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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The second goal of the program is to help build a community and culture at the institution that is attractive to prospective Native staff, faculty, and students. “As NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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UNC Journalism Dean Navigates Diversity Mission Amid DEI Restrictions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carolinas reputation for highly talented students, thought leadership by faculty members, dedicated professional staff and a deeply engaged and supportive alumni network is widely known and respected among its peers. Recruitment and retention are essential goals throughout the University for students, faculty and staff.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The second goal of the program is to help build a community and culture at the institution that is attractive to prospective Native staff, faculty, and students. “As NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two UCLA alumni have pledged $10 million over a five-year period to their alma mater. It was like planting a seed, not to say that we were the sole seed planters, because there were many people – many students, some faculty, and others – planting seeds, fertilizing them, helping them grow.”

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. Poor amenities have a negative impact on the ability to recruit and retain both students and elite faculty. Dr. Adriel A.

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Indiana University Launches Global Gateway office in Ghana

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Pamela Whitten “At Indiana University (IU), we have ambitious goals for faculty to pursue transformational research with partners around the globe and for our students to have extraordinary educational experiences abroad,” said IU President Dr. Pamela Whitten.