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Identifying Gladiator Institutions: Welcoming Institutions for Athletes of Color Only

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvey The recruiting season for the next batch of potential recruits is in full swing, and coaches will be making visits to the homes of identified prospects, hoping to convince them that their institution is the best fit for these potential gridiron stars. Dr. William B.

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Collegiate Esports Programs Serve as Recruitment and Retention Tools

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, for example, competitive video gaming is proving to be a powerful tool for recruitment and retention. With growing interest in esports, many are looking to develop their club and varsity programs to attract potential students.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is why we really can’t be doing enough to recruit underrepresented groups to medicine, and why the recent Supreme Court decision really sets us back, while we are already behind.” These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. physicians are Black, and 6.9% are Latinx.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although 82% of institutions have a designated point of contact for student veterans (Department of Veteran Affairs, 2018), determining how students find the point of contact and what their experiences are can provide valuable information for recruitment and retention.

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Replacing Affirmative Action with ‘Positive Practices’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvey Proactive, targeted zip code-focused recruitment combined with direct admissions. Since the SCOTUS decision places no restrictions on pursuing faculty diversity, these groups must also assume the responsibility to ensure that their alma maters institute appropriate measures to effectively recruit and retain faculty of color.

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The professor studies the flow and migration of people, in particular, how individuals from Latin America came to, worked in, and were recruited to play baseball in the U.S. Recruited Latino baseball players were laborers after all. "I in the early 20th century. But his research is also a study of labor and perceptions.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She joined the task force, and over the next year, members laid out a program for recruiting and retaining minority students. Time Magazine once referred to Jackson as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” Within a year, the number of students of color increased exponentially.

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