyn Bilias Lolis Evelyn Bilias Lolis has been named dean of the School of Education and Human Development (SEHD) at Fairfield University. Bilias Lolis joined the Department of Psychological & Educational Consultation at Fairfield University in 2010, earning tenure in 2018; she most recently served as SEHDs interim dean.