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Florida Board of Governors Confirms Marva Johnson as FAMU President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“As president, I recognize the legacy I carry and remain committed to protecting and extending that legacy and FAMU’s mission, while fighting to ensure that we are positioned for success in the evolving higher education landscape. Johnson, is a corporate lobbyist and group vice president of state government affairs for Charter Communications.

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Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between 2014 and 2022, humanities degree completions at HBCUs decreased by 15%, compared to sharper declines at non-HBCU institutions. Gasman credited the success of HBCUs in part to their ability to link humanities education to larger societal issues. “My In 2022, HBCUs awarded 8.8%

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cultural competence education and training offered at community colleges’ police academies are essential to prepare new officers to communicate across cultures. However, according to Getty (2014), new police officers also require real-world experience to reinforce academy education and training. Dr. Neil D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. within six years. “We

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How strong institutional partnerships serve transfer students well. Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Breakthrough Data Identifies Successful Transfer Partnerships At the summit, ED released—for the first time ever— data showing how well specific four-year institutions serve community college transfer students across the country. Schools should communicate jointly about transfer pathways and emphasize benefits.

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Meet the 2023 Dream Award Scholars

Scholarship America

Since its founding in 2014, the Dream Award has helped more than 150 talented, determined students. About Scholarship America Scholarship America is a nonprofit organization that works to eliminate barriers to educational success so that any student can pursue their dream. Since 1958, the organization has distributed $5.1

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. When we first started talking about student success in 2014, that language wasn't even used in the field.

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