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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Noting underrepresentation of minority community college trustees, study findings and identified best practices were shared from Smalls (2023) study for preparing and supporting trustees who represent diverse backgrounds within community colleges around the country. Having an advocate or mentor is critical. Dr. Carl B.

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Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cultural institutions leverage their roles of women to advocate for systemic change, ensuring diverse staff, boards, and programming. Roueche Community College Leadership Program, is a respected lecturer, historian, researcher, and professional genealogist. Carolyn Carter, a distinguished graduate of the John E.

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An Equity Avenger Continues to Advocate for Social Justice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership.

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An Advocate for Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before NISOD, Leach worked as vice president at the League for Innovation in the Community College. He attended UT’s former Community College Leadership Program, where he met several colleagues he remains in contact with today. “That’s what I’ll miss the most.”

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Noting that gap, Carl Smalls conducted research into the lived experiences of African American Community College trustees to determine best practices in how to address these issues. Additionally, trustees had become leaders in the quest for equity and were informed advocates for all experiencing marginalization. Dr. Margaretta B.

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Pathways to Racial Democracy in America

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We must be publicly, unapologetically, and courageously fierce advocates for justice and equality. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Holmes regularly visits Durango Detention Center to connect with youth and advocates for the unhoused and food insecure. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.