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ACTA Releases Guide for Managing Campus Protests, Encampments

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released a new trustee guide intended to help higher education leadership proactively prepare for potential campus disruptions, such as those linked to antiwar protests last spring.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni. This past summer, CMU hosted its first Black alumni weekend and its diversity gala—now in its fourth year—and its diversity symposium—now in its tenth year—which draws a statewide audience. Their children still go to this institution. They work here.”

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Grow Veteran Enrollment and Retention in Higher Ed: Insights from WSP: Changing Higher Ed podcast 204 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Cassie Sanchez

The Change Leader, Inc.

WSP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering veterans in higher education, has seen remarkable results – their boot camp alumni boast a 92 percent success rate, with the vast majority having graduated or on track to receive a bachelor's degree.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The students usually report back to us where they are employed.

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Should 25 Years Feel Like Forever or Only Yesterday?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yes, with no administrative experience and very little teaching experience, I was entrusted with a coveted appointment for which many people must work long and hard. Side by side with her daughter, she now leads a nonprofit organization in Forest, Mississippi, promoting the legacy of her parents.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Berkeley-based nonprofit organization promotes social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups. A Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, she was the first African American elected to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Gavin Newsom.