Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 28, 2025

Rambsy originally served as co-principal investigator on the Black Lit Network's first phase, which was housed at the University of Kansas from 2021-2024 with an $800,000 Mellon grant. The project's emphasis on accessibility aligns with broader conversations in higher education about making scholarship more inclusive and publicly engaged.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2025

Gipson has served as interim president since August 2024. "We Gipson most recently served as Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at the University of Missouri's flagship campus. Maurice Gipson Philander Smith University's Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Maurice D.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Ariella Robbins is Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova University, a post she has held since November 2024. Robbins also established Employee Resource Groups to provide support and engagement to faculty and staff.

University

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We’ll be distributing JHU SNACKS packs, stuffed with items that promote better well-being habits at the following dates and locations: December 3, 2024, time and location TBA. December 6, 2024, time and location TBA. Any JH staff, student, and faculty can access the pantry upon submission of a brief form upon arrival.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

population were measured separately in May 2024. Also, 65% of AAPIs polled oppose federal funding cuts to colleges with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The students were grateful for support from counselors, from faculty, Tomaneng said. The opinions of the general U.S.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

Black students report the steepest drop in their sense of inclusion and emotional safety, according to NASPA’s 2024 Student Belonging Index. When faculty and staff do not feel safe, they withdraw. When students do not feel they matter, they disengage. And when leaders ignore that pain, institutions become hollow.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

He published his fi ndings in a 2024 study for The Review of Higher Education. These types of classes help students develop a sense of identity, help build their sense of belonging and give them confidence, Nguyen says.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Trump has brought a sense of uncertainty as 2024 draws to a close. As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Student debt issues loom, and problems due to the rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA linger. Dr. Everrett A.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

of total enrollment for the 2024-25 academic year. Harvard's international student body hails from more than 140 countries, contributing perspectives and expertise that faculty say are irreplaceable. The targeting of international student enrollment represents a new frontier in debates over campus diversity.

International student

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

He has 20 years of higher education experience serving in a variety of roles, including assistant vice provost, associate dean for student development and achievement, first-year experience instructor, and elected member of the faculty senate. Hamm Click to view the page: Three TRIO Leaders Honored with the 2024 Walter O.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

Department of Education in the Biden-Harris Administration from 2023 to 2024. However, what the newly released House Antisemitism Staff Report demonstrates is that is not the path on which they are being led. Amanda Fuchs Miller is President of Seventh Street Strategies.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2025

Faculty salaries at U.S. Average salaries for full-time faculty members (all ranks combined) increased 3.8 percent from fall 2023 to fall 2024, following a 3.8 Average salaries for full-time faculty members (all ranks combined) increased 3.8 percent from fall 2023 to fall 2024, following a 3.8

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

The lawsuit was filed in February 2024 on behalf of Jewish and Israeli students who claimed the college failed to address harassment during pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The settlement has drawn criticism from faculty who argue it could chill legitimate academic discourse.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. The AACTE-affiliated program will start Spring 2024. The priority deadline for applications for the two- to three-person initial cohort is Dec.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Kim Cassidy Dr. Kim Cassidy will step down as president of Bryn Mawr College in June 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the school’s leader, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I In 1993, Cassidy joined Bryn Mawr faculty at the women’s college and served as provost for six years.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Community is everything! From professional learning communities to friend groups to mentoring programs for faculty of color, she consistently looks to engage in and create formal and informal communities for people. I’m seeking those spaces for myself.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

The Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom white paper explores whether and how 11 think tanks helped created a self-reinforcing echo chamber of reports, commentary, webinars, op-eds, and other content villainizing faculty and academic institutions.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2020, NJIT created the Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, which is made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as business and community leaders who work collaboratively to address recruitment, retention, engagement and persistence among Latinx students. Since 2022, Dr. David E.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Similarly, many university administrators, including education deans, disseminated statements illustrating their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2024, we maintain our commitment and are poised to continue to “push back” on the current anti-DEI rhetoric and policies. Four years later, the pendulum has shifted.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia. mathematics, Rutgers University; Ed.M., mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since his two-year appointment as interim president began on June 1, 2024, Nunes has immersed himself in the life of the university. There is a Lutheran liberal arts tradition that places an emphasis on critical thinking, challenging assumptions and inclusion,” Nunes says. “I from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

That quote, inspired by famed civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, comes from an open letter sent on April 16, 2024 to Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, president of The Pennsylvania State University. “We Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%. “We protest. We are sick. We are tired. Still, we protest.”

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Colleges and universities nationwide have established Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices for years to increase faculty diversity and help students from various backgrounds succeed at the post-secondary level and beyond. In the past few months, DEI advocates at the university level have witnessed their livelihoods at risk.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

asked Martínez-Alemán, who is also an associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at Boston College. The current political climate has been worrisome for Dr. Sayvon Foster, an assistant professor of sports management, who is a first-time ASHE attendee.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

The aim for active listening to students, staff, faculty, community members, and UofL stakeholders anchors my work in making impactful connections, and my team’s efforts in student coaching and leadership development, cultural programming, and resource-sharing,” says Bennett. We even honored our beloved late Breonna Taylor with the award.”

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Through the Voices of Men: South African Men and HIV (Linus Learning, 2011) was inspired by research on the proliferation of HIV cases and is part of a book series that includes Dual Pandemics: HIV and the Coronavirus in Several Kenyan Communities (Linus Learning, 2024). Tales of Koehler Hollow is an American experience. “I

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Black Issues In Higher Education presented a phalanx of stories focused on the lethargic efforts of institutions across the nation, which sent a clear and direct message to the academic community that it was time to live up to the values of inclusivity and fairness that it espoused.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1 A framework was built.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. Stout and Dr. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference. Community College of Aurora President Dr. Mordecai Brownlee with ATD President Dr. Karen A.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education's 2024 Emerging Scholars shared sentiments of drive, hope, community, and validation during a webinar Thursday. To accompany the release of its 2024 Emerging Scholars magazine edition, Diverse hosted its first-ever panel for the 15 outstanding scholars it recognized this year.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. This job requires being on 24-hours a day,” he says. “I at Stanford.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Prior to starting this position in April 2024, Salcedo spent two years as assistant director for administration of the Academic Advancement Program working with Alexander, who has directed AAP for over a decade. AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H. You can drop the ball occasionally, and missing a few deadlines won’t be the end of the world.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H. You can drop the ball occasionally, and missing a few deadlines won’t be the end of the world.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Flohr The " 2024 Black LGBTQ+ Youth Report " – which the HRC Foundation created in partnership with the University of Connecticut – examines data from their 2022 survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ+ teenagers, ages 13-17, and suggests ways in which parents and educators can help. Charleigh J.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) kicked off on Wednesday at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC. The 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities is set for Jan.

Mental health