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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. Rather than accepting this as inevitable, his administration launched a comprehensive analysis of student data, policies, and practices.

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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. SCC’s current president Dr. Michael Mikota took office in summer 2020.

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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. Most recently, he was the Andrew W. With Kendi's departure comes news that the center's charter was not renewed and is now set to close. It's not always easy. Still, the calling is clear.

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Directive to Dismiss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices Presents Opportunity to Define and Seek Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Claims that DEI IS DEAD are ringing out loudly from the current administration, but isnt there a way to make sure valuable equity-minded practices actually survive? In 2020 , the unemployment rate for workers with a bachelors degree was 5.5 percent, while it was 9 percent for those with a high school diploma.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By 2020 the organization had ballooned to more than 700 members, and in 2021 it became part of Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit. Prior to 2015 it was difficult to find much formal acknowledgement of student food insecurity, let alone services to help.

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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020, I spoke with Dr. Pauline Clance, the psychologist who coined the term impostor phenomenon. Ive taken on administrative roles by choiceserving as a program director, department chair, and leader of a large-scale initiative. Jackson in Its Not Impostor Syndrome When Youre Black and a Woman.

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Dr. Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Montclair State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017. Vega earned her Ed.D.