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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moores contributions to education have earned him recognition, including being named one of Education Weeks200 most influential scholars in the U.S. since 2018. Dr. Jerlando F.L.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. Mark Zupan has served as the 14th president of Alfred University since July 2016.

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Honoring identities and pursuing excellence: meet Valerie Sakimura, DFI’s new executive director

Deans for Impact

It’s how she showed up with deans, program faculty, teacher-educators, and aspiring teachers in her role as vice president of program at Deans for Impact (DFI) over the last seven years. I was also on scholarship, which meant I was serving as a teacher’s assistant for younger kids at the studio…and I loved it.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman – recognizes and commends Vasquez Heilig’s work towards equity in education. s education system.

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At DFC, every student gets a scholarship of some amount, and the average student cost is under $3,000. That’s just how Dr. Buffy Smith, DFC’s dean, intended it. del Pilar added that this was more of a criticism of an educational system that doesn’t offer enough funding for student success than of DFC itself.

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How the University of Kentucky Is Beating the Odds of the Teacher Shortage

Insight Into Diversity

At our scholarship banquet, I met Meghan Harless, who will graduate in May as an early childhood educator. As dean of a college of education, one of my deepest concerns is what we can do to support our students and give them and their families a sense of pride when their chosen profession is teaching. education system.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction.

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