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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. With our staff, we’ve engaged in professional development through International Coaching Federation, which is one of the largest governing bodies for coaching,” says Heim. “It Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino.

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A (Dorm) Room of One’s Own

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Scholarship has nearly always been done from a position of privilege, with respect to the vast majority of the human population, as studying arcane texts or elusive natural phenomena has never been something most people have had time or resources to do.

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

To meet the growing demand, many are developing distinctive degrees, certificates, and other programs that help graduate students, faculty, and workforce professionals develop the required skills. Through the program’s partnership with INSIGHT, students can receive scholarship funding.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. to offer scholarships to DACA students.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students.

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Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

An intersectionality of disadvantage Transitions centres the testimonies of British Muslims, deploying a Critical Race Theory (CRT) methodology and qualitative analysis to examine the lived experiences of candidates for the Aziz Foundation’s flagship Masters Scholarship programme.

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A pathway to graduate school for Latinx students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. Also, doing that work can and should be done in connection with community.