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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003.

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Friendships Formed Abroad: The Story of the CC Girls 

AIFS Abroad

In 1972, ten young women set out to study abroad in Paris, London and Salzburg on the AIFS Comparative Cultures program. In 2003, all but one of the women reunited in Boston. .” — Karen, Southern California . Explore Your Options Abroad. The amazing part? Transformational. Confidence. Friendships. Sound amazing?

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Success Story: Hamilton College

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She started in 2010 as the study abroad administrator for the college’s India program and was named associate director in July 2022. Study abroad has always been a very important part of the four-year experience at Hamilton,” Madeleine says. “We We don’t have a hard time enticing or convincing students to study abroad.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the college level, ensure that Black males are introduced to living and learning communities, study abroad, and affinity programs such as a Black/African American cultural center (Hines et al., Acclimate collegiate Black males to the campus career center for employment, internship, and skill development opportunities.