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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2009, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Xavier University in New Orleans, an HBCU and the only Black Catholic institution in the world. At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students. From there, Williams’s career took off.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Accolades for the Moving the Needle campaign are not hard to find among women whove ascended to the highest echelon of the academy since the ACE-led initiative began in 2009.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al., Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014).

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009. Within a year, the number of students of color increased exponentially.

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How University of Arizona Global Campus’ Online Recruitment Ads Drain Its Finances (Jeremy Bauer-Wolf)

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And one higher ed consultancy, RNL, found that in 2022 , the median cost of recruiting an undergraduate student, minus personnel expenses, was only $1,652 for a four-year private college and $282 at a four-year public institution (though proponents of online education argue this is comparing apples to oranges).

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. in 2009, he worked at other institutions before returning to work with Watford, whom he calls a superwoman that forges collaborations and helps others climb the ladder of success.