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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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Middleton Social media is neither honest about nor friendly toward Black males in P-12 and higher education. Moreover, Hines, Fletcher, and Moore (in press) have noted, “Since the early 2000s, Black men and boys have garnered increasing attention in the education theoretical and scientific literature” (p. Hines, Donna Y.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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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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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We In 2018, according to 2021 version of that bi-annual analysis, 16.8% of all scientists and engineers employed full-time and16.7%

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

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For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. As faculty, we constantly see opportunities for democratic education in multiple courses, departments, and disciplines. The tide seems to be turning.

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Athletics and Academics

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Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. It was a lot of character development in terms of discipline and learning commitment.