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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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Northwestern Appoints Gragg to Vice President for Athletic Strategy

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Gragg’s appointment is partly a response to newly recognized name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights of student-athletes, which give them more leverage in the recruitment process. He also holds master’s in sports administration from Wayne State University and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Arkansas.

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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Hollingsworth’s career in higher ed has already been extensive. For her Ph.D., she decided it was time to take the leap.

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Dr. Sylvia Carey-Butler

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She’s also charged with developing strategies to recruit and retain KSU students, faculty and staff members. in higher education administration and policy from Vanderbilt University. Carey-Butler has a master’s degree in social science with an emphasis on counseling from Binghamton University and a Ph.D.

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Frank Fernandez, associate professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy at the University of Florida. It’s a pathway to more diverse students and recruiting from more diverse community colleges could be a good thing to do.”

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Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education

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It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. There are serious inequities among students who graduate from colleges. This may be a difficult task to pursue.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

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What makes this moment particularly jarring is that Purdue Northwest and similar campuses have gone to great lengths to recruit international students, primarily from Asian countries, in their bid to become world-class institutions of higher learning. Instead, it was a shameful moment for Purdue Northwest. Dr. Stephanie K.