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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to pursue select master’s degrees in the university’s School of Professional Studies (SPS), all the while getting financial, career, and academic support.

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Diversity at HBCUs Explored at NCAA Inclusion Forum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The annual forum brought together more than 650 students, faculty, athletic directors, and administrators for a three-day conversation focused on enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives at colleges and universities. The forum also focused on the intersectional identities of student-athletes.

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New College Programs Support and Mentor First-Generation Students

Insight Into Diversity

Notable examples of such efforts can be found at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, where each has designed programs tailored to meet the needs of first-generation students. Photos courtesy of UNC Charlotte.)

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Hazing prevention to be reviewed at New Mexico State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: After suspending its men’s basketball program last week and firing the team’s head coach amid allegations of repeated sexual hazing of a player by teammates, New Mexico State University’s top administrator said an internal investigation has started and an outside review will be launched. Peake sustained a leg wound.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

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Review the actual definition: The awareness that emerges through paying attention, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding experience moment by moment (Kabat-Zinn). It shows them they can rethink and recreate their habits. Neuroplasticity is their superpower! References Bresciani Ludvik, M. Stylus, Publishing, LLC.

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Statehouses support foster youth with college

Inside Higher Ed

Efforts in states such as Washington tackle the broader issue of students experiencing homelessness in addition to supporting foster youth. Many colleges and universities have offered various programs supporting foster youth, at times in partnership with a philanthropic group or a state agency.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Review the actual definition: The awareness that emerges through paying attention, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding experience moment by moment (Kabat-Zinn). It shows them they can rethink and recreate their habits. Neuroplasticity is their superpower! References Bresciani Ludvik, M. Stylus, Publishing, LLC.