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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. Criminal Justice/Justice and Law Administration has created an MS in Homeland Security providing opportunities for advancement for students in business, computer science, and criminal justice. Signing off as provost.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Is there equity in measures of faculty success? Institutional supports of interest include: resources for caregiving, mental health and wellness; extensions of the tenure clock; dual-career hiring; and attention to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in hiring, tenure and promotion processes. What Data Do We Need?

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SJSU Public-Private Partnerships Boost Enrollment and Community Relationships: Changing Higher Ed 193 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson

The Change Leader, Inc.

An internationally recognized Latina leader, President Teniente-Matson is a champion of student success initiatives, diversity, equity and inclusion, civic engagement, and experiential learning. Our computer science program, very similar, over a 4. Cynthia Teniente Matson, President of San Jose State University.

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What is College for?

Dr. Missy Alexander

When you transition from faculty to administration, you tend to go to conferences focused on institutional questions – assessment, retention, general education, equity, and so on. It is not often that a dean or provost has the opportunity to attend a conference in their discipline, so it is wonderful treat when we do.

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Why Implementing a Richer, More Robust Academic Experience Is So Hard

Inside Higher Ed

Institutional leadership need to support initiatives that are evidence-based, that can be scaled in an affordable, effective way, that promote equity and that improve essential learning outcomes. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. As Stephen C. Is this diversity newsletter?: