Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

Despite having chronic absenteeism rates above the national average at the end of the 2021-22 school year, their rates fell below the estimated national rate for 2023-24. Most notably, schools supported by the GRAD Partnership outperformed national trends.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2023, the World Economic Forum reported that employers expected 44% of workers skills to be disrupted within five years. In the post-pandemic era of higher education, college access, public trust in higher education, and AI are all converging in a disruptive way, ushering in a new standard for our learners.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2025

Where disabled people are not burdens but innovators In 2023 alone, over 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced across U.S. The question is whether we will build systems and policies that recognize their humanity, intelligence and creativity and will make room for their flourishing. Where trans kids are not headlines but classmates.

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

Strayhorn few years ago, Liu (2023) published, Everyone is Talking about Belonging in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Dozens of studies agree that sense of belonging is defined as a basicneed [and human right], a fundamental motivation, sufficient to drive behaviors and perceptions. A Dr. Terrell L.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2025

and the board asked me to stay on as executive director in 2023,” he explains. The organization’s first formal strategic plan, adopted in October 2023, outlines ambitious goals for the next three years. “The board asked me to serve for the rest of that year as interim executive director.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2025

Alessandra Lynch, Butler University; Dr. Joshua Bennett Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Teach your students to be human as you teach them everything else. One of his most notable works is a 2023 book of poems, titled We Be Walkin Blackly in the Deep.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2025

Alessandra Lynch, Butler University; Dr. Joshua Bennett Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Teach your students to be human as you teach them everything else. One of his most notable works is a 2023 book of poems, titled We Be Walkin Blackly in the Deep.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

colleges and universities has steadily declined over the past seven years, with both full-time and part-time positions showing significant reductions, according to new research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Positive Potential Minnesota also has the American Indian Scholars Program, which was established in the 2023 legislative session. Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. On-campus enrollment is approximately 615 students. That doesn’t include FDLTCC’s college in the high school program.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2025

2023 ; Hunsu et al., It’s a deeply human endeavor: expressive, subjective, unpredictable, and relational. Similar to situational interest, when students connect academic content to their own lives or real-world issues, they report greater satisfaction, engagement, and persistence.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2025

More than five decades later, our nation must remember and celebrate his commitment to racial equality, his civil rights legacy, and his recognition of the dignity and humanity of all people. His wife Rosalynn preceded him in death in 2023. Carter's advocacy extended to other minoritized communities.

Education

IEFA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Stanfords Graduate School of Business 2023 MBA graduates, for example, could expect a $248,000 average base salary, with 84% finding work within three months of graduating. A 2023 study indicated that over 90% of employers in the lucrative finance, consulting and technology industries expect to hire MBA graduates.

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Emeka Obinnakwelu Jr., Studies have recognized how these conditions lead to racial/ethnic health disparities, higher rates of obesity and behavior concerns, poor cardiovascular health, and lower rates of quality of life (Monroe et al., Dr. Tanya J.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These experiences underscore how anti-immigrant rhetoric, amplified during election cycles, reduces people like us to caricatures and scapegoats while erasing the nuanced, deeply human stories of our contributions to this country. institutions in the 2023-2024 academic yeara remarkable 13.1% increase from the previous year.

International student

Patter by Pat Thomson

JANUARY 18, 2025

And when the discipline is in the arts, humanities or social sciences. BMC Res Notes 16 , 329 (2023). While it is true that there is a lot of discussion about author order in the sciences, there can be a squabble about author order when there are only two or three people involved. Mustafa, M.A., Fatimi, A.S.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Robbins had served as the Interim Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova since December 2023 and prior to that, she was the Assistant Vice President for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2025

Data revealed that DEI job postings declined 44% from 2022 to 2023, and major companies like Google and Meta scaled back programs supporting Black talent. The report details a pattern of progress and regression across several administrations.

Database

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

is so paltry that a 2023 report by the American Council on Education stated, We are unable to highlight unique and varied experiences of AAPI-Desi presidents. Desi people are those with ancestral ties to India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. The survey encompasses community colleges along with four-year institutions.

Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

Meanwhile, Gallup and Lumina Foundation data shows that public trust in higher education has dropped from 57 percent in 2015 to 36 percent in 2023, its lowest point ever. A human-centered rhythm for those who feel the ache and still choose to lead. The Six Practices of the T.H.R.E.A.D.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Slay is an assistant professor of higher education and public policy in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. In 2023, Slay was awarded the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.

University

The Counseling Geek

JULY 25, 2025

It still takes human review and critical thinking, but my experience has been that it has been FAR more accurate than other more “creative” AI tools. Perplexity transforms us from information gatherers hoping our knowledge is current to information synthesizers confident in our recommendations.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

Erik Hines, one of Fords mentors and a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, credits Ford with creating a strong, relevant and timely research agenda. Fords work includes Engaging Black Men in College Through Leadership Learning , a 2023 volume that Ford co-edited with Dr. Cameron C.

Student affairs

Steve Keating

JUNE 8, 2025

A 2023 study by McKinsey found that executives who actively seek out and listen to diverse viewpoints make more effective strategic decisions, avoiding costly missteps. Empathetic leaders, salespeople, and creators succeed because they connect on a human level. Consider a scenario: a CEO is deciding whether to launch a new product.

Success

COE

JULY 31, 2025

Today, by a vote of 26-3, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (“LHHS”) Appropriations bill. Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% This bipartisan measure sustains TRIO funding at $1.2

Grant

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

Belonging is a basic human need. 2023, June 5). What does it really mean to belong? Belonging is more than just being part of a groupit’s about finding places where you feel comfortable expressing yourself and being accepted, understood, and appreciated for all your identities. References Strayhorn, T. Psychology Today.

Mental health

COE

JULY 24, 2025

Now a graduating Human Services major working with parolees and probationers, Susie left the summit with a new sense of possibility. “I Mason Awards Blog Long-Time TRIO Professionals Honored with 2023 Walter O. Once incarcerated and uncertain about her future, Susie found strength in TRIO’s mentorship and resources.

First generation

Cal Newport

JUNE 22, 2025

One of the topics I’ve returned to repeatedly in my work is the intersection of smartphones and children (see, for example, my two New Yorker essays on the topic, or my 2023 presentation that surveys the history of the relevant research literature).

Mental health

COE

JUNE 3, 2025

Earlier today, Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) on the Department of Education’s FY26 budget request. Mason Awards Blog Long-Time TRIO Professionals Honored with 2023 Walter O.

First generation

COE

JULY 10, 2025

She graduated from the University of Minnesota and rose through the ranks of the Minnesota Twins organization, now serving as the senior vice president of human resources. Mason Awards Blog Long-Time TRIO Professionals Honored with 2023 Walter O.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

The Foundation's Board Co-Chairs, Debra Knopman and Terry Adamson, praised Holloway as "an eminent historian, a respected scholar of the humanities, a public intellectual, and an influential leader in higher education," highlighting his "thoughtful approach to collaboration" and "firm commitment to the Foundation's long-term view."

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2025

The university was the first to have its federal funding cut as part of President Donald Trump's threats against colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas conflict that began in October 2023. Columbia has repeatedly stated it will not tolerate antisemitism.

Administration

Cal Newport

MAY 19, 2025

Keep in mind, web search is a massive business, with Google earning over $175 billion from search ads in 2023 alone. But if we focus only on outputs, we underestimate another major source of these models’ value: their ability to understand human language. Are AGI and Superintelligence Imminent? Are We Ready?”

Humanities

Patter by Pat Thomson

JULY 2, 2025

I’m half way through Mieke Bal’s (2002) Travelling concepts in the humanities. And the other is Paula Marantz Cohen (2023) Talking cure. So many half read books. When I started to look there were just too many to list. So here’s the first two I saw. But I’ve stalled, I’ve let other things take over. When I get to it that is.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor from the federal government for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) lecture – “Facing History to Find a Better Future” – will take place 7 p.m. Dr. Ruth J.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In fall of 2023, 5.3% Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. Doug Shapiro, executive research director at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2023

NBC News anchor and journalist Lester Holt will be the commencement speaker for Villanova University’s Class of 2023. Holt will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Lester Holt The event will take place 2:30 p.m. May 19, in Villanova Stadium.

Humanities

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that enhances services for high school students with mental health and behavioral health issues such as depression, substance abuse, and suicide attempts.

Mental health