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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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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I And an additional $21,739 is available to each school in grants for professional development. .

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Page Appointed President of Stillman College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Page has been lauded for her work, having been given the Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award in 2020 and recognized as one of Diverse’s 25 leading women in higher education in 2017. Over her career, Page has secured about $40 million in funding to support curriculum redesign and faculty professional development.

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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

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At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Making the shift and continued development Luoma was on Yale University’s faculty initiatives team when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

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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. Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

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This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. Mentoring remains one of the most viable and critical tools for professional development.” During Tuesday’s panel discussion, Terrell encouraged student affairs professionals to go on and earn a master’s and doctoral degree and then connect the research to the practice.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

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For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Despite all the talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, the highest echelons in the Academy remain white and male.

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