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Doctoral Students to Convene in New Orleans Next Week for Annual SREB Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Scholars affiliated with the SREB-State Doctoral Program and seven other scholarship programs, including the Alfred P. In addition, research shows that whites are significantly more likely to occupy higher-ranking roles in academia than African Americans, Asian Americans and other races and ethnic groups.

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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. We are very intentional in how we recruit, retai Dr. Jose Fierro n and support completion to our diverse student body,” says Dr. Jose Fierro, president. “We In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Invisible labour: visible activism

SRHE

Shining a light on invisible labour Despite the increase in womens participation in the workforce and in academia, there is still a significant gender pay gap and to compound the issue, this gap widened in 2021 and 2022 in 20/33 OECD countries. Importantly, a significant component of wife work is emotional labour.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. Moreno at al.

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Our Advice for Making College Campuses Ready for Diverse Student Populations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia.

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International student athletes in the US – a Global North affair?

The PIE News

Plenty of scholarships are indeed available, even down to activities like chess, esports and the non-contact version of American football, flag football. Those team sports generally provide more scholarship places to begin with but the competition is fierce. It’s not a cheap thing to do.

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Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid and scholarships are available, but often not sufficient to bridge the gap, and the burden of student loans can be a daunting deterrent. The high cost of college tuition and associated expenses can be prohibitive, leading to lower enrollment and STOP-out! Not dropout rates. This may be a difficult task to pursue.

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