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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. That’s why professional development and mentorship play a critical role in fostering a diverse and dynamic faculty at MSIs.”

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreover, given the current socio-political era of anti-DEI, faculty and other university personnel have been losing funding, positions, and operational units that support research and programming that help the most vulnerable student populations to thrive and attain optimal outcomes in higher education and in their personal lives.

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The Anti-DEI Backlash: Crisis Facing Chief Diversity Officers in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. Legislative attacks, budget cuts, and job insecurity have created a pervasive sense of crisis for these professionals. Professional networks and organizations offer invaluable support for CDOs.

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CUNY Colleges Receive $750,000 for Anti-Bigotry Strategies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CUNY’s central offices will use $150,000 on professional development, faculty engagement, and monthly discussions on issues related to discrimination. And Bronx Community College will put on workshops and readings, culminating in performances of “Dissonance,” a play on race, love, and friendship.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. As one of the few Latina provosts in higher education, the Seal holds personal significance for me,” Duran-Cerda says. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Ninth Cohort of ELEVATE Fellows Announced

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The three-day professional development opportunity was created specifically to address the unique needs of early career faculty members at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). ELEVATE fellows develop skills through hands-on workshops on academic writing, grant writing, teaching, mentoring, and achieving tenure.

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NASA Awards University of Houston $1.2 Million to Strengthen Diversity in STEM and Aerospace Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Monthly professional development workshops to build essential skills. Henderson said that the PIE 2 RS project will support students in the following ways: Customized experiential learning through capstone projects, internships and research opportunities, including 10-week paid research experiences for 18 students each year.