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Melissa Maybury Lubin Wants Higher Ed to Be Affordable, Accessible, and Achievable

MindMax

In a recent conversation, MindMax CEO Lee Maxey sat down with Melissa Maybury Lubin, Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, to discuss the evolving role of higher education in a rapidly changing world. Watch the full conversation. – Building partnerships to expand accessibility.

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Its program, begun under the guidance of then-president Dr. Edison O. The programs] focus on academic achievement, socio-emotional programming, including understanding the soft skills that come with being professional, getting a degree and having a career, says James. Jackson, was known as the Male Empowerment and Development Center.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Achieving HSI status Larry Eby Larry Eby, executive director of advancement at Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) in Delaware, said several years ago the college’s admissions office saw there was a rising number of Hispanic students pursuing higher education.

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UC Berkeley Receives $1.2M in Support of Educational Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Developing a robust pipeline of leaders of color is vital in education, with research highlighting its positive effects on teacher retention, student enrollment in advanced classes, and graduation rates for students of color,” said UC Berkeley School of Education Dean Dr. Michelle D.

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Is student affairs too decentralized to best help students succeed?

University Business

Jeffs stress reached a breaking point and he confided to an assistant dean about his challenges. If you were given all the salary lines and operational funds for your student support units, how would you rebuild an organization that has the ability to offer specialized guidance but also seeks to see and serve our students holistically?

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New College Programs Support and Mentor First-Generation Students

Insight Into Diversity

Without the inherent guidance of a parent with collegiate experience, students can struggle to adapt to unfamiliar classroom and campus dynamics, connect with faculty and peers, and, ultimately, graduate. Lindsay Quilty, assistant dean of undergraduate programs at Whitman, emphasizes the program’s alignment with Syracuse’s existing efforts.

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Most universities are charities: so what?

HEPI

The application of charity law principles, however, would make the prospect of restraining and justifying executive pay rather more achievable than under the OfS’s approach of looking to staff and students to push for change where they are unhappy. The University-Charity is not purely a law book, however.