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University of Pennsylvania professor Marybeth Gasman explores issues of access and retention for students and faculty of color and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, among other things.

The Power of Student Giving and Black College Fundraising Success

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, May 8, 2012

This post is co-authored by Nelson Bowman III, the Director of Development at Prairie View A&M University. Many elite universities, such as Penn, Chicago, and Princeton, have very successful student philanthropy programs. They spend ample time and effort educating students about philanthropic giving as well as the fundraising operation within colleges

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Black and White: Making Cross-Race Mentoring Work and Work Well

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, April 25, 2012

Note: This post is co-authored with Ufuoma Abiola, a current graduate student in the Higher Education program at the University of Pennsylvania. Mentoring can be defined as a long-term relationship between a more experienced individual and a less experienced person that fosters the mentee’s professional, academic, or personal development. Mentoring can

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Wanted: More Under-represented Minority Professors in the Life Sciences

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, April 2, 2012

If you ask minority high school students interested in biology what they want to do as a future career, they typically tell you that they want to be a physician or dentist.  Unfortunately, what they don’t tell you is that they want to be a professor or researcher.  This lack

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How to Excel at Elite Institutions: A Guide for Students of Color

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, February 28, 2012

Note: This post was co-authored by Ufuoma Abiola, a graduate student in the Higher Education program at the University of Pennsylvania. Elite research institutions with myriad resources can be wonderful places to gain an education; they also can be daunting for a student unfamiliar with the surroundings. We offer the following

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Red Tails: A Missed Opportunity

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, February 13, 2012

I went to see Red Tails with one of my students. She is a graduate of a historically Black college. Given my research and her undergraduate institution, we were excited to see the depiction of a Black college and its contributions in the film. Although we both enjoyed the movie,

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Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Diverse Sponsors ‘Mentoring’ Panel Discussion

Journalist Janet Roach reports on the Diverse-sponsored panel discussion, “The Critical Role of Mentoring in Increasing Graduates and Faculty of Color”. The panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C. during the 98th annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.


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