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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. We know with the history of higher education that dominant voices have been heard. However, there is an oversight that continues to happen. This is how we can start keeping our students.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. I use this model when I advise students.”

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gaston Gayles directly addressed the toxicity of the constantly productive, highly competitive environment in academia. The creation of a sense of family, and intrusive advising that comes not just from counselors but all touchpoints a student experiences, is crucial to student retention and student success, leaders told Youngblood.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. A tragic moment in history propelled the theoretical physicist’s decision to attend MIT for graduate school and to bring about meaningful change as a leader. “I

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

With their mammoth lectures, terrible student-to-adviser ratios, heavy reliance on teaching assistants and postdocs, and priority placed on research and grant-getting, many would say that the answer is an unequivocal no, except for the small minority of students who are in honors colleges.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Inside Higher Ed

This time, I was fortunate to have an adviser, coaches and a myriad of mentors who didn’t allow me to retrench into my skewed perceptions of myself. This past fall, we welcomed the largest first-year class in our history—at a time when college enrollment is dropping nationwide. But I was lucky.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

The college centers the histories, traditions, cultures, experiences, struggles, and accomplishments of diasporic communities of color, making connections between the local and transnational. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Equity Advisers for Hiring, Promotion — Northwestern University.