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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Placing measurable diversity expectations and holding leadership accountable is fundamental. Without this accountability, the trustees believed that efforts to diversify trustees, college leadership, faculty recruitment and hiring, and ultimately student success, would lack intentionality and structure (Calaway & Smalls, in press).

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Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Historically, leadership roles were dominated by men, often sidelining the insights and contributions of women. Today, women serve as CEOs, university presidents, political leaders, and cultural pioneers. Dr. Monica Parrish Trent, CEO, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Foundation (Formerly with Achieving the Dream).

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Mississippi Delta Community College Picks Its Next Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jones holds an associate degree from Hinds Community College and a bachelor's and master's degree from Mississippi College. He obtained a graduate certificate in community college leadership and a Ph.D. A native of Taylorsville, MS.,

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'Need for Love More Profound, Harder than It's Ever Been'

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, housed within the North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) College of Education, held its tenth annual Dallas Herring Lecture on Tuesday, featuring Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, chancellor of the Austin Community College District (ACC).

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The Joys of ‘Leading From the Margins’

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Greenberg Tue, 02/27/2024 - 03:00 AM Hollins University president Mary Hinton discusses her new book, about how her identity as a Black woman from the rural South shaped her approach to college leadership. The Joys of ‘Leading From the Margins’ Susan H. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Community College Faculty-Led Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Audrey Jaeger, professor of community college education at North Carolina State University and director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Jaeger and Colclough both work at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, housed at North Carolina State University.