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Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College

Dr. Linda Oubré will become Whittier College’s 15th president, taking office July 1, 2018, college officials announced this week. She will be the first person of color to serve as president in Whittier’s 131-year history.

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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.

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Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed

Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of “selectivity” has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.

Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities

The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.

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Pathways Program Seeks to Diversify the Academy

PHILADELPHIA – After graduating from college in 2002, Johanna Lopez spent a decade working in the banking industry before enrolling in community college. Now, she’s a fellow in a program created to increase the number of Latino professors working in the humanities at colleges and universities across the nation.

Challenges Remain for Latino College Presidents

Ten years ago, the number of Hispanic College presidents in the United States was about 5 percent. Today, it is down to roughly about 4 percent.

Brown University Enrolls Students from Puerto Rico Tuition Free

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University is enrolling up to 50 students from the University of Puerto Rico tuition free following the destruction of Hurricane Maria. The Ivy League school in Providence will help the students find housing, as many still have no power or running water at their homes in Puerto Rico. Brown has already […]

Celebrate Latino High School Graduation, but Work Toward College Degree Attainment

While there is much to rejoice, there’s a drastic chasm in graduation from 4-year colleges among Hispanics and other racial and ethnic groups.

For Medina, Being Administrator Makes a Difference

Dr. Carlos Medina, vice chancellor and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York (SUNY), says that his introduction to higher education administration did not have a linear trajectory. He initially wanted to become a teacher and did achieve this goal after having obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from the State University […]

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Muñoz Pours His Heart Into Service

Conversations about Dr. Mike Muñoz and his work at Rio Hondo College always seem to come back to his equity-centered approach.

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University of Washington Feels Like ‘Home’ for President Cauce

During her time as president of the University of Washington, Dr. Ana Mari Cauce has been vocal about her passion for equity and inclusion. As a Cuban emigrant, she understands what she represents for those who imagine a more diverse future for higher education. “I hope that 10 years from now, when people close their […]

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Zamudio Clearing Path for More Bilingual Educators

Dr. Maria Luisa Zamudio’s career in higher education began in 2001, when she was a student at Illinois State University. Shortly after completing her master’s degree, she began working with federal grants as a full-time program coordinator in the bilingual office at ISU. Zamudio received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Tamaulipas Institute of […]

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