Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

And most of that has gone toward student scholarships and affordability. “A Smith announced during the 2019 commencement ceremony for Morehouse that he would pay off the student loans for the graduating class. Thomas has held faculty posts at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The initiative's success earned the 2023 Exemplary Model Award from the American Association of University Administrators. Rich also led a transformative fundraising campaign that generated over $85 million in new investments for scholarships, student services, faculty positions, and academic initiatives.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Berencea Johnson Eanes has been named the next president of California State University, Los Angeles. Eanes currently serves as president of York College, City University of New York. “I am honored to join this outstanding university and its vibrant and diverse campus community,” Eanes said. "I

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Many state policies block undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition — even if they completed their K-12 education there — and several states directly prohibit undocumented students from enrolling in many public universities. Does your university already have resources and policies directed toward undocumented students?

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

An additional 1,600-1,700 students at Emory University received grants and scholarships instead of loans in their financial aid packages this fall, the Atlanta-based institution announced recently, more than doubling the number of undergraduates expected to finish school with limited or no debt. This allows us to enroll those students.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

“While we know that they bring value to the classroom, they’re very much absent in the classroom as educators, as teachers,” said Strachan, acting chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Leadership at Alabama A&M University. in biology from Mount Allison University.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Valerie Paley Through a partnership with the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), New-York Historical has been teaching CUNY students the ins and outs of museum operations via a graduate degree in Museum Studies program.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., criminology, law & society, University of California, Irvine; M.S., counseling, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D., Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman, distinguished visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award. s education system.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Fundamentally, I want my scholarship to matter to people's lives and to do that, it's really helpful if I don't lose sight of how people are living.” 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.

Accessibility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

He also will maintain his University Professor and Provost Professor appointments in the USC Rossier School of Education, Marshall School of Business, and Price School of Public Policy. Jessica’s scholarship is widely acclaimed and her contributions to the field of education have been significant. Dr. Jessica T.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Florida Memorial University President Dr. Jaffus Hardrick has resigned from his post at the small, private historically Black university. University officials said that Hardrick stepped down because of a health issue. Dr. Jaffus Hardrick William C.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sophia Rahming is single-handedly helping to revolutionize peer-to-peer learning at Florida State University (FSU). It was originally conceived and developed at the University of Colorado Boulder and has since grown to more than 120 other colleges. For her part, Rahming, a native of The Bahamas, has not abandoned her scholarship.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Shai Reshef, President and Founder, of University of the People, is the recipient of the 2023 Yidan Prize. Shai Reshef Reshef founded the online, tuition-free University of the People, which now has 137,000 students globally. The purpose of the university is to respond to the needs of learners with an innovative, scalable solution.

Online learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We Dr. Brian A.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Gonzalez Institution:   Claremont Graduate University Graduate Program:   Ph.D., Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, University of Southern California; M.A., Applied Gender Studies, Claremont Graduate University B.A., David Drew, Claremont Graduate University Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University; Futurist, Latinx Pacific Archive; Co-Director, Situated Critical Race and Media (SCRAM). public & private sector organizations, Brown University; M.A., ethnic studies, San Francisco State University; M.A., Guevarra, Jr.,

Communication

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

He draws upon scholarship in critical race theory and Jotería studies in education and invites his research participants to become co-creators and to be in conversations, or pláticas, with him. and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019).

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Enrollment loss could affect the economic viability of some colleges and universities; it also raises concerns about societal impact, national security, and competitiveness. The post-pandemic decline in U.S.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. In response, colleges and universities are seeing increased interest in courses and programs that address issues of public health.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds. Queens University of Charlotte has tweaked its outreach strategy this year beginning with its very first interaction with a student. Other schools are making diversity a part of their communications from the beginning.

Communication

Scholarship America

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Heading into the final month of 2023, we have some incredible scholarship opportunities for all kinds of students. Essential Visionaries Scholarship Fund   Are you a future nurse, teacher, or mental health counselor? The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program is open to current high school seniors who have at least a 3.0

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Baccalaureate Level The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Washington State University (Pullman, WA) The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a federal program established in 1972 to help students from migrant and seasonal farmworking backgrounds obtain a college education. are Hispanic. GPA and a persistence rate of 94.4%.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Harvard adopted testing in 1934 to select scholarship recipients followed by many other institutions. The “ adversity score " in 2019 and anti-woke AP African American studies class for 2023 are examples of this callous indifference to race issues. African Americans deserve better. Dr. Ivory A.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university.

Retention

Scholarship America

JANUARY 5, 2023

A new year means new scholarship opportunities—and these featured Scholarship America partner programs for January 2023 will help you hit the ground running! Check out our Browse Scholarships page for everything that’s open now, and opening soon! Essential Visionaries Scholarship Fund  . scale (or its equivalent).

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Founded in 1987, EHS works with individuals and academic institutions to provide housing for students attending New York City’s colleges and universities as well as students who come to the city each summer for internships. During the school year, there are some academic achievement scholarships. EHS President and CEO Jeffrey H.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships.

Humanities

NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The data below highlight disparities in institutional merit (academic and other non-need-based scholarships) and need-based grant awards. [1] 1] This preliminary analysis is part of a forthcoming study using the recently released 2019-2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20). Source: U.S.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Specifically, in comparison to 2019, the previous assessment year, average mathematics scores for grade 4 students were lower in 2022 for American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, students of Two or More Races, and white students (see [link] ). Dr. Donna Y. Fletcher Jr.,

Placement

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. Named by a Forbes article in 2019 as the most influential voice in college admission, he strives to build an educational ecosystem that better represents today’s society. “As

Scholarship

#RealCollege Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The response to our 2019 #RealCollege Survey showed that 39% of students experienced food insecurity in the last thirty days. Sheetz Sheetz provides scholarship opportunities not only to their employees, but to the children and stepchildren of employees. They provide training for tech jobs that don’t require four-year degrees.

Scholarship

Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Scholarship America Dream Award scholar Lily Meienburg has faced many challenges throughout her life. “As She was also a youth ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for three years and served as their 2019 youth advocacy leader. Lily is now a junior at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

Success

Scholarship America

APRIL 21, 2023

Not surprisingly, colleges and universities across the board experienced steep declines in enrollment during the pandemic, and the anticipated recovery has been slow and uneven. Last year, 39% of Dollars for Scholars offered scholarships explicitly for two-year and vo-tech schools.

Scholarship

Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports that, as of 2019, 7.7 million undergrads enrolled in American colleges and universities were part-time attendees, and around 1/3 of all college attendees are age 25 or older. The majority of scholarships go to full-time, bachelor’s degree-seeking undergrads.

Student success

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

My parents couldn’t afford to pay for any of my college education, so I worked to pay for it on my own using a combination of scholarships, grants, and a work-study. Just as I began to accept not returning to school, I was saved by a scholarship.

Scholarship