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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union. During her 23 years at the helm, more than $1.25

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. there were protests on campus.

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Temple strike ends after grad students accept deal

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Faculty Graduate students Unions/unionization Image Source: @Kolslaw41/Twitter Image Caption: A Temple University graduate student workers strike rally. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Temple yanks health care, tuition benefits from strikers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Temple said its records show that more than 80 percent of the graduate student union members weren’t striking as of Thursday—the day after it emailed the demand to pay tuition. ” Activism Pay and Benefits Unions Threats Against Faculty Editorial Tags: Graduate students Foreign Students in U.S.

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Community college resource center takes on male retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students often encounter barriers when completing enrollment or financial aid forms—such as needing a parent’s Social Security number or financial information. In addition to the space and a full-time coordinator, the MRC will increase its number of peer mentors who offer guidance and support to male students.

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Offering academic flexibility after a campus shooting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“We also talked with other schools who had been through similar tragedies, and they experienced something similar to what we did—that is that many students were feeling strongly that they wanted to come back.” ” “Students will have the entire semester to make that decision,” he added.

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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

[At Georgia] I was largely in charge of … enrollment management and student success. Now I’m provost, so I’m basically overseeing all of those, plus research and faculty development and institutional infrastructure. If it’s not connected to student success, let’s bring it lower on the priority scale.