Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. To problem-solving? · An Equity Pedagogy.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 2, 2006) 6. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Publishing work of journalists of color.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Recommendations: · Expand the departmental representative point of contact’s role to include diversity/equity considerations. Moreno at al.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education. Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. The Steve Fund and many national experts anticipate that eliminating racial considerations in admissions will dramatically reduce the number of students of color in selective higher education institutions.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2006, presidents spent an average of 8.5 While some scholars are deeply concerned by this instability, others note it aligns with higher education trends overall. In 2023, the American Council on Education (ACE) released their study of over 1,000 college presidents, which revealed the tenure of the presidency has diminished.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Coming from such a background drives him. “I

Success

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Strategic framing: How leaders craft the meaning of data use for equity and learning. [link] McLendon, M., Hearn, J., & Deaton, R. Called to account: Analyzing the origins and spread of state performance-accountability policies for higher education. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28 (1), 1-24. J., & Guerra, A. De Lourdes.

Facilitation

EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Now, schools must work harder to prioritize closing equity gaps and bringing these students back to campus. The burden to be inclusive shouldn’t rest solely with your Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or your multilingual staff. gap in degree attainment between Hispanic and White adults during that time.

Community college

Catherine Cronin

APRIL 14, 2022

Critical approaches to open education often focus on issues related to access, equity and agency: Access arguments are foundational in every rationale for open education, i.e. how to enable access to education for all. Making resources legally accessible (e.g.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership. She joined Harvard in 2006 as a professor of government and African and African American studies. Gay’s appointment comes on the heels of the U.S

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Berkeley-based nonprofit organization promotes social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups. In 1955, she married fellow Xavierite and would-be New Orleans Mayor Ernest Dutch Morial (51) with whom she embarked on a life of civic engagement in the fight for equity and equality.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

A 2006 National College Health Assessment found that just under 50% of the over 94,000 students surveyed reported feeling “so depressed it was difficult to function,” and 9.3% had contemplated suicide.

Mental health