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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., She arrived at the University of Florida in July 2020.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Berencea Johnson Eanes has been named the next president of California State University, Los Angeles. Eanes currently serves as president of York College, City University of New York. “I am honored to join this outstanding university and its vibrant and diverse campus community,” Eanes said. "I

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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Zambia yet to get answers over death of student

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The family of Lemekhani Nyirenda is demanding answers from the Russian government over how the engineering student left prison around August this year, and got deployed to the battle front, where he was killed fighting against the Ukrainian army. This was not to be as he was reportedly released around August and sent to the frontline.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We followed a qualitative case study design to explore the experiences of 16 Black male academies of engineering students.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2019; Monarrez & Washington, 2020). These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Scholars and numerous peer-reviewed journals have dedicated special issues on the topic of Black men and boys.

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You next student cohort is visiting your website. Are you making a good impression?

University Business

More than half of all students use their mobile for their first contact point: requesting information (64%), using a cost calculator (63%), chatting online (53%) and using a scholarship calculator (52%). Nearly 60% of prospective students land on a college website using a search engine, and 70% search for a specific school directly.