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HBCU Leaders Gather to Create Blueprint for Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for strategic partnerships at the United Negro College Fund facilitates a session at the H.E.L.F Attendees were encouraged to talk through case studies and were guided by facilitators: Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for Strategic Partnerships at the United Negro College Fund; Dr. M.C.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. So you have to be able to look at pedagogy, you have to be able to look at curriculum. Moreover, the collective says, the administration did not truly listen to students’ concerns, instead promoting the school’s various diversity initiatives.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our American Indian students can still learn about their history, their language, their culture by the curriculum that we offer, and non-Native students can learn about American Indian people. The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions.

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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have visited schools in South Florida and met with administrators, teachers, and students to assess current levels of computer science access and instruction and to find ways to add value to present academic programming.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE. The big innovation here is not only sharing our number one asset curriculum but also enabling the growth of a technological infrastructure that could be game-changing for HBCUs. But then we had a snag.

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Partly because conservatives were successful in assigning negative implications to the term “affirmative action,” the expression diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) came into use to describe and facilitate processes that resulted in greater access and participation for people from marginalized communities.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college. Some distinct program features include: 1.

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