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Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bonner II Graduate education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not just evolvingit is erupting with purpose. From the heart of tradition and the fire of resistance, a new wave of graduate programs in higher education administration is emergingbold, equity-centered, and unapologetically Black.

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Dr. Levon Esters Appointed Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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Postgraduate Education Leaders Release Recommendations on Strengthening Graduate Education Mentorship After Summit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Postgraduate education leaders from 14 countries released recommendations to strengthen graduate education mentorship at the 2022 Strategic Leaders Global Summit. Ortega The summit – co-hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and financially supported by ETS – took place Nov. Dr. Suzanne T.

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Morgan State University Wins 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS.

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BRIAN KITE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brian Kite, currently the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), has been appointed UCLAs new dean and vice provost of graduate education.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year. it’s not quick.”

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10 U.S. Universities Selected to Advance Systemic Change in Doctoral STEM Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We know that we can make graduate education in STEM better for everyone,” said Dr. Adam Falk, president of the Alfred P. The goal, according to Sloan Foundation officials, is the systemic reform of structures that disproportionately burden Black, Indigenous, and Latino individuals in graduate education. Sloan Foundation.

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