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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ajene Wilcoxson, Pipeline2Possibilities Program for the California Community College system “I can easily see Dom Turner being a college president one day,” said Dr. Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. According to economists, roughly three-quarters of the wealth of most countries is accounted for by human capital.

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

While sharing overarching goals, these efforts serve a variety of constituents such as corporate managers looking to address their own biases and help build more inclusive work environments or those who plan to pursue leadership roles in academic diversity offices.

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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jakobsen is again in a leadership position with the Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW), serving as co-director. When she ended her 15 years as director of BCRW in 2015, the college devoted a day-long colloquium to celebrate her contributions to feminist scholarship and research.

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Army Veteran and Doctoral Student Named Inaugural Winner of the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. in educational leadership with an emphasis on higher education, Burkett wants to advocate for unheard voices and share stories of the vulnerable and underrepresented. “As A Tarleton State University doctoral student and U.S. Pursuing an Ed.D.

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Fourth-Year Grad Student Sets Sights on Collegiate Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I can easily see Dom Turner being a college president one day,” said Dr. Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I I don’t even know if he sees it for himself, but I see it for him.” Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D.

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Q&A with chair of the National Endowment of the Humanities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Shelly Lowe spoke with Inside Higher Ed this week about what it is like to be the first Native American chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities , the federal agency charged with supporting research and education in the humanities. There is no one moment where you think, “Oh, that’s humanities!”