Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

The report, titled "Broken Lifelines: The Economic Consequences of Defunding Academic Public Health," provides the first detailed analysis of how grant freezes, budget reductions, and agency restructurings implemented since January 2025 have devastated higher education institutions nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2024

CCNY will establish a comprehensive humanities internship program that will enhance humanities students’ access to internship opportunities in the nonprofit and public sectors. ODU will provide internship placements and related programming for 750 humanities students over five years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Almost 200 NU students have completed a work-based learning placement with an employer through Riipen-integrated NU courses, Savory said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

While we've seen incremental improvements in some areas, the data clearly indicates that significant work remains to ensure equitable access and outcomes for all aspiring lawyers." Department of Education, and U.S. Tiffane Cochran, Vice President of Research at AccessLex Institute. Financial aid distribution shows similar disparities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. I believe that this was in the third grade when my district tested all of the children for inclusion in the gifted education programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. When denied accessed to needed advanced courses and opportunities, students underachieve , and the Black-white achievement gaps persist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

As widely predicted , the ruling reversed 40 years of legal precedent that protected race-conscious admissions in higher education. But last Thursday’s decision found that affirmative action in higher education violates the Constitution. These inequities translate to fewer students in the pipeline for law school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In my mind, I want everyone to attend an HBCU if they can, but we also know that’s not the right placement for every student depending on where they’re from, and so basically, it’s our alternative to that,” he said, adding that he wants to replicate the HBCU experience for the students who enroll in the Honors College. “I’m

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Connections, networks and resources help people understand, access and navigate educational systems and the labor market. Stepping away from the traditional focus on completing an educational program or acquiring a credential, the report examines the importance and impact of professional social capital.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

"The Cohen Career Collective will be the largest career and technical training facility of its kind in the region, offering programs to prepare New Yorkers of all ages, backgrounds, and educational levels for good jobs in high-growth sectors of our local economy." Adams said the goal is to make a positive difference in people's lives. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. Regardless, it is evident any attempt to promote diversity within higher education must confront this long-standing history and its associated debates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

The students – 23 received a certificate of completion or associate's degree – took classes through SLCC's Prison Education Program – which was founded in 2017 and offers job placement after their sentences end. "We We have no use of internet access. Most of our assignments were handwritten,” Bluff said. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

The Alamo Colleges District, made up of five community colleges, is the largest provider of higher education in South Texas with over 100,000 students, 81% of whom are students of color. My lens is that I’m not competing against another higher education institution, I’m competing against poverty in San Antonio,” said Morrill.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

During the COVID pandemic, a number of Black children were only able to access the internet through their smart phones. Ladson-Billings pushed scholars writing about urban education to make their work more accessible to broader audiences. But that's the reality."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

They are not only inequitably overrepresented in special education, but they have no representation in rigorous coursework or gifted and talented programs (i.e., GATE, Advanced Placement). Decades of data at all four levels – nation, state, district, and building – expose this injustice and inequity. Dr. Erik M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To frame it any other way dismisses both the historical and contemporary contexts and centrality of race and racism in decisions to remove these specific students from the general education system, forcing them into a system that suppresses their opportunities and contributes to miseducation. Dr. Donna Y. public schooling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

Having a higher degree than an associate’s just doesn’t pay as well in rural work, the report noted. That being said, higher educational attainment still presents promise, researchers pointed out. People with bachelor's or graduate degrees had lower odds of having a good job in rural America than in urban America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

For example, we add culture to everything associated with gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, special education, discipline, college and career readiness, and counseling. Lack of rigor concerns low challenge, the absence of critical thinking, and less access to advanced courses.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Given the extensive barriers individuals with criminal convictions face accessing employment, these policy interventions increase the likelihood of positive workforce placement upon completion of a degree. Luckily, there are several efforts underway to streamline access.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

These educational institutions and technical colleges offer affordable and accessible education, which is often tailored to meet the needs of the local job market. Providing career counseling and job placement services to learners to enhance career readiness and employability. million for bachelor’s degree holders and $1.6

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Ensuring Equitable Access. Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. Building Robust Campus­Employer Partnerships.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Customized Onboarding Frictionless Services Accessible Campus Community Flexible Academic Pathways Holistic Well-Being Support Proactive Career Preparation. Only 29% of respondents said their college collects and stores information on prospective students’ interests and preferences in one place that is easily accessible to staff.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Read on for five key insights and recommendations to ensure Gen P’s success in higher education. Questioning the Value of a College Education The most concerning trend is the increasing number of students questioning the value of a college education. This trend started before the pandemic and has grown in recent years.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

NACAC’s role in facilitating conversation about equitable admission practices in the current admission context is to ensure careful examination of admission policies and practices, particularly as it applies to improving equity outcomes for college access. How do they describe the impact of test-optional policies?

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Scholarship America

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I pushed myself to excel in academics and extracurriculars with advanced placement classes and learning Mandarin.”. This experience helped as Laila went on to become an advisory body member on the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs Higher Education Committee. “We

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

This is especially important given the growing number of students choosing not go to college — which may influence students who are already on the fence about higher education. In some cases, melt is amplified because of ineffective communication. Support Basic Needs Security, a Sense of Belonging, and Student Engagement 2.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. In addition, more students may be open to nontraditional pathways to access postsecondary knowledge. Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

One goal is to change the narrative for students and families that are beginning to wonder if higher education is out of their reach. That's the goal with all of the placements. What advice do you have for other higher ed leaders on that? So a meaningful experience is something that we continue looking toward.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2024

Education Since your education is essentially your most recent experience, it’s best to place it at the top of your resume until you gain more experience in the workforce. This placement signals to employers that you are just beginning your professional journey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I really was able to learn quite a bit about the challenges and barriers that so many students face in accessing higher education,” says McManus, who also dabbled in admissions before getting the opportunity to teach developmental English as an adjunct instructor. Dr. Kimberly O.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Chapter 12: Brown, D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2024

While advocating for equal access to opportunities, he also emphasized the need for justice in the form of compensation for the centuries of harm endured by black communities. Companies were compelled to open positions that Blacks previously did not have access to.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

“The reality is, most people know very little to nothing about foster care, and the little they do is curated by the media and stereotypical images that paint foster care youth as deviant, incorrigible, and the reason for their placement in the foster care system,” said Johnson. But self-identification is required to access this support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

It will take partnerships like Xavier and Ochsner’s, and educational commitment at all levels to improve STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] education and providing advanced placement courses. These changes can help minoritized youth discover and fall in love with medical sciences, said Robinson.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

EAB notes that diminished access to in-person instruction during the pandemic created gaps in academic achievement and decreased opportunities for social development. “They learned less and got into some bad habits and haven't rebounded, not fully from all of that. So we're talking about a generation,” said Kutz.

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Timely MD

MAY 2, 2023

But they also add up, making it difficult for transgender individuals to complete their education. A review of research on trans students’ experiences in higher education conducted by the UCLA Williams Institute found that TGNC college students face discrimination and harassment, which can harm their academic performance and retention.

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