Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

COVID-19 has had an alarming impact on the mental health of college students. This has been especially true for LGBTQ+ students, with the last three years seeing a concerning rise in thoughts of suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. In 2007, it became the first school in Kentucky to add gender identity to its non-discrimination policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Under his leadership, the school made impressive gains in student body strength and diversity, financial aid resources, faculty breadth and distinction, and campus enhancements. “It Decatur has been on the pages of Diverse across the years, and was recognized by the publication in 2007 as an Emerging Scholar. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Bazan — whose term begins July 1, soon after the official transition to the new name of Union Adventist University — brings a long legacy of supporting and mentoring students, university leaders, and local church constituents. The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

In addition to her service as AALS President, Testy served as a member of the AALS Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017 and on the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students from 2007 to 2009. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Previously, García served as president of CSU Dominguez Hills beginning in 2007, where she was the eleventh female president — and first Latina president — in the California State University system. Committee on Measures of Student Success. In 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appointed García to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. For comparison, Black students and white students saw decreases of 8.5% During the same time frame, Hispanic students have increasingly comprised more and more of the recipients of undergraduate engineering degrees, with a 94.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

The controversy began in October, when Dr. Erika L ó pez Prater, an adjunct art professor, showed students a depiction of the prophet Muhammad. After a student complained, L ó pez Prater was told that she would not be teaching a course in the spring semester. Many Muslims believe that such depictions are forbidden to view.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2024

Specifically, the school was alleged to have prolonged how long it would take for students to complete the second phase of the program, a final “capstone” research and writing project. Reverse redlining [there was that] we alleged Walden was pushing harmful practices to women and Black students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Jean, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Sociology at North Park University, and I are suggesting training in High Impact Cultural Competency (HICC) (Vaughn, 2007) as a potential solution. “We For example, St. Dr. Peter K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So, they began looking at what JSTOR might be able to provide higher education programming in prison to provide a college experience for incarcerated students that was more commensurate with an educational experience for people on a traditional campus getting their education. She is also the one leading the JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Title: Associate Professor of Chemistry; Director of McNair Program, Wesleyan University Taylor, associate professor of chemistry, environmental studies and integrative sciences, joined the Wesleyan faculty in 2007. Her research group has included over 75 students to date, spanning high schoolers to Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

noa), Native Hawaiian students make up roughly 15% of the undergraduate student population. Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa allows students to identify in many different ways, offering nuance and visibility to a student’s experience. At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

She leads all strategic planning for the conference, working closely with the 12 full-time member institutions and an associate member along with the board of directors and staff to support the advancement of student athletes , and managing 14 CIAA championships.

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Community College Review

JUNE 7, 2022

Learn more about The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 ("CCRAA" or the "Act"), which was enacted to make college more affordable for low- and moderate-income students by phasing in increases in government grants.

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Single Stop

JANUARY 29, 2025

Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan. Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

This is eerily reminiscent of Don Imus’ 2007 racist comments when he described the predominantly Black Rutgers women’s basketball team as “rough girls”, “hardcore ho’s” and “nappy-headed hoes ”. student at Texas Christian University. This is all coded, racist language. Leslie Ekpe is a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. Each student said, ‘Because of you, I’m going to do better in school.’ She gladly agreed. Today, there are over 3,000 HISPA role models nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

As we are preparing our students for skills in artificial intelligence, we know that by 2030 there will be new positions that we don’t even know what they’re called at this point, but we want our students to be ready.” A&T’s Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute (WMI), has taught more than 12,000 students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Scott says that, like Howard, she’s deeply committed to addressing the structural barriers that stand in the way of helping students achieve. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Her presidency, she says, will include a “heightened focus on policies,” that can aid in reinforcing change over the long haul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. I just really like being around students, especially the extracurricular part of education.” But as the pandemic raged on and upended life for MCCCD students and faculty, Gonzales endeavored to stay focused on them. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 1, 2025

Heres how The Peddie School, with the help of School and Student Services (SSS) and NAIS methodology, is rewriting the playbook for financial aidand what your school can learn from their success. The post Smart Aid, Real Impact: Peddies Success with SSS appeared first on School and Student Services by VenturEd Solutions.

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Single Stop

MARCH 6, 2023

The Colorado Department of Higher Education Allocates an Additional $126k to Expand Highly Successful Single Stop Program SINGLE STOP HAS ALREADY CONNECTED 2,000 COLORADO STUDENTS TO AN AVERAGE OF 14.5K Each student’s benefits eligibility averaged $14,500. Today’s expansion will only help more students.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The grant will fund research to develop an evidence-based theoretical model for sustainable, equitable career pathways within colleges and universities that house TRIO programs, specifically Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), Student Support Services (SSS), and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When people ask me about my work, they often wonder if my motivation stems from being a low-income, first-generation college student myself. Although she graduated at the top of her high school class, like many of our own TRIO students emerging from under-resourced high schools, she found herself woefully unprepared for the rigors of college.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Surveyed adult learners consistently identify student support services as an important factor when making an enrollment decision. But as my colleague Ed Venit described , student success efforts for graduate students and other adult learner populations often lag behind those at the undergraduate level.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

When I first started looking at graduate programs in higher education/student affairs I had no idea that I would end up moving to Oregon. Eventually, I decided to apply for the College Student Services Administration (CSSA) program at OSU. I told Bob that I would love to pursue my mix of marketing, technology and student affairs.

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COE

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Edwin began with the Upward Bound Math-Science Center at The University of Texas at Arlington (UT-Arlington) as a participant in 2005 and completed the TRIO pre-college program’s bridge program in 2007 at UT-Arlington. Click to view the page: Uprooted Academy: A High-Tech Way for First-Gen Students to Navigate College Admissions.

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Timely MD

APRIL 11, 2024

For students at Albion College in Michigan, the nearest psychiatrist is 25 miles away. That means students face an hour-long round trip for an appointment – if they can get one. Instead of waiting weeks or months, students are evaluated for their initial visit in just a few business days, on average.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In addition, today I am thrilled to share with you that as a significant element of our deepening presence in the nation’s capital we are launching the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy, our first new academic division since 2007. I hope you will join us in Washington on Oct.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program offers to cancel certain types of federal student loans for people who spend 10 years working in public service jobs and meet the program requirements. Borrowers must submit a PSLF form that reflects any period of work for a qualifying employer since October 2007, when the PSLF program began.

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EAB

APRIL 13, 2023

Graduate Enrollments, 2007-2022 We asked graduate enrollment leaders about their experiences with goal setting in the second survey of the series we’re conducting with NAGAP. And graduate students are taking complex, non-linear, and stealth journeys to enrollment. While priorities haven’t changed, enrollment targets have increased.

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Clair Kamp Dush

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

slights and insults” ( Sue, Capodilupo, Torino, Bucceri, Holder, Nadal, & Esquilin, 2007 , pp. I assumed a student who was Black was less involved in our graduate program due to a lack of passion and skill, not a lack of the program reaching out to her or creating an environment of inclusiveness.

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