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Montana State's Dr. Waded Cruzado Makes History as APLU's First Latina President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under her stewardship, the institution has also secured more than $850 million in private funding, supporting student scholarships and major campus expansion projects. It is truly a pleasure to heed the call to serve and to advocate for a better and brighter future for all Americans through the promise of public higher education," she said.

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Army Veteran and Doctoral Student Named Inaugural Winner of the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. in educational leadership with an emphasis on higher education, Burkett wants to advocate for unheard voices and share stories of the vulnerable and underrepresented. “As A Tarleton State University doctoral student and U.S. Pursuing an Ed.D.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

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Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.

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"Change Schools, We Can Change the World"

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Seeing her protect me and advocate for me, matter-of-factly and resolutely, changed my whole life. She stood up to the principal and affirmed my humanity. She let me know, ‘You are a full human being, and they’re going to have to recognize you.’” That memory shows up in Vassar’s demeanor today as an advocate for racial justice.

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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

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She uses her visibility as a Black female scientist at the University of Florida, a Research 1 institution, to advocate for others. “In Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. Erika Moore co-founded the group Black in Biomedical Engineering (BlackInBME) to amplify, support, and foster community.

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Intentionality is Key in First-generation Student Success

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Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. For example, we have developed an integrated framework to decrease student debt and increase access to outside scholarships.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s important now more than ever for us to look at our role in this world as public health advocates to avoid negative health events like a global pandemic.” These funds will go to scholarships and education for students pursuing studies in the areas of health science and public health. Public health is a social responsibility.