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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education.

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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. Services are delivered through one-on-one coaching sessions, referrals to campus allies and presentations from internal and external resources and services.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. Faculty members must attend four required workshops to be mentors with the program. “To

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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

As members of the higher education community (instructors, students, and other education paraprofessionals), we work, study, and interact in a largely digital environment. The digital inequality in higher education affects both instructors and students. Conceptions of educational equity. & Geron, T.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It goes back to CEED workshops where they gave us mentorship skills.” Colucci-Chang’s story illustrates the “beauty of the pipeline,” says Sanders, whose current role involves ensuring Virginia Tech has a concerted, broad effort to reach out to underrepresented communities to make sure students are prepared for higher education.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits).