Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Higher education leaders face an obligation to Kansas families to remove barriers to access and success and ensure that our system lives up to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. Although these actions are helpful, they have not moved the needle toward closing access and success gaps. Structural change is needed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Compared to the average person living in urban areas, people in rural communities often suffer from more inadequate access to healthcare, experience lower quality of care, and have higher mortality risk, Hung said in an email. Hung said the pandemic compounded disparities in access to quality health care.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. The institutions are open-access, affordable, and conveniently located. Others, alarmed by reports of the high cost of tuition, believe that going to college will require them to shoulder an oppressive debt burden.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Leaders and scholars of color, along with their allies, have sought access to the academy for themselves and for students. Many of us have, for decades, sought to make higher education more diverse, accessible, and inclusive. We have worked hard to have a seat at the table to inform and shape policies. The students have excelled. ·

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

access “cultural sustainability and economic revitalization,” both intrinsically connected to their native languages. Some don’t have access to a wireless signal at home. Those kinds of resources could be accessed through partnerships with neighboring schools like the University of New Mexico (UNM).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The tour will focus on education and investment access through Rapunzl's stock simulator app. The program will also include access to mentorship and career opportunities in finance and fintech. The students participating in this program will receive account assistance and a free ZOGO account to increase their financial literacy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Stukes said JCSU faculty started recording their lectures and uploading them, so if circumstances made students unable to access the lectures at a specific time, they could still view them. If lectures are recorded, students who miss a class can readily access the material, said Luoma. I knew we needed to up our usage of it. …

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Jon Croel says his experience at Morehouse College instilled the “values of responsibility, leadership, and service” in him, adding that he and his wife are “passionate advocates for global health access and equity.” “We The Croels chose to honor a specific MSM physician and professor, Dr. Barney Graham, with their gift.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. years at St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The college recognized that the campus needed a safe space for males to get together, interact and learn from each other as well as to access resources,” says Jamal Biggs, director of the QCC MRC. Programming has been developed to meet the needs of men of color, who now comprise about 50% of the students who access the center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When building partnerships with TCUs, we recommend leading with the relationship as the priority and discontinuing efforts to pursue partnering for the purpose of exploiting Indigenous communities and institutions for increased access to resources intended for those communities.

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School Counselor Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

Think about your school community and what supplies/materials you have access to at your school. I recently wrote an article for the January/February 2025 ASCA School Counselor Magazine about practical ways to promote self-care titled Tools for Self-Care. She did a dance workout and it was super fun! Check out these posts below!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The conservative political fringe wants to extend this arrangement and to limit students’ access to truth and historical reality – concerned individuals from all backgrounds who want the next generation of leaders to move the society forward, rather than backward, must make it clear that this is not acceptable. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a graduate of Columbia's Teacher's College who studied higher education leadership, he is familiar with matters of access and is an HBCU alum, having earned his master’s degree in history and bachelor’s degree in agribusiness from Florida A&M University. Dr. John E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

For graduate students and professionals interested in an academic career, it is important to understand the differences between selective admission institutions, focused on research, publication, and the expansion of knowledge, and those that are open-access, focused on teaching and student learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) AI that can generate long, detailed answers to complicated questions, was first made accessible to the public in November 2022, it changed the landscape of education forever. “As As you can imagine, people were and still are apprehensive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Some are creating new programming, while others endeavor to increase access for students interested in serving the most vulnerable populations. Photo Courtesy of Dr. “With health services management they can work as managers in hospitals and in enhancing healthcare access. Francis College. We’re diversifying the healthcare workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Denied access to advanced programming and courses contributes to underachievement, boredom, and possibly behavioral problems for Black boys and girls. 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 22, 2023

It also means having access to resources and support services that can help them succeed. Have access to mentors and role models who can help them succeed. We believe it means that they can: • Feel safe and supported on campus. This means students can be themselves without fear of discrimination or harassment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Access will continue to be our trademark.” Wilson says it’s an effort to go after some of the nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. with some college and no degree. million of the $15.1 million has been allocated to start the new college. One of the new programs is in cloud computing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To understand how to ensure better access and promote positive outcomes for all students in dual enrollment programs, community colleges need to understand the dual enrollment experience from the perspective of students themselves. . … I knew what my homework was going to be like in the future.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Inclusion, access, equity — these are all concepts that have, for the most part, universal appeal throughout the U.S.,” It gives us access to less people willing to take the role seriously.” Where I draw hope that we can reach common ground is on behalf of students, because that’s what we’re talking about here: serving students well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Harvey serves as Distinguished Scholar at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity in Washington, DC. For these young men, this is their time, and they are ready. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. As educators, we want more students to have access to what we deliver and do whatever we can to ensure that they are successful so that they enter the workforce or transfer to a university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Those barriers lead to a lack of access to quality education for our minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.” It sponsored a cohort of faculty to participate in an ESCALA program with an eye toward closing the gap in educational access and success for Latinx students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harvey serves as Distinguished Scholar at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity in Washington, DC. One wonders why this prospect seems to cause such considerable anxiety to many nationally prominent national figures and their followers. - Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Gittleman notes that for those immigrant families who grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey — right across from New York City — access to college almost always meant attending the nearby schools. An older, mature, and attractive non-student female hanging around the team led Zeppo Marx into dangerous waters. I couldn’t wait to go to college.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

The professors come to the students for much of the face-to-face learning, thus making this program highly accessible to working adults. The dissertation in this program is a major applied research project that is the culmination of a rigorous program of study leading to the Ed. in community college leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Harvey serves as Distinguished Scholar at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity in Washington, DC. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson described the court’s decision as “a tragedy for us all.” It must also be a call to action. Dr. William B.

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Patter by Pat Thomson

AUGUST 21, 2023

At the time, an-anon-academic told me that solo blogs were a thing of the past and that magazine style blogs were the way to go. A habit strongly related to trying to make stuff accessible. It’s on the teacher to try their best to make the stuff accessible for as many as possible. ) Oh, I thought. I just changed the topic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

There is something that we can do right now to ensure Black students and other students of color do not lose access to higher education that actually improves their lives. We can do what this nation has never done, and that is to properly support and fund this nation’s HBCUs. We can wring our hands, or we can act.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

His first job after completing his bachelor’s was at a community college in Wyoming, fueling his deep appreciation for the access to higher education that community colleges provide. Adjustments were made.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Ensuring access to all student populations across the state will always remain a focus,” Martinez says. The plan, Talent Strong Texas, aims for 60% of Texas’s adult population to have or receive some kind of postsecondary credential or degree. The goal is seen as a way to boost the state’s larger and local economies. Dr. Karen A.

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