Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. Thompson praises his team for their impact, and they praise his leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Part of it is concerns about the affordability or value of higher ed,” said Dr. Robert Kelchen, head of the department of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Part of it is, it’s just easier to go out and get a decent job at the moment without an education.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Dr. Erika D. Beck CSUN President Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

in management and leadership. When we launched IMBA (online) in 2016, we disrupted business education in that we offer an MBA for under $24,000,” says Elliott. “We Since then, the number of scholarships has significantly increased, which has brought increased diversity. “In In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While anti-racism mitigated this, educators also need supporting anti-racist, administrative leadership and policies. Yet, even with anti-racist practices in the classroom, Black and Latinx students still had increased propensities for being resegregated in special education, due to early assessments.

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Scholarship America

APRIL 13, 2023

Scholarship America , the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of private scholarships, is pleased to announce that Daniel Hae-Dong Lee, Senior Vice President of Business Operations and Transformation at Smithbucklin, has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Since it was founded in 1958, Scholarship America has distributed $5.1

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

November is National Scholarship Month —and that makes it a perfect time to apply for prestigious, generous scholarships like those from our featured partners! are invited to apply for up to $20,000 from the Equitable Excellence Scholarship; and students living with inflammatory disease can earn up to $15,000 from AbbVie.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Scholarship America , the nation’s leading nonprofit scholarship and educational support organization, is pleased to announce that Dr. Angel B. As a first-generation student who grew up in poverty, a scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend college and live an extraordinary life,” said Pérez.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. For students who identify as Hispanic or Latino, there are many scholarships worth exploring. Consider these 20 scholarships for Hispanic and Latino students as a starting point in finding ways to fund your higher education.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership. Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership. Our board, staff, and network convened in person for the first time in three years.

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EAB

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Over 45 years we've developed a body of evidence around institutional experience with the nature and benefits of diversity, which the Court had affirmed in 2003 and again in 2016. The Court didn't address financial aid and scholarships. Take the question I raised a minute ago, of financial aid and scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Chapter 14: Ford, J.R. Hines & E.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But by 2016, Allen decided to return to school and complete her education. After earning her high school diploma, she received a Longleaf Commitment scholarship, a last dollar scholarship created by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper through federal pandemic relief funding. “After his passing, I couldn’t cope properly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Newson-Horst is frustrated by the slow progress toward majors and more institutions having minors, but she says she is pleased by Howard University’s new Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership, which showcases the field’s importance. “At If Black women don’t research about Black women, nobody else is going to,” she continues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Mwantuali says that when he asked a white colleague to nominate him, she demanded to see a signed book contract as proof of his scholarship. One of the starkest differences, Mwantuali alleges, came when he tried to advance to full professorship, a process that requires a nomination. When he showed her two, she still would not support him.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

It was fall 2016 and the nation was alive with activism in the wake of Donald J. He became Mr. Freshman, part of Howard’s Royal Court that promotes campus leadership, representing the best of the best. Getting into Howard University was a dream come true for Durmerrick Ross. Trump’s election and upcoming inauguration.

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