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Dr. Erika A. Taylor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral research associate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research group has included over 75 students to date, spanning high schoolers to Ph.D. Throughout her career, Taylor has worked at the interface of chemistry and biology.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. 2022; Wright et al., Gallardo, M.

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Paying it Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute; and Ph.D., mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Career mentors: Dr. Rafael H. The people I have met because of the research” is his response. “I A colleague of his Ph.D.

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How the “next phase” of LGBTQ+ student support is stirring at this Ivy League

University Business

foundations in 2020, only 23 cents specifically supported LGBTQ communities and issues, according to data analyzed from Giving USA 2021 by Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Outside of the university, UPenn and Eidos are working with Violet, a start-up health equity platform, to develop their pedagogy on LGBTQ+ cultural competency.

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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

By way of contrast, consider the University of Pennsylvania’s 2020 pledge to contribute $100 million over 10 years to the Philadelphia School District to renovate decrepit schools. Swensen, taking advantage of alternate assets, including hedge funds, private equity and natural resources. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

I continue to be an advocate for whole institution wellbeing, enhancing focus on academics in policies and practice, as well as increasing impactful research regarding academic mental health so it was pleasing to see university staff being given a spotlight. Since then Advance HE has also developed the “race charter”.

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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

SRHE

Researchers Janroj Keles , Claudio Morrison and Parisa Dashtipour surveyed students at their university to understand their work experiences, challenges, employment rights awareness, and workplace difficulties. The preliminary findings of the research are summarised in an extensive report ( Morrison, Dashtipour, and Keles, 2023 ).