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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The students usually report back to us where they are employed.

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President moves: A historic hire, a retirement and 1 leader on leave

University Business

Joining in 2005, she had previously served as the dean of Husson’s School of Education and is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, a position she’s held for the past 15 years. Coy-Ogan is quite familiar with Husson already. Sun reports.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

Texas Tech’s medical school, by contrast, has chosen a different path. Since 2005, however, critics of the school’s admission policy have complained to the Education Department that, by considering race, the policy is discriminatory and violates civil rights laws. Expanding multicultural philanthropy and alumni engagement.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mental health is synonymous with psychological wellness, a multidimensional construct involving satisfaction and balance among mind, body, and spirit (Myers & Sweeney, 2005). News survey revealed that 70% of 3,649 students struggled with mental health since starting college. Dance (e.g., Dr. Tanya J.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2004, Edley joined UC Berkely as dean of the law school, but stepped down from the role in 2013 and took a medical leave to battle prostate cancer. A Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, she was the first African American elected to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He returned as the Honorable William H. Orrick, Jr.