Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

ATD's Leader College of Distinction award, created in 2018, sets an even higher bar for institutional achievement. Recipients must demonstrate improvement in three or more student outcome metrics, including completion or transfer rates, and show reduced equity gaps for at least two student groups.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Eanes is the ideal person to lead Cal State LA and continue to drive its powerful engine of social mobility,” said CSU Trustee Jack B. Her leadership experience and stalwart commitment to student success will serve the university and its diverse community well.” Clarke, Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. Dr. Audrey Jaeger, professor of community college education at North Carolina State University and director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Colclough, director of Programs and Initiatives at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). In addition, gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality (ACCT, 2018). Their colleges are leading the way, openly sharing models that embed diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Race and higher education scholars are voicing criticism, concern, and cynicism after the University of Florida ended many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that the school cited it took to comply with a state law that was passed last year. McCune, Jr., chair of Black studies at the University of Rochester.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. Recognizing the key role of faculty in this work, we established the Equity Champions (EC) , a faculty community of practice intentionally designed to build relationships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

In May 2018, COD’s board of trustees approved a $1 million investment to support a diverse group of 23 faculty and administrators to participate in Kansas State University’s (KSU) doctoral Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), the first cohort known colloquially as the CCLP Roadrunner cohort. in community college leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

Since 2018, García has overseen AASCU, restoring the financial health of the organization and working to support public higher ed. She is the ideal choice for one of the most important higher education leadership roles in not just California but the entire country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

We are sick and tired of the lack of progress toward racial justice at Penn State under your leadership,” the letter continues. “We One statistic shows that, between 2004 and 2018, the number of Black professors at Penn State stayed roughly the same, from 109 professors to 112. We expected better.” Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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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. Beck CSUN President Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CCA’s roots began in the state of Indiana, but, by 2018, when Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva became its president, the organization began to spread its work more intentionally across the nation. She role models that leadership for us.” They gather insights on the leadership team and their motivation toward success and are data focused.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. By using innovative advising and proactive supports, GSU’s equity gaps suddenly disappeared. Dr. Tim Renick “Today, we’re over 80% nonwhite,” says Renick.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

Dr. Elisabeth Barnett Caring Campus is a program that began in 2018 by the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) to involve higher ed staff in improving engagement with students and creating a ‘culture of caring’ at community colleges. The Caring Campus program is currently being implemented at more than 100 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. In 2018, he wanted to get more involved with student programming, so he joined the college’s LGBTQ+ History Month committee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). in management and leadership. In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million. “Because of the range of programs we have, there are many career paths,” Carter says.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Securing ongoing leadership support and investment. Between 2018 and 2020, seven University Innovation Alliance institutions utilized change management and human-centered design principles to identify and deconstruct barriers to successful career readiness for first-generation and low-income students. Proactive Advising.

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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. In 2022 we tripled our subscribers, reaching far beyond the Alliance to engage and inspire those who share our values of equity, innovation, and collaboration.

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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. In 2022 we tripled our subscribers, reaching far beyond the Alliance to engage and inspire those who share our values of equity, innovation, and collaboration.

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Scholarship America

MARCH 7, 2023

They’re students like Trevor Melton, Chemical Engineering major at North Carolina A&T, who says, “Driven by my love for chemistry, I will use my leadership and problem-solving skills to make my community a better place while encouraging others who look like me to lessen the disparity in a field heavily underrepresented by African Americans.”

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We've found a misaligned perception between how campus leadership and business leaders view student career outcomes. Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment. A Playbook for Transforming College-to-Career. Thu, 09/08/2022 - 06:00. College to Career. University Culture. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. You think that everybody is happy to see you there.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

Shaun Harper In a powerful defense of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education, Dr. Shaun Harper, Provost Professor of Education, Public Policy, and Business at the University of Southern California, presented evidence-based testimony before the U.S. of employees. of racially motivated hate crimes on campuses.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

A long-overdue spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion shining on all of our operations. In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. Morrison and her parents, Pat and Sandy Koerner, after her hooding ceremony at Montana State University in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

South Dakota is just one example of Republican-led states taking action against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in academia. Flores also said continuity of leadership is important, and there needs to be a sense of equal value among the team members. “To

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EAB

MARCH 7, 2023

Certainly without necessarily naming any names or calling anyone out, I just wondered if you had a sense of how effective university leadership teams tend to be at communicating in these times of crises. So if you're a university that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, make sure that that's at the forefront of your responses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

He became Mr. Freshman, part of Howard’s Royal Court that promotes campus leadership, representing the best of the best. In spring 2018, Ross was able to take his skills as a public speaker and make his way onto the Texas Southern University (TSU) debate team. Trump’s election and upcoming inauguration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite Freeman’s aggressive tactics and his stern approach, the mostly Black students at Willowbrook flourished under his courageous leadership. “A He earned tenured three years later, became a full professor in 2011, and was named the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair of Education in 2018. And then, a position opened at UCLA in 2001.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Upon arriving in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, King was physically exhausted, weighed down by the burdens of leadership, and grappling with his lifelong struggle with depression. Systemic equity gaps and disparities continue to persist across demographic groups, particularly impacting our most vulnerable students. Dr. Ronald W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zamani-Gallaher, a renowned community college leadership scholar, was the 2022 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award. Dr. Dietra Trent, a Hampton alumna, was appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on Advanced Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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