Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2024
Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Dr. Susan D.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 1, 2023
A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.
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Scholarship America
JUNE 1, 2023
Sharp cuts in state and federal funding, especially after the 2008 recession, led to a need to bring in more tuition revenue, and competition for enrollment has led schools to spend more on administration, services and amenities. The good news is that some states are beginning to reinvest in higher education.
The University Innovation Alliance
MARCH 7, 2024
Number two, I’d served on that campus from 2008 until 2011 and loved it dearly. Number one, you get that call; you're going to say yes. We quickly found that it was far more severe than anyone realized, that Henderson was on the brink of closure. We got to work, and then COVID hit, and that exacerbated an already bad situation.
The University Innovation Alliance
AUGUST 25, 2022
Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives. Secretary of Education.
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