Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2025

Ed Smith-Lewis Through digital and innovative platforms, UNCF is building a connected ecosystem where institutions can learn from one another, scale what works, and shape a stronger, more equitable future for their students, says Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and institutional programs at UNCF.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Earlham College has received nearly $1 million for a summer immersion experience for Indiana high school students. through its Indiana Youth Programs on Campus initiative – is part of a statewide investment of more than $29 million to help students explore their interests, learn skills, and consider college. 18-23 and 25-30.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. No state is doing well in terms of getting their community college students to transfer and complete,” said Velasco Rodriguez.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Since the 2015 launch of Graduation Initiative 2025, a state-backed project to improve graduation rates, the California State University system (CSU) has made significant progress, with students from all groups earning degrees at higher rates. The graduation rate gap between Black and white students is 22.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2024

In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. Dignity prepares students to have an ethical approach to life, the idea that every individual counts,” says Kinsella. So, De Vinne created the Faculty Diversity Fellowship Program, where new Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

I look forward to working this year with the faculty, staff, students, and alumni as we lead the nation in our teaching, research, and land-grant and clinical activities,” said Fuchs, who starts in the role Aug. Fuchs served as the university’s 12th president from January 2015 to February 2023, before taking a yearlong sabbatical.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

Glaude has been chair since AAS , originally a certificate program, became a department in 2015. As a student, as a scholar, as a Black student, as an FLI [first-generation, low-income] student, it was everything that I needed for it to be,” said Kiara Gilbert, who had Glaude as her junior paper and senior thesis adviser.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She has been president at A&M-San Antonio since 2015. “Dr. It is a bittersweet moment as I am extraordinarily proud of all the students, faculty, staff and alumni of A&M-San Antonio,” Teniente-Matson said. Last year, she discussed being a first-generation college student on Diverse's " In the Margins" podcast. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shana Stoddard Having first come to Rhodes as a William Randolph Hearst Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in 2015, Stoddard has cemented a role for herself at the school over time, attaining the position of associate professor of chemistry in 2022. “I She said it allows students to better understand the significance of what they’re learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. The questions the students asked, she says, helped her to understand the power of community colleges. Where were the students coming from?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The university also issued a statement saying that “respect for the observant Muslim students in that classroom should have superseded academic freedom,” which it later walked back after being sued by the professor. You’d think they'd eventually run out of students and professors to censor, but no such luck in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Stout, who has led the organization since 2015. ATD is not just a conference,” says Dr. Karen A. We are not leaving Florida behind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But much of the book highlights how the American higher education system has become the envy of the world — sending thousands of students each year flocking to the United States to commence study. An older, mature, and attractive non-student female hanging around the team led Zeppo Marx into dangerous waters.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

They are increasingly recognizing the importance of community engagement in fostering civic responsibility, addressing societal challenges, and enriching the educational experience for students. Students at MSIs, who are often from low-income homes, which requires them to work, often face a civic empowerment gap.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

The new music building was completed in 2015. “I Another achievement is that she managed to hire two-thirds of the music school’s faculty during her time as dean, said Montgomery, who also expresses regret in not being able to recruit more faculty members of color, primarily Latinx and African American faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., She also received a 2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

It’s involved protests and urging from all levels, from students to university leaders. When Dr. Pawan Dhingra first arrived on campus as a faculty member more than five years ago, conversations around wanting AAPI content were already being had, he says. A barebones number of faculty on the topic wouldn’t cut it. He joined in.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The program is now available in almost 30 juvenile justice agencies and serves over 80 students. Michael Moyes, chief operating officer and associate vice president of enrollment strategy and marketing, pre-college, online and professional programs at Berklee, originally connected with BreakFree to teach music to incarcerated students. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

When Dr. Devorah Lieberman became president of University of La Verne in 2011, a private institution of approximately 8,000 students about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, she was in many ways seeing life come full circle. University of La Verne President Dr. Devorah Lieberman is shown with graduating students in 2013. She notes that U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

in sociology in 2015 from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and political science from North Carolina Central University. McMillan Cottom is also challenging her students to ask critical questions. McMillan Cottom received her Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Today, there are only 2,000 native speakers , but a 2015 Hawaii State Data Center census reported that 5.7% In her own way, Kumu created a liberatory classroom to ensure the safety and growth of language and traditions, allowing her students to learn in ways that our ancestors would have wanted. Interrelations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. I just fell completely in love with focusing on the research, working with students, teaching classes. Jerlando F. Jackson meets with Kristine L. Dr. Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

She was a former faculty member and attendee of a historically Black college and university (HBCU) and served as a dean at Trinity Washington University, a predominantly Black and Hispanic-serving institution. She was able to say, ‘CCA has done great work, and at the same time, students got left behind.’” Dr. Dhanfu E.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Online students and other non-traditional audiences are increasingly an area of focus for institutions nationwide. But there is one large group of non-traditional students that’s been previously excluded: incarcerated students.

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The LTC Blog

MARCH 31, 2017

The longer I’ve been at Carleton the more opportunities I’ve had to interact with the TRIO/SSS program and students. I enjoy getting to know the TRIO students, and I continue to be impressed by the staff and the work that they do. If you aren’t familiar with TRIO/SSS, I encourage you to learn a bit more.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. For this to happen, we simply must achieve equity for those student groups that have been traditionally underserved.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9% rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4%

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Postsecondary educators have been increasingly focused on supporting positive student mental health over the past decades. Additionally, much of the difference in academic performance among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities was statistically explained by disparities in mental health. times that of their peers.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Americans’ Confidence in Higher Education Continues to Fall Trends in Public Trust Between 2015 to 2023, Gallup While it may not be the only factor contributing to declining confidence in higher education, you cannot ignore the impact of the skyrocketing cost of tuition. Visit our Strategic Advisory Services page to learn more.

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The Advisor That Cares

AUGUST 26, 2023

The digital tools currently utilized within the advising relationships seek to manage student information, notes, and referrals. The institution employs a student information system to onboard and guide students from admission to enrollment. Another system tracks degree plan requirements and progress.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

He was also the founding editor of Global Dialogue magazine and served as co-chair and secretary of the Berkeley Faculty Association from 2015 to 2021. He was an extraordinary teacher, who mentored and inspired thousands of students, changing their lives with his fierce intellect and kindness."

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