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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling. Her pivot from medical school aspirations to a career in health education is now a lesson she shares with young people: life is a journey, not a checklist. in educational leadership.

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. Primm is the Steve Fund’s Senior Medical Director. This eventuality has been borne out at the University of Michigan following the discontinuation of affirmative action. Dr. Annelle B.

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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. Haydel Morial was a member of Xavier Universitys class of 1952, a known champion of civil rights, and a long-serving administrator at the historically Black Catholic university in New Orleans.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. Prior to starting this position in April 2024, Salcedo spent two years as assistant director for administration of the Academic Advancement Program working with Alexander, who has directed AAP for over a decade.

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PUC Appoints Nathan Tasker as Aviation Director

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From 2001-2006, Nathan Tasker was the flight center director for the aviation department at Pacific Union College. It was difficult to get supplies and medical care. Now, after 18 years of being away, he returns to his old job. Before the airplane came to the island I lived on, it took days in boats and canoes to get there.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

Half of Social Security beneficiaries with student loans in default and collections skipped a doctors visit or did not obtain prescription medication due to cost. 8 The Social Security Administration calls the program one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation's history. million in 2006 to 8.8

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

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first female on the biology faculty NOTABLE ALUMNI of BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Brunswick, ME William Cohen, Class of 1962, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration 1997-2001 NOTABLE ALUMNI of BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, Lewisburg, PA Kenneth Langone, the CEO of Home Depot NOTABLE ALUMNI of BUTLER UNIVERSITY, Indianapolis, IN Arthur C.

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