Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5% of LGBTQ people reported hearing slurs, and 10.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Council raises funds and provides scholarships to Latinx students, and, on September 19, as part of NJIT’s kickoff for Hispanic Heritage Month, the Council, along with NJIT president Dr. Teik C. These are opportunities to celebrate the rich history, culture and the people from underrepresented communities.” Since 2022, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C. Vasquez Heilig’s scholarly work is extensive, and he is well known for his scholarship regarding racial inequities in the U.S.’s Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award. s education system. Vasquez Heilig holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

He draws upon scholarship in critical race theory and Jotería studies in education and invites his research participants to become co-creators and to be in conversations, or pláticas, with him. and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Agloro jokes that few of her friends know exactly what she does on a day-to-day basis because she works in so many fields, ranging from the creation of a video game that will preserve the cultural experiences and histories of Latinx immigrants in the Pacific islands to working with reproductive justice and technology for indigenous midwives.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The college also provides a $20,000 annual Queer Leadership scholarship to qualifying students. BQLP students gain a network of queer colleagues and mentors while also learning how to advocate for themselves and their community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

CBCC’s Honors Program’s development into a college will come with a host of upgrades, including more experiential learning, research opportunities, lecture series, and the offering of merit scholarships. But through Washington’s deliberate and thoughtful effort to change that, she has proven herself a well-liked advocate, Solomon says.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history—the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For instance, partnerships with local community organizations can provide leadership development, internships, and scholarships tailored to Latine learners, while fostering a connection to space and place and bolstering a learner’s sense of belonging. This includes integrating Latine epistemologies into teaching and advising practices.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

His calling was sealed shortly thereafter when he worked with a Latino student to obtain a scholarship through the McNair Scholars Program, which advocates for people in underrepresented groups seeking PhD opportunities. “It This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Colleges have a history of licensing their mascots and logos—including, increasingly, to breweries, which can provide a helpful, if relatively small, revenue stream while also creating excitement around the institution’s brand and strengthening community partnerships. ” Substance abuse–prevention advocates agree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Kwoh said that it was necessary to do a better job of organizing communities to prevent a feeling of competition between racial groups and discussed the long history of alliance between African and Asian Americans, pointing out that Frederick Douglass was one of the first to speak out for the rights of Chinese immigrants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

Lieberman is the 18th president of La Verne and the first woman to lead in the university’s history. Lieberman advocates having pride in community. “Be The second big challenge was we knew that if we were going to provide the scholarships that the students needed…we had to raise money for scholarships for our students,” Lieberman said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity. Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our work is grounded in scholarship, the importance of building and expanding partnerships, and a deep understanding of institutional priorities. Our trajectories connect through the continually evolving scholarship of inclusion.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Her tenure at Earlham was marked by fundraising initiatives that raised around $85 million, the implementation of new scholarships and the introduction of several highly sought majors, including accounting, engineering and data science. She also oversaw the addition of a softball program and the construction of its home stadium.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, Dean Amy Fairchild added an associate dean for faculty and inclusive excellence to her leadership team who is charged with articulating and advancing a vision for inclusive excellence and providing leadership to enhance excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2025

I have dedicated my career to mentoring students, advocating for safe spaces in higher education, and preserving the integrity of Black fraternal organizations. It should be about scholarship, leadership, and service, not about brutality. The truth is you were already worthy. Third, we must redefine what it means to earn membership.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. . The college centers the histories, traditions, cultures, experiences, struggles, and accomplishments of diasporic communities of color, making connections between the local and transnational.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. Its not just funding organizations that pay attention to Briscoes scholarship. You have erased history, people, resources, and services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

My history as a whole told me that I needed to be in a situation where, if I have the opportunity…to help other people realize their dreams without having to go through all that I went through to get there, then I needed to do that.” Thompson notes that research and evidence show that diversity has a positive impact on learning and society.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

DVM Scholars supports underrepresented, rural, and disadvantaged students through scholarship assistance and structured retention activities throughout their four-year curriculum. The program provides a $4,000, nonrenewable scholarship. Scholarships are awarded to 85 percent of students in the program.

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ACPA

APRIL 26, 2024

My hope would be that as Convention Relations Chair, I would be able to advocate for fat people and put work into making the convention experience even more positive and connective. It is important for fat student affairs practitioners and fat students to receive the recognition of their work, advocacy, and scholarship.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

From Leonardo da Vinci (whose trans-disciplinary inventiveness was attributed to his ADHD) to bell hooks (whose professorial role drew on her activism and poetry practice), history has no lack of examples of how creative and neurodivergent processes have produced insights to catalyse social and culture change. Collage, Can-Do, Curiosity.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

They work on policies and best practices for research and scholarship in higher education. AAUW - America Association of University Women – Founded in 1881, they have advocated for equity for women and girls in higher education. · They advocate for best practices and for consistent use of data across higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The data fellows program examines areas of success and areas that need improvement, advocates for understanding how Latino students experience CSULB, and examines the impact of programming. We have also increased the financial support for those students that will help them access emergency funds, paid internships and more scholarships.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity asked thought leaders and advocates to share their observations on current legislation and best practices in support of LGBTQ+ campus communities. It’s a merit-based, need-informed scholarship that requires no minimum GPA — only proof of enrollment and a demonstrated commitment to education.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On the second day of CONNECTED22, we heard from Brandon Wolf, an Orlando-based, nationally recognized LGBTQ civil rights advocate, a leader in the movement to end violence in America, and a survivor of the 2016 shooting at Pulse Nightclub. Compassion is an underrated component of student support.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

Further, UAGC faculty are leaders in the scholarship of online teaching and learning, regularly publishing and presenting on the efficacy of its quality at scale model. Before the acquisition, Ashford followed the blueprint of one of the most notorious for-profit colleges in American history: the University of Phoenix.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

We advocate for mathematics class as an emotional space (how often have we been frustrated with a trig identity?) Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education. Gurpreet’s scholarship centers on improving access to mathematics for students and teachers alike.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

We advocate for mathematics class as an emotional space (how often have we been frustrated with a trig identity?) Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education. Gurpreet’s scholarship centers on improving access to mathematics for students and teachers alike.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

” While many colleges and universities have long-established policies in place to determine how they name facilities, scholarships, programs and more, denaming policies are rarer, often springing up only after advocates start pushing for a building’s name to be changed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

The significance of TMCF’s work is it helps students of the 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities and six Historically Black Community Colleges it serves by preparing students for success through curated programming and scholarships. TMCF advocates for policies and initiatives that benefit HBCUs and the students they serve.

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University Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

In the postsecondary realm, Walz approved a $650 million budget, which ignited a last-dollar scholarship program last year affording tuition-free schooling to state residents. His wife is also a local advocate for expanding postsecondary access to prisoners , per USA Today. 3 Art History 62.3 10 History 53.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The current context of education is riddled with anti-Blackness that continues to find systemic ways to harm Black children and adolescents, ranging from the persistent surveillance and pushout from educational opportunities to anti-CRT legislation that prevents all students — not just Black youth — from learning about Black history and culture.

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Today's Learner

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline advancing the field through research and scholarship. at an American university.

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