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Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships | MIT Career Advising and Professional Development Published by MIT News on April 25, 2024 MIT graduate student Riyam Al Msari and alumna Francisca Vasconcelos ’20 are among the 30 recipients of this year’s Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.

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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. So when I actually assumed office in January of this year, it was no surprise to anyone.”

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What is a ‘research culture’?

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Innovate UK’ had its origins in the ‘Lambert’ Review of Business-University Collaboration (2003). Research expands to include ‘innovation’ and ‘knowledge exchange’ The definition of ‘research’ has been expanding to include ‘innovation’ and ‘knowledge exchange’, both now responsibilities of UKRI.

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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). Mayes et al. 2022) assert that a foundation of homeplace and Black joy paves the way for freedom dreaming. The Social Studies,114 (5), 241–249. link] hooks, b.

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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. 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. Then, as our partners, they can better support their sons.