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From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Lau joined Parkland’s faculty in 1995 as an instructor in the college’s developmental reading program and became director of the program in 2003. Administrators, faculty and staff members tend to stay at the institution and work their way up, according to Lau.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Get them involved during meetings and offer professional development that educates and empowers. To note, Black males have the highest unemployment rate in the nation. What questions unique and specific to their lived experiences do they have? If we ask and listen, they will speak up. Involve families in the college-going process.

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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Though freedom dreaming, Black youth are invited to envision a liberatory future that is not limited by the present, often anti-Black, systems and constraints (Kelley, 2003). Hire Black faculty with expertise in Black youth mental health. Mayes et al. In-service Practitioners Engage in practices that center Black youth voice.