Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.

Community College 85

Community College Degree Liberal Arts College 85

Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

Retention 104

Retention Disadvantaged Faculty Model 104

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Jackson, the dean of Michigan State University’s College of Education and co-chair of the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, points out that the challenges described by the surveyed ECAs — such as feeling unsupported in the workplace — are broadly reflective of the experiences of Black academics globally.

Academia 124

Academia Faculty Inclusivity Education Leadership 124

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Elimelda Ongeri, dean of the John R. Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.” and Kathy R.

Arts And Sciences 93

Arts And Sciences Scholarship Degree Advocate 93

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. A $1 million award from the U.S.

Medical School 130

Medical School Inclusivity Equity Faculty 130

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

We see bigger impacts for these groups because they were the ones disadvantaged by these barriers to begin with.” It’s a roadblock that Dr. Alan Byrd, dean of admissions at George Mason University, one of the schools in the Common App pilot, saw up close. Direct admissions is focused on eliminating those barriers,” said Odle. “We

Disadvantaged 90

Disadvantaged Educational Policy Schooling Scholarship 90

Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is home to the Purdue University Library Center for Digital Scholarship, whose mission is to “remove barriers to global participation in a knowledge commons and build a more diverse, equitable, and sustainable system of scholarly communication.”

Equity 105

Equity Inclusivity Environment Retention 105