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HBCU Leaders to Convene in Atlanta for UNITE 2025 Under Theme "Together We Lead"

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2025

More than 1,300 HBCU leaders, faculty, students, and advocates will gather in Atlanta next week for UNITE 2025, the nation's most influential annual convening dedicated to advancing sustainability and excellence in historically Black colleges and universities.

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Study: Financial Barriers Block Path to Higher Education for Majority of Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2025

Financial uncertainty continues to serve as the primary barrier preventing students from enrolling in or completing higher education, according to new research from education technology provider Ellucian that surveyed more than 1,500 learners nationwide.

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Study: Demand for Higher Education Remains Strong Despite Ongoing Barriers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2025

Despite persistent challenges in affordability, accessibility and mental health support, U.S. adults without college degrees continue to place high value on higher education and remain interested in pursuing credentials, according to a comprehensive new study released today. adults without a degree or other credentials."

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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. Seventeen years later, the percentage of adults 25 to 64 who have achieved education attainment after high school has increased from 38% to 55%. Currently, 44.1% of people have such a credential.

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Echoing Oz, Moody’s Downgrade Highlights a Tempest in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

The recent Moodys downgrade of the 2025 U.S. higher education outlook is not merely a financial tremor; it serves as a chilling echo of the cyclone that swept Dorothy into the tumultuous Land of Oza "tempest of uncertainty" driven by rapid policy shifts and financial pressures, threatening the very foundations of higher education.

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Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Mark 30 Years, Now Serve Nearly One-Third of All Undergraduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2025

A new analysis by Excelencia in Education reveals that Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) have grown to 602 institutions nationwide, enrolling nearly one-third of all U.S. HSIs have become a critical component of higher education access and success," said Excelencia in Education in its latest report, which uses data from the U.S.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A new study from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reveals that Black student parents at community colleges face significant barriers in accessing critical childcare support, potentially hindering their educational progress and economic mobility.

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Study Reveals Key Factors Driving Student College Choice in 2025

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

The research identified nine distinct institutional personas ranging from Accessible Education Anchors to Rigorous Academic Giants, each with unique characteristics and challenges in attracting students. Schools in temperate climates and growing urban areas generally showed stronger appeal to prospective students.

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Postsecondary Enrollment Continues to Grow, Most Notably at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

College student attendance patterns this spring compared to spring 2024 are reinforcing and building on the growth that we saw in the fall, said Dr. Doug Shapiro, executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC), which released its report on spring 2025 enrollment. The current enrollment is a 3.2%

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MCT Foundation Names Three Graduate Scholars to Study Student Mental Health Across Diverse Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Terrell Educational Foundation has selected three master's students from diverse institutions across the United States for its 2024-2025 MCT Araceli Negrete Scholars program, with a focus on investigating student mental wellness in today's challenging environment. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

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Law School Admission Council Names Sudha Setty as New President and CEO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

In a significant leadership transition at one of legal education's key institutions, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has appointed Sudha Setty as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Law schools and higher education face enormous challenges and opportunities," Setty said.

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Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education.

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Yavapai College Becomes the First Community College in the Country to Offer an Optimized Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

In fall 2025, Yavapai College (YC) in Arizona will become the first community college in the United States to offer an optimized 92-credit, three-year bachelors degree. AFIT is a network of about 65 community college presidents and CEOs thinking about organizational change in higher education.

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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous will become its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025, replacing Dr. Felice J. Levine who has led the organization since 2002. Our work is needed now more than ever."

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. That’s huge for many in our community.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

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. There can be no question that this reflects a growing infrastructure to support belonging for all faculty, staff, and students in higher education. A Dr. Terrell L.

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Florida Dreamers Seek Tuition Relief as Legislative Session Extends

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2025

is intensifying calls for a provision that would allow approximately 6,000 undocumented students currently enrolled in Florida colleges and universities to complete their education at in-state tuition rates. A Gaby Pacheco s Florida lawmakers extend their legislative session through June 6, TheDream.US

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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Every child in our nation deserves access to highly prepared educators, and it is essential that every educator be prepared in a manner that equips them for modern classrooms," said Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, AACTE president and CEO.

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Fort Lewis College Names First Indigenous Presidential Finalist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

She brings more than two decades of experience in higher education, having worked at both small liberal arts colleges and large research universities. Her career has been dedicated to fostering access and achievement for underrepresented students, particularly Indigenous and first-generation learners.

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Scholars at AABHE Conference Discuss Strategic Responses to Anti-DEI Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Chancler spoke of how various programs and initiatives at her university have been rebranded in the wake of efforts to push DEI out of higher education. Now its just The Center.

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Study: Latino Students Use Practical Strategies to Finance College Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

Latino students are making pragmatic financial choices to pay for their education, and institutions are increasingly responding with tailored support, according to a comprehensive new report released today by Excelencia in Education. Twenty years later, we are revisiting what has changed and what has stayed the same.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. Diego plans to share the knowledge about existing literature concerning these topics and issues affecting undocumented students in higher education and the experiences of students at MSU Denver.

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California Sets Ambitious 70% College Attainment Goal Amid Persistent Equity Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Currently, just 56% of California adults aged 25-64 hold a postsecondary degree or credential, according to the February 2025 report. The data shows stark disparities in educational attainment among recent high school graduates.

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Education Research Groups Urge ED to Finalize Civil Rights Data Collection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

Eleven leading education research organizations are pressing the U.S. Department of Education to immediately finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2025-26 school year, warning that delays could jeopardize a critical federal tool for monitoring educational equity.

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Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2008, Lumina set a goal for the nation, that by 2025, 60% of people in the U.S. in 2023, an increase of 17 percentage points, but not enough to reach 60% by 2025. in 2008 to 54.9% I think we have made incredible progress, Brown said.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

It's about equipping institutions with the tools to drive change on their campuses, fostering cross-campus collaboration, and ensuring that HBCUs are setting an agenda for higher education innovation, not just responding to it. DIVERSE: Why is Together We Lead your theme for UNITE 2025? Were shaping it.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. That’s huge for many in our community.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. Diego plans to share the knowledge about existing literature concerning these topics and issues affecting undocumented students in higher education and the experiences of students at MSU Denver.

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CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Amirah Kambe, public health major and Class of 2025 graduate, participated in a groundbreaking study examining the relationship between representation in toys and children's self-image. I want to ensure Black communities have access to equitable health education, resources and positive representation."

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The program also provides access to mentors for early career faculty and trains them in grant writing, op-ed writing, teaching, and how to achieve a better work-life balance. Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024. How to achieve tenure and publishing assistance is also on the agenda. "The

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Dr. Karen A. Stout to Step Down as Achieving the Dream President and CEO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2025

Stout has led Achieving the Dream since 2015 and under Stout’s leadership, ATD’s network now includes more than 300 community colleges and 33 Tribal colleges and universities, and its work has reached more than 500 open access colleges. Achieving the Dream is a special organization. I love everything about it. Stout said in a statement. “In

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Murray State University Names Dr. Ron K. Patterson as 15th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Patterson, who currently serves as president of Chadron State College in Nebraska, will assume his new role on July 1, 2025, succeeding retiring President Dr. Bob Jackson. Colleagues describe Patterson as a collaborative, servant leader who values accessibility, affordability, education, and innovation in higher education.

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Dr. Paola (Lola) Esmieu, Paul Quinn College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

Paola (Lola) Esmieu is a strategic leader in higher education, dedicated to institutional growth, access, and equity-driven initiatives. As Chief of Staff at Paul Quinn College, she provides strategic oversight of enrollment, communications, and institutional priorities.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

Notably, as an astroparticle physicist, Love has joined the IceCube collaboration, giving her access to data from the worlds largest neutrino observatory. 2022-2025, received funding of $541,879 from the National Science Foundation over three years. The research project, IceCube Data Analysis in the U.S. Loves Ph.D.

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Achieving the Dream Names 23 Colleges as Leaders in Student Success; Bellevue College Among Honorees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Highlighting excellence in community college education, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has named 23 institutions as either Leader Colleges or Leader Colleges of Distinction for 2025, celebrating their commitment to student success and institutional reform.

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The Rise of Local News Deserts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In our 2022 report, we predicted that by the end of 2025, the U.S. Created by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative, the report emphasizes not only the difficulties facing local journalism but also potential strategies for its future sustainability. “In

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Clinton College Appoints Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilks as 14th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

Wilks, who brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education leadershipprimarily at Historically Black Colleges and Universitieswill officially begin her tenure on June 1, 2025. Pamela Richardson Wilks as its 14th president, marking a significant leadership transition for the historic South Carolina HBCU.

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Higher Education for Good, in troubled times

Catherine Cronin

MARCH 21, 2025

hope is an axe (Rebecca Solnit) In these immensely challenging times for higher education, with assaults on academic, personal and institutional freedom and indeed existence the work of education is more important than ever: sharing, solidarity, communality and care. Maureen Robinson (February 2025).

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AccessLex Provides Update to Legal Education Data Deck in New Release

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

AccessLex Institute has released its 2025 Legal Education Data Deck, providing comprehensive insights into the current state of legal education in the United States. The publication offers detailed analysis of law school admissions, enrollment patterns, financial aid distribution, and employment outcomes for recent graduates.

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Pima Community College Becomes First in Arizona to Offer NIL Opportunities for Student-Athletes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2025

The system provides additional resources including online educational courses, mental health support through MindMoves by Movember, and access to NIL Real Estatea program offering student-athletes the opportunity to earn a free real estate license.

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Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy, Wayne State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

leader with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Espy previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she championed social and economic opportunity by promoting affordable access to a top-quality research university education.

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the unanticipated: reflecting & looking forward

Catherine Cronin

JANUARY 11, 2025

“you are neither here nor there” … along the Flaggy Shore Three years ago, in January 2022, I started a new chapter leaving formal, full-time employment in the higher education sector to work independently. So, these early days of January offer an opportunity to review the past year, and to look ahead to 2025.

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2025

When instruction includes novel, emotionally or intellectually stimulating features, students show greater attention, motivation, and cognitive performance, particularly in STEM and technical subjects (see Guo & Fryer, 2025 ; Hidi & Renninger, 2006 ). The best way to do that is to invite students to the planning.

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HBCU Leaders to Convene in Atlanta for UNITE 2025 Under Theme "Together We Lead"

Study: Financial Barriers Block Path to Higher Education for Majority of Students

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Study: Demand for Higher Education Remains Strong Despite Ongoing Barriers

Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Echoing Oz, Moody’s Downgrade Highlights a Tempest in Higher Education

Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Mark 30 Years, Now Serve Nearly One-Third of All Undergraduates

Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

Study Reveals Key Factors Driving Student College Choice in 2025

Postsecondary Enrollment Continues to Grow, Most Notably at Community Colleges

MCT Foundation Names Three Graduate Scholars to Study Student Mental Health Across Diverse Institutions

Law School Admission Council Names Sudha Setty as New President and CEO

Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era

Yavapai College Becomes the First Community College in the Country to Offer an Optimized Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree

AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Florida Dreamers Seek Tuition Relief as Legislative Session Extends

Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Fort Lewis College Names First Indigenous Presidential Finalist

Scholars at AABHE Conference Discuss Strategic Responses to Anti-DEI Legislation

Study: Latino Students Use Practical Strategies to Finance College Education

Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

California Sets Ambitious 70% College Attainment Goal Amid Persistent Equity Gaps

Education Research Groups Urge ED to Finalize Civil Rights Data Collection

Lumina Reports Highest Recorded Post-High School Educational Attainment

Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy

CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Dr. Karen A. Stout to Step Down as Achieving the Dream President and CEO

Murray State University Names Dr. Ron K. Patterson as 15th President

Dr. Paola (Lola) Esmieu, Paul Quinn College

Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Achieving the Dream Names 23 Colleges as Leaders in Student Success; Bellevue College Among Honorees

The Rise of Local News Deserts

Clinton College Appoints Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilks as 14th President

Higher Education for Good, in troubled times

AccessLex Provides Update to Legal Education Data Deck in New Release

Pima Community College Becomes First in Arizona to Offer NIL Opportunities for Student-Athletes

Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy, Wayne State University

the unanticipated: reflecting & looking forward

Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

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