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Latinx

Why Representation Matters in the Professoriate

Research has shown that having role-models and mentors who share racial/ethnic identities can contribute to an individual’s self-concept of pursuing similar careers. Too often, people from underrepresented racial or ethnic communities hear about the struggles their community faces, rather than their increasing growth and success in this country.

November 19, 2018

LGBTQ+

Mentoring Emphasized at TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum

The importance of making an impact on higher education and creating pipelines for diverse talent were salient topics at the TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum held on Thursday in New York City.

October 18, 2018

Opinion

Recognizing the Importance of Access and Social Capital

Have you ever heard, “it’s not about what you know… it’s about who you know?” Unfortunately, this idea that your network can have a significant impact on the opportunities you have access to, is true.

October 8, 2018

African-American

A Product of South Carolina

Despite his meteoric rise through the ranks of academia, Dr. James L. Moore III, isn’t shy about reminding anyone who he comes into contact with, that he’s a product of South Carolina.

September 27, 2018

Latest News

Scholar Inspires Next Generation of Researchers

Even though Dr. James Earl Davis grew up in the rural South, near Huntsville, Alabama, he has always loved cities. Now, Davis — a prolific researcher and teacher — uses urban spaces as a platform for his scholarship at Temple University, where he holds the Bernard C. Watson Endowed Chair in Urban Education and is a professor of higher education and educational leadership.

September 20, 2018

Women

Famous Actress and Family Reflect on the Impact of Upward Bound

Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award winning actress Viola Davis and her sisters said that participating in TRIO programs transformed their lives.

September 16, 2018

Latest News

Education Scholar Pushes Boundaries

Ever since he was a teenager, Dr. Lawrence Scott has lived by the motto that “success is measured in succession.”

September 9, 2018

Opinion

Getting to the Other Side: Surviving the Ph.D.

I recently finished my first year in a tenure-track position at American University in Washington, D.C. and I have been thinking about what kinds of things I wish I had known when starting a Ph.D. Here, I aim to give advice for students just starting Ph.D. programs in hopes of helping more students “get to the other side” of graduate school.

August 27, 2018

Students

The Demands for Diversity Hiring Requires a “Pipeline”

As the summer closes and college campuses across the country come roaring back to life, the demands for an academy that better reflects the full diversity of the student body and their own experiences will no doubt come center stage once again. The demands for a diverse faculty are growing and will further create division between the student body and university administration if they are not addressed in a more urgent manner.

August 21, 2018

Students

How to Make Our Institutions More Accessible

While higher education is abuzz with goals of cultivating greater access and success for historically underrepresented groups, many institutions still engage in practices that work against these goals. If we are truly going to open our doors wider, we can’t do so without transforming our own policies and practices.

August 6, 2018

Latinx

Study Reports Wide Gender Disparity Among MSI Presidents

A new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions explores the dearth of women in presidential positions at Minority Serving Institutions. At 650 such schools, less than 12 percent of presidents are women.

March 27, 2018

Latest News

‘Elect Her’ Program Aims to Close Leadership Gap

Students at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria campus are learning to empower and encourage women to take leadership roles on and off campus through a program co-hosted by the American Association of University Women.

March 26, 2018