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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. We’re doing what works for Latino students in our community, and it gives us the opportunity to show the community this is where you can come, learn and be successful,” says Moreno. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.

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Foxx, back in charge, pledges oversight, stronger accountability

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Those are very divisive culture war issues that are being raised.” First elected to the House in 2004, she’s developed a reputation as a staunch conservative. Before serving in Congress, Foxx was a sociology instructor at Appalachian State University and president of Maryland Community College.