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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2017, its Community Scholars Initiative has provided over $1.9 The organization focuses on advancing racial and social justice, fostering equity of opportunity, building resilient communities, and delivering world-class philanthropy. million in scholarships to 710 first-generation college students from underrepresented communities.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the analysis, while 13 percent of community colleges nationwide have at least 40 percent Black enrollment, only 5 to 7 percent of community colleges receiving CCAMPIS funding between 2017 and 2022 had similar Black student representation.

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Women Early Career Professionals Face Significant Pay Gap, NACE Study Finds 

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study surveyed 1,441 professionals who graduated between 2017 and 2023, including 519 men and 922 women. The $14,292 gender pay gap affects women who earned their bachelor's degrees within the past one to seven years and work full-time, NACE's Early Career Talent Survey revealed.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

The Scholarly Teacher

2024; Montenegro & Jankowski, 2017; Tinto, 2017; Winklemes, 2016). 2017, January). Montenegro, E., & Jankowski, N. E quity and assessment: Moving towards culturally responsive assessmen t. Occasional Paper No. University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA).

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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The organization's latest workforce trends report, "The Non-Exempt Higher Education Staff Workforce: Trends in Composition, Size, and Equity," reveals a 9 percent overall decrease in full-time non-exempt staff positions since 2017. Part-time staff numbers fell by 8 percent during the same period.

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College Completion Rates Trending Up

Confessions of a Community College Dean

percentage-point increase over those who started in 2017. The report found that students who started college for the first time in 2018 had a six-year credential completion rate of 61.1 percent—a 0.5-percentage-point

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