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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

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He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. I got to see how people treated blue collar workers,” he says. When he returned to the U.S.,

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

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He had worked as a cook in restaurants since he was 15 and figured he would simply get a full-time job in the hospitality industry. “I Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. I got to see how people treated blue collar workers,” he says. When he returned to the U.S.,

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An Activist-Scholar

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Her research focuses on the intersection of race and media, specifically on how Asian Americans are working to improve their representation in mainstream media and to control their own narratives. Lopez’s work tracks this progress amid the ongoing physical violence directed toward Asian Americans in recent years. After she earned her Ph.D.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Describing her as “a national treasure,” the National Science Board selected Jackson as its 2007 recipient of the prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.”

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

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“In states like Tennessee where it’s performance-based funding, even if a community college does really well in comparison to its previous year, there are still benchmarks to some extent across the state with other community colleges that can have an adverse impact on funding,” said Smith, whose research currently focuses on community colleges.

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Examples of Excelencia

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Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.