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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce.

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Announcing the 2023 Roompact Door Dec Contest Winners!

Roompact

Roompact’s door dec competition is now closed and we’re ready to announce the winners. We received 70+ entries (!), so picking ten was incredibly difficult. We tried to select a diverse group of winners that reflected the diversity of the submissions themselves. Thank you to all who entered! Your ideas are now a resource for.

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Scholar Examines the Intersection of Black and Latino Identity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Danielle Pilar Clealand began her academic exploration on a study abroad trip to Cuba. There, she says, she felt most at home. The journey ended with her devoting herself to the study of racial politics. The Latin American and Caribbean scholar focuses her research on the silence that exists around race and racism and how it affects the way Black people see themselves, their experiences, their identities, and their politics.

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How to Design a Forward-Thinking Device Management Program

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Devices are crucial in higher education for faculty, staff and students. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, higher ed institutions scrambled to purchase devices for students and staff so teaching and learning could continue. Many did not consider what was to come. Now, as federal funding dries up, on-campus operations resume and remote working and learning opportunities continue to grow, colleges and universities must look at what’s next for their device management programs.

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Don’t Let a ‘Bad Alternator’ Destroy Your Team

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I picked up my wife recently from the airport after she had gotten in on an overnight flight. We intended to head straight home after, but we decided to stop at a grocery store to be pick up a few items. After loading the car with groceries, we got in and the car would not start. Assuming it was a dead battery, I called AAA battery service and a technician came to test the battery.

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Most Americans say being a man helps a person get ahead in the U.S. - DANA BRAGA, Pew Research

Ray Schroeder

More Americans say being a man helps than hurts a person’s ability to get ahead in the United States these days, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. By contrast, more Americans say being a woman hurts rather than helps. An opposing bar chart showing that 60% of U.S. adults say being a man helps a person's ability to get ahead in the U.S., 14% say it hurts and 25% say it neither helps nor hurts.

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TAYLOR WHITEHEAD

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Taylor Whitehead Taylor Whitehead has been named director of marching and pep bands at Virginia State University. Whitehead holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Virginia State University, a master’s in music education from Norfolk State University in Virginia, and a Doctor of Music Education degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Job applications, GPAs, and your first year at MIT

CAPD

You have found a great opportunity. You have your resume set, your cover letter is the best you have ever written, and right as you go to submit your application you see it: Please enter your GPA. What do you do? You just started at MIT and you don’t have a GPA… at least not from the Institute, yet. The blessing of P/NR in your fall semester is great, but can add some confounds to your application processes.

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Labor to ban agents being paid for poaching international students amid wider crackdown

The Guardian Higher Education

Home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, says ‘rorts and loopholes’ in sector will be shut down Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Education agents will be banned from receiving commissions for poaching students enrolled in other institutions under a federal government crackdown on the embattled international education sector.