Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. For example, early on the Board decided that only students who could afford to pay for the SAT would be able to take it.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. On last Friday, it was all about the students. If I were community college president for a day, I would make student representation a bigger part of school,” said Miclaus. “We Sometimes students don’t know how to share their knowledge.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

When Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar first got the call in 2019 to proofread scripts for accuracy in Julian Fellowes’ new series The Gilded Age on HBO, she was surprised. She is always looking to center the story of Black women in history, particularly to find ways to make those stories resonate with the students of today. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2023

America has woken up to the unique benefits of HBCUs for Black students. Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to celebrities like Beyoncé, who honored the schools in her 2019 concert documentary Homecoming , and Deion Sanders, who brought Jackson State University’s football team to national prominence before departing last December.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Black students know more than what those damn tests claim to measure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. These are students that have great potential and that really want to move into a STEM career,” Donovan said. “So

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Lewis The conference, Lewis said, is aimed at creating a vision that allows for researchers and practitioners to strategize on how best to "make a difference in the space of allowing students to reach their full academic potential. That is why we're here today," he said. We can't just talk to each other," Ladson-Billings added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

She would like to see underrepresented and marginalized students thrive and succeed in higher education. Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities. “My

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Some are creating new programming, while others endeavor to increase access for students interested in serving the most vulnerable populations. These funds will go to scholarships and education for students pursuing studies in the areas of health science and public health. Francis College. Broad view St. and Kathy R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Latine learners now make up nearly one-in-five college students between the ages of 18 and 24. With the share of Latine students doubling over the past two decades, the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) has also risen. There are also about 400 emerging HSIs — institutions where Hispanic students account for 15% to 24.9%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies Emerita at Emory University, served as president in 2019-2020 and was followed by Dr. Shaun R. Scott says that, like Howard, she’s deeply committed to addressing the structural barriers that stand in the way of helping students achieve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

In our field of biomedical engineering there are all these aspects of hidden curriculum that we wanted to be able to address by creating a community,” Moore said. Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly slowed Moore’s research and her ability to train her students.

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The Counseling Geek

MAY 16, 2024

Unmasking the College Board's Profiteering at Educators' Expense Dear David (it’s me again), This is a follow up to my original letter titled Dear David: An Open Letter to The College Board written in May of 2019. Dear David 2.0: This financial prosperity is accompanied by generous compensation packages for its executives.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Studies have consistently shown that students in private schools tend to perform better on tests than public school students. For example, data from the ACT college readiness exam indicates that students educated in private schools have an average composite score nearly four points higher than those educated in public schools.

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EAB

JANUARY 17, 2023

However, even though the future looks bright, most cybersecurity programs will continue to fight for student interest and enrollment. While many university leaders express interest in launching cybersecurity master’s degrees , increasing competition and market concentration threaten all new programs’ ability to capture student attention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Keith Curry T he enactment of California Senate Bill (SB) 1348 formally established the California Black-Serving Institutions (BSI) designation to recognize the State’s public community colleges and universities that enroll a student body that is 10 percent Black or enroll at least 1,500 Black students, among other criteria.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Students are applying to more and more colleges each year. million applicants and 7 million applications—a 30% increase from 2019-2020. High schools often include a school profile that helps admissions understand your curriculum and grading system. In 2023, the Common App reported over 1.2

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COE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

2023 National TRIO Achiever Awards: Honoring the Journeys and Impact of Distinguished Alumni September 13, 2023 — by Maura Casey Through their powerful messages, these National TRIO Achievers ensured that the Educational Opportunity Dinner was, once again, a most inspiring event that illuminated the vital role of TRIO programs in student success.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 21, 2022

ATU’s Centre for Sustainability aims to “embed sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core guiding principles across all activities” in ATU with a particular focus on curriculum, campus management and operations, community engagement, collaborative research and culture. Just Knowledge project and the GO-GN network.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. link] Comics and graphic novels can disrupt traditional texts by challenging the worship of the written word ( Torres, 2019 ), a feature of white supremacy that perpetuates textual hierarchies within educational spaces.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The current context of education is riddled with anti-Blackness that continues to find systemic ways to harm Black children and adolescents, ranging from the persistent surveillance and pushout from educational opportunities to anti-CRT legislation that prevents all students — not just Black youth — from learning about Black history and culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Too often, we hear administrators complaining about their teachers being unprepared/under-prepared to work with Black students. Rodgers (2) increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and (3) reduced professional efficacy” (WHO, 2019) (see Bouchrika ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. 2019; Monarrez & Washington, 2020). Hines, Fletcher, & Moore, in press, p.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Hamm These outstanding alumni of the Federal TRIO programs have demonstrated exemplary leadership, dedication, and commitment to advancing educational opportunities and breaking barriers for underprivileged students. WASHINGTON, D.C. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, Veterans Upward Bound, and Educational Opportunity Centers.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 25, 2023

Having been engaged with this project since the idea stages in 2019, it’s been amazing to see the quilt develop and grow over these four life-changing years – both how people have engaged with the quilt and how the quilt itself has evolved.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Dhahan is a Doctoral Student in Counselor Education & Supervision at the University of Arizona Dr. Katie Mitchell-Dodge is a Doctoral Student in Counselor Education & Supervision at the University of Arizona “When I think of Black youth mental health, my first thought is that we don’t talk about it enough….And

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A massive plan to restructure the School of Education (SOE) at American University, is facing fierce opposition from students, faculty and staff. I’m saddened by this reality and even more disturbed that it’s connected to my departure,” she told students. Students and faculty, however, have expressed concerns.

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SRI Education

JULY 28, 2023

As researchers, we were curious about which students were most likely to be bullied and/or to become bullies. 2019; Oncioiu et al., Resources: Positive Action Evidence-based Bullying Prevention Programs & Curriculum The Hexagon Tool can help school staff to identify effective programs or practices that fit with the local context.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2023

declined from 53% to 33% between 2012 and 2019. These bills that really do a disservice to students are going to be scrutinized.” Although classroom discussions between students and professors are highly protected by law, Kissel argues, legislatures often exercise control over the curriculum. In January, Florida Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, colleges and universities have tried to bring students back to campus and provide fresh inspiration. And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. President Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce student debt.

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