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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The MALE program was launched in 2019, months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Strachan pointed out, but said that has not stopped its efforts. The initiative offers scholarships up to $10,000 per academic year, books and support for testing, seminars, professional development, and community service hours.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Latinx participation in the Metro College Success Program learning community increased by 25% between 2019 and 2024.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Among the services it provides to first-year students are individualized academic advising, tutoring and community-building events. Another element of professional development is for faculty so that they can be more effective mentors and advisors.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. The last two years, ASU has seen the highest retention rates of all students, but particularly Latino students.

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Why customer service matters for community colleges

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Our research shows that difficulty accessing the college—whether it’s reaching enrollment staff, the financial aid office, or academic advising—can be disruptive to the student experience. Invest in customer service professional development.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

link] Comics and graphic novels can disrupt traditional texts by challenging the worship of the written word ( Torres, 2019 ), a feature of white supremacy that perpetuates textual hierarchies within educational spaces. For Black males, academic success has traditionally been met with systemic barriers (i.e., link] Dr. Edward C.

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What’s the Deal with Comprehensive Learner Records?

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Matthew Sterenberg (04:00.506) I think it’s time that we all get ready for the next round of the 2019 -2020 World Cup. Rodney Lee Parks (04:27.342) so that we really bombarded them that first year with a lot of educational opportunities and how to use that academic transcript. The academic advisors have that discussion.