IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 4, 2025

These include the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and its longitudinal follow-up study of the outcomes of first-time college students, the Beginning Postsecondary Study (BPS). By analyzing these data, we gain a better understanding of how these factors vary across different student characteristics.

Grant 212

Grant Student loans Students Student success 212

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.

Retention 325

Retention Mentoring Financial aid Grant 325

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. A shrinking student population means fewer trained workers entering key industries, bringing about economic decline as the demographic cliff continues to grow.

Higher education 239

Higher education Education Mental health Community college 239

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I We got to the country club.

Placement 279

Placement Inclusion Higher education Access 279

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 2, 2025

Lawmakers are best equipped to find solutions that benefit all students when they are armed with high-quality data. Department of Education has conducted studies, such as t he National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), that provide key evidence to inform policymaking in higher education.

FAFSA 144

FAFSA Education Financial aid Grant 144

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But they also neglect the fact that millions of college students are dealing with food insecurity and/or experiencing homelessness, and as a result most will never reach the finish line. This includes 35% of Black undergraduates, 30% of Native American students, and 25% of Latine students.

Financial aid 342

Financial aid Students Higher education Grant 342

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

million college students experienced food insecurity in 2020, according to student data analysis from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Department of Education's National Postsecondary Student Aid Study as requested by U.S. Bobby" Scott An estimated 3.8

Students 240

Students Access Accessibility Education 240

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

still have disproportionately low enrollment numbers for Latino first-time, full-time undergraduate students, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. Sandra Perez The sequel to a 2020 report on Black and Latino enrollment at selective U.S. For 2020, Harvard University scored 52, an F. In the wake of the U.S.

Access 342

Access Accessibility Educational research Higher education 342

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. IRSC’s fall 2022 enrollment increased by 8.9%, with its incoming cohort breaking their ten-year average enrollment by more than 1,000 students.

Community college 279

Community college Mental health Retention Students 279

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.

Students 279

Students Scholarship Teaching Grant 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

Low income student 264

Low income student Grant First generation Retention 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Dr. Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs.

Low income student 299

Low income student Students Retention Higher education 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

First generation 277

First generation Collaboration Students Facilitation 277

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. We are fully committed to first-generation students, but commitment is just the start. Edward’s students who bring their passions, talents, and ambitions to the hilltop.

First generation 264

First generation Student success Success Students 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

and he has made it his mission to ensure his students fit in and find a sense of belonging in their school. The methodology connects students’ real lives to the classroom, engaging them in personal conversation and critical thinking about hypothetical scenarios. Real Talk students are also more likely to persist.

Students 298

Students Retention Teaching Faculty 298

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. On Wednesday, the U.S. There must be diverse hires.

Mental health 296

Mental health Advising Education Mentoring 296

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The field transformed itself, troubleshooting on the go to make sure students could succeed while quarantining at home. Federal funding was heavily invested in resources that connected students with technology and high-speed internet. These programs offer their students options to attend class in person, online, or asynchronously.

Instruction 264

Instruction Nontraditional student Students Faculty 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A growing body of research has shown that race-matched instruction—when teachers and learners come from the same background—is beneficial for students. College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school.

Instruction 317

Instruction Students Faculty Mentoring 317

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

Today’s high school students are showing less interest in pursuing careers in education, and teachers in the profession are feeling burnt out and underpaid, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Student interest in working in education continues a generally downward trend across eight states in the U.S.

Teaching 342

Teaching Education Students Instruction 342

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. As such, Shivers said, it's important that student affairs professionals practice self-care. "Our

Student affairs 264

Student affairs Students Higher education Mental health 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

Mental health 306

Mental health Counseling Placement Students 306

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C.

Student affairs 246

Student affairs Mentoring Retention Students 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Though men were overall more likely than women to enroll full-time in Fall 2022, of the 508,646 graduate students who enrolled for the first time, 57.8% The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% In 2020, all of the higher education sector was affected. Latinx students saw a 5.7% increase). "In

Career counselor 306

Career counselor International student Mathematics Higher education 306

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

GenAI could be the remedy to ongoing challenges from teacher shortages and crowded classrooms to democratizing access to higher education through lower-cost options, according to the survey. Notwithstanding, “courses largely make the grade” among students. The survey finds that “rising costs weigh heavily” across the board.

Higher education 317

Higher education Faculty Education Instruction 317

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) educated over two million Hispanic students during the 2021-22 school year, but continued to demonstrate extensive facility needs, according to a new U.S. They also had technology needs, such as, to improve student internet access, cybersecurity, and hybrid learning efforts.

Grant 298

Grant Access Accessibility Higher education 298

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

When Dr. Sarita Cargas began studying basic needs insecurity at the University of New Mexico (UNM), she asked students to share stories about times they could not do their work because they were hungry. Students experiencing basic needs insecurity are struggling to access reliable housing, nutritious food, or both.

Students 289

Students Humanities Tutoring Faculty 289

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

As the coordinator of Montclair States Master of Arts program in Higher Education, she has been instrumental in guiding its development, leading it from its origins as a concentration to its establishment as a stand-alone program in 2020.

University 136

University Student affairs Higher education Equity 136

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. Nimisha Barton As early as 2021, we saw the beginnings of the anti-critical race theory (CRT) movement led by far-right politicians who claimed educators sought to indoctrinate students into anti-white racism (note: the data say otherwise ).

Higher education 347

Higher education Access Accessibility Collaboration 347

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Making the shift and continued development Luoma was on Yale University’s faculty initiatives team when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

Teaching 290

Teaching Faculty Educational leadership Mental health 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Significant portions of the college student population have faced food insecurity, according to an analysis of data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2020 (NPSAS:20). We can also see that that rate is so much higher for students who identify as Black or African American. Dr. Tammeil Y.

Grant 357

Grant Equity Student success Community college 357

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

Asian Americans face lower odds to be admitted into colleges and universities than white students with similar test scores, GPAs, and extracurriculars. The researchers looked at 685,709 first-year college applications from 292,795 Asian American and white students to selective U.S. Earlier this year, the U.S.

Application 243

Application Students Higher education Access 243

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Between June 2004 and June 2020, almost 12,000 institutions of higher education closed their doors. Some of those institutions closed in an orderly fashion—students, faculty and staff were given ample warning, and arrangements for continuing a student’s education at another institution, teach-out plans, are made.

Multiple measures 246

Multiple measures Students Higher education Educational leadership 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Purdue University will resume SAT/ACT test score requirements for admissions, beginning with students applying for Fall 2024 admission. Since 2020, Purdue has been “test flexible” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered many students’ access to testing sites. The school will begin accepting 2024 applications on Aug.

University 246

University Application Administration Administration 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has concluded that Troy University did not make reasonable and responsive adjustments responsive to a student’s pregnancy-related adjustment requests during the 2020-21 school year.

University 246

University Faculty Access Accessibility 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“I welcomed the opportunity to join the Rutgers community in July 2020 because I found inspiration in the possibilities that this institution represented: a belief that cutting-edge research could thrive in a university that was deeply committed to making education as accessible as possible to a profoundly diverse student population.

University 259

University Higher education Leadership Access 259

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

In 2020, after the horrific murder of George Floyd, the world responded with declarations condemning racial violence and oppressive systems. Republican legislators have waged anti-DEI movements, claiming myths that DEI efforts are ineffective, violate free speech, and are discriminatory towards white students. McNair et al.

Faculty 312

Faculty Equity Higher education Teaching 312

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU Carbondale) and historically Black college Tougaloo College have partnered for a 3+3 dual degree program, wherein Tougaloo students who qualify will be able to complete both their bachelor’s and SIU School of Law law degrees in six years instead of seven. of the population. .

Inclusion 246

Inclusion Application Access Accessibility 246