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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreno says the program takes an asset-based approach with students and there is constant reflection and intentionality on how to improve EAP. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. are Hispanic.

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Biomedicine Student's Ambition Intersects with Passion, Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had been inspired towards academic research by Dr. Richard Feynman, the Nobel laureate physicist, and physics was his undergraduate major. As part of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program, Gonzales did a summer at Duke University, where he studied the optimization of hydrogels to promote the 3D growth of cells.

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Student Spotlight: Alexander’s Semester Abroad in Budapest

AIFS Abroad

By choosing to spend an entire semester in Budapest, Hungary instead of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I was giving up half a year of memories with my friends, opportunities with multiple student organizations, and the opportunity to learn from multiple professors at UA in my field of Economics and Finance.

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The Power of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty as Working-Class (Helena Worthen*)

Higher Education Inquirer

They often lack access to offices, professional development, research funds, and opportunities to collaborate with peers or vote in faculty meetings. They are hired on a per-class, per-semester basis. They do not control the conditions of their work. They may be asked to take on a new course with a week or less warning.

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