Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2025

Lavariega Monforti, who has served as Interim Provost since Fall 2024, brings extensive academic leadership experience to the position, including previous roles as CSUCI's Vice Provost and Accreditation Liaison Officer. "Dr. Together, we will advance innovation, promote student success, and expand pathways to social mobility."

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

While some individual campuses have emerged as success stories around college completion, growth in the nation’s college completion rate has stalled at 62.2%, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Four- and eight-week courses and shorter terms can accelerate student learning.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Active Minds has had another successful internship semester with the 2024 Fall class, and as this intern cohort finishes up their semester with us, we want to take a moment to reflect on their incredible contributions to mental health advocacy. Free university education for all would be a relief for generations to come.

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

Active Minds is proud to introduce our 2024 Emerging Scholars Fellows! Her current project aims to summarize existing evidence on mental health issues among BIPOC college students during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to create mental health education materials. Denisse is a research assistant at The William J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Of the Latino students in U.S. The vast majority of these students are citizens of the U.S. (90%),

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. The basics are very appealing. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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 His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

When you have students applying to early action or early decision trying to finalize where they’re gonna go—for a lot of our students, that financial need is really important.” Traditionally, the FAFSA form opens on October 1, leaving students and their parents plenty of time to fill out the form. The student’s nerves are real.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Medical schools across the United States are facing new challenges in maintaining student diversity, according to data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). While overall first-year enrollment increased slightly by 0.8% million community service hours, averaging 709 hours per student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. During her six-year tenure at Boise State, she successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while increasing student enrollment and improving affordability.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

itself following suit in 2024. More than 80% of students who took a prior paper SAT reported a better experience with the digital SAT when surveyed. “As As a first-generation American and the child of immigrants who came to the U.S. As a first-generation American and the child of immigrants who came to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

30, 2024, bringing an end to more than two decades at the helm. Dr. Paul LeBlanc During his tenure as SNHU’s fifth president, the school grew from 2,500 students to the largest nonprofit higher ed provider in the U.S., LeBlanc has announced that he will step down from the role on Jun. with more than 225,000 learners.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. Amid news that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. law students and applicants.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

Expanding Horizons: The 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders Program August 26, 2024 — by Terrance L. Hamm A group picture of participants from the 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders program with group leaders in the Netherlands. Learn more about COE’s opportunities for students and recent alumni.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

Richard Helldobler “I am honored and humbled to be recognized with this award, named for Reginald Wilson, a true pioneer in supporting diverse student populations,” said Helldobler. The award is named in honor of the late Reginald Wilson, who was senior scholar emeritus at ACE and founding director of ACE’s Office of Minority Concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. During that time, she saw his hands-on approach with staff and students. “If Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. We are not leaving Florida behind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

student in industrial organizational psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). After being accepted to IIT, Mendoza asked to be put in touch with current students or alumni who are Latina. “I At times, this includes having conversations with students about their academic standing and progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2024

Spring enrollment numbers are looking up across the postsecondary sector, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which collects data from almost all U.S. Their new report, " Current Term Enrollment Estimates Spring 2024 ," shows that undergraduate enrollment grew 2.5% institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Anna Gonzalez, known to her students as “Dr. G,” is vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Gonzalez provides leadership to the university’s Division of Student Affairs, engaging with students to recognize their needs and enhance their experiences. Louis (WashU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Amid ongoing issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, the City University of New York (CUNY) is looking to help. The initiative is for students seeking financial aid for college this coming fall. Greg Nayor, vice president for enrollment management at La Salle University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“I kind of defied them a little bit and said, ‘I want to help with peoples’ mental health and talk a little bit about how maybe bullying or trauma or domestic abuse can also impact their actual health, in addition to their physical health,’” says Mendoza, a first-generation Filipino immigrant who came to the U.S. I love my students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And the school is even “conservatively forecasting” a “break-even balanced budget for fiscal year 2024,” according to NJCU President Andrés Acebo. Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. Enrollment was going down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Meg Daly, a professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at OSU and Delgado’s mentor, first met Delgado during his REU participation. “He He was a wonderful, most engaged, hardworking student, which is saying a lot because they were all phenomenal,” says Daly. His brain is just overflowing with ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

The students are always the teachers in my book about which community-engaged practices to implement in a space,” she says. “I I am not the expert, and I come to the students openhearted and ready to learn.” The center is located in a centralized and student-centered area at UofL.

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JUNE 20, 2024

He says he keeps planning to retire, but every time he gets close, he meets a student like Passion Lord, and he puts retirement on hold for “the joy and delight of working with that student, and the satisfactions of helping them achieve their goals.” I didn’t want any other students to have the experience I did,” says Lord. “My

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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 Racism came from administrators, colleagues, and even students. “We protest. We are sick. We are tired. Still, we protest.” Dr. Marcus A.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Missouri State News Celebrate Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! November 4-8 is Nontraditional Student Week and National First-Generation College Student Week! Take part in the Nontraditional Student Celebration on November 6!

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students. To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Henry Bonilla Honored with 2024 COE Lifetime TRIO Achievement Award September 11, 2024 — by Terrance L. At the Educational Opportunity Dinner on September 10, 2024, in New York City, former U.S. At the Educational Opportunity Dinner on September 10, 2024, in New York City, former U.S. Hamm Click to view the page: U.S.

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COE

JULY 9, 2024

Balancing Acts: 2024 Wolanin Intern and Mother of Four Recalls Her Journey to Capitol Hill July 10, 2024 — by Ni”Aisha Banks Thomas R. Witnessing lawmakers debate critical issues impacting students and programs nationwide was an eye-opening experience. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 30, 2024.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Three TRIO Leaders Honored with the 2024 Walter O. Award for Exceptional Contributions to Educational Opportunity September 10, 2024 — by Terrance L. On Monday, September 9, at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s Annual Conference in New York City, three distinguished TRIO professionals were honored with the 2024 Walter O.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

My Journey from TRIO Student to Higher Education Advocate September 27, 2024 by Alison Grendahl TRIO has shaped everything I am and everything Ive accomplished. My advisor helped me secure student employment within our TRIO program and encouraged me to continue this work post-graduation.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 9, 2024

A Soft Launch of This Year’s Financial Aid Application is Causing Frustration For months, parents, students, and financial aid experts alike have been waiting for the 2024-2025 FAFSA to go live. Let’s talk about what’s going on and how this impacts financial aid applications for students nationwide. For the past year (plus!),

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