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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. For four years, she served as program coordinator for University of Colorado Boulder’s Colorado Diversity Initiative in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Diversity matters in education are not foreign to López either.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. Data informs decisions across key areas and workforce preparation for high-demand, high wage fields like IT, nursing and engineering. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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A brief look at … Mexico

The PIE News

The largest proportion of Mexico’s international students come to study engineering, followed by physical & life sciences and mathematics & computer sciences. While the US remains the number one destination for Mexican students, numbers have been steadily declining since 2016 and interest in less traditional destinations is growing.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. CMU-Africa was established as CMU-Rwanda in 2011 as a partnership between the Rwandan government and the Pittsburgh-based university renowned for its engineering and technology programs.

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This endeavor was announced last week, with its first publication, The Journal of Ecological Engineering Design, released that week as well. "It Before UVM, he helped launch the Amherst College Press in 2013 and led a consortium of libraries in creating the open-access Lever Press in 2016.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Dr. Sánchez previously served as the president of Rhode Island College (RIC) from 2016 to 2022 and is celebrated for his achievements in enhancing social mobility rankings, diversifying student bodies, modernizing academic facilities and fundraising—objectives in line with Manhattanville’s strategic priorities.

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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Scholarship is constantly pushing in new directions, and we knew how many people, perspectives and kinds of expertise were being left out of these important conversations about building better books. We knew the engine of peer review needed a tune-up. Offers more guidance on reviewing different modalities of scholarship.