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Texas A&M University-San Antonio Receives Grant to Address Economic Issues and Tech Access for Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initiatives include a summer bridge program for students who have not passed the Texas Success Initiative and have not yet been deemed college-ready; a redesign of its First Year Seminar course to focus on career exploration and academic skills; an improvement to faculty professional development opportunities; and a loan program for laptops.

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Overwhelmed by complaints on campus? What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar

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What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB's Compassionate Leadership Seminar Over the past few months, over 75 college and university cabinet leaders have gone through EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar. Megan Adams: First of all, who has been attending this seminar? Provosts, too.

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Page Appointed President of Stillman College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Page Page is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at Savannah State University. Page was a United Negro College Fund/Mellon International Faculty Seminar Fellow and is a certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor. Page will become president of Stillman College, effective July 1. Dr. Yolanda W.

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Report Highlights Shortages of Credentials Aligned with Middle-Skills Occupations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stacia Edwards, deputy provost of City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), a group of seven colleges that serve over 60,000 students with everything from GED preparation to certificates and associate degree programs. Career planning is introduced during the first year seminar at LaGuardia.

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Addressing global challenges together: the power of education diplomacy

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It serves to facilitate interdisciplinary research groups, overseas research visits, and various events, seminars, and conferences. The WUN , which the University of Rochester has been an active member of since 2012, is a consortium comprising 24 global universities from 6 continents.

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HBCUs Advance Legal Equity Through Community Engagement and Partnerships

Insight Into Diversity

Cosby and University of Kentucky Provost Robert DiPaola finalize the partnership between the schools. UK law faculty and administrators will also participate in seminars and presentations at Simmons to discuss civil rights and constitutional law. ● This article was published in our July/August 2023 issue.

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Bard’s Innovative LGBTQ+ Studies Program Prepares Future Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,