Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This includes low expectations from teachers or counselors about a student's ability to succeed in advanced classes, funding constraints for offering such classes, inadequate support for faculty development, and exclusionary policies like pre-requisites or grade cutoffs.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments. she helped broaden the school’s admission of diverse students, specifically those of first-generation standing.

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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2024

She also believed deeply in me and guided me through high school and the college admissions process, which was new to my family. First-generation students are less likely than students with college-educated parents to have faculty mentors. Like my parents, Ms. Sarff strongly believed in hard work and the value of education.

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