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Black and Indian: Reconciling Dual Identities in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was scheduled to present a proposal to my tribal council - I was seeking permission to bring a group of students from the University I worked at to the Rez for an annual cultural festival. For the record, my failure to grasp even the rudiment of Quechan proves that I do much better with numbers than languages.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Much of the existing literature on learning assistantships focuses on four-year institutions, but we assert that it can provide similar benefits for community college students. LAs can increase their own content knowledge and intellectual competence (Gomez Johnson et al., 2021; Close et al., under review).

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Beard Named Interim President at FAMU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He previously served as president of Pasco-Hernando State College, where he also worked as vice president of student development and enrollment management. Timothy Beard has been named interim president of Florida A&M University. Dr. Timothy Beard He is expected to assume the position Aug. 5, pending contract negotiations.

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Molloy University Awarded $3.5M Grant to Promote Minorities in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The multifaceted goal of the grant is to support underrepresented minority students in STEM,” said Lentini. LSAMP is expected to use a comprehensive approach to STEM learning ecosystem to impact STEM student development and retention. This is important and valuable for the communities and populations we serve.

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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM. On Monday, October 28, Believe in Students is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

Not surprising, the students in my graduate-level course were wrestling with understanding the content of this complex student development theory. Likely, anyone who has taught college or graduate-level students has faced a similar situation, particularly when attempting to synthesize complex and difficult topics.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. While his dissertation is still in development, it will examine what segregation means through an interdisciplinary lens. After completing his Ph.D.