Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Dr. Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. Do no harm. Lester saw potential in him and invited him to co-lead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. Although it was difficult to sustain a sense of community when people were working remotely, “I was still very proud of our faculty,” Alvarez said. It was eye-opening for students and faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. of non-LGBTQ people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Many are helping each other navigate their sense of duty to their students of color, to their community, to their families, and to themselves. At many institutions, particularly predominately white institutions [or PWIs], Black women can often be the only Black women faculty in their department,” said Commodore.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals. Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. I just fell completely in love with focusing on the research, working with students, teaching classes. Jerlando F. Jackson meets with Kristine L.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Note: This letter originally appeared as an e-mail sent to Hopkins faculty and staff community on Monday May 6, 2024. Dear Johns Hopkins faculty and staff, We are sharing below the message that went to our students yesterday. We remain very concerned about the safety risks posed by the encampment.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Improve student persistence toward college and toward graduation by: Incentivizing faculty to engage in student advising and mentoring Encouraging students to develop a college-going mindset Offering completion and retention grants Making sure the right students and mentors are getting into peer mentoring programs Encourage lifelong learning through: (..)

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Several partners have shared anecdotes of students arriving to campus, moving into dorms, and abruptly withdrawing upon re-entering more social settings. My colleague Madeleine Rhyneer recently fielded a survey with enrollment and admissions leaders, and Differentiating the Student Value Proposition was among the top three priorities cited.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Are there specific barriers in your digital onboarding process that are keeping students from matriculating? How long does a prospective student have to wait for follow-up outreach after expressing interest? Are your student administrative tasks user-friendly? More on modernizing your student experience.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As part of the TimelyCare GenZtressed webinar series , a panel of health equity, mental health, and student affairs leaders explored the need for and benefits of inclusive care delivery that embraces all students. As Batista noted, finding a solution requires commitment from institutional administration.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. Faculty is a leadership role. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Attrition was seen as driven by student inaction, and advisors began launching focused outreach campaigns targeted at unregistered students with the goal of removing their administrative and financial barriers and securing registration.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Additionally, we as educators and student affairs practitioners must deeply engage the voices of learners with marginalized identities, and ensure those voices are guiding our actions to begin to reduce the disparities highlighted in my research above. This can include institutionally (faculty / staff) supported student groups (e.g.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So, when I learned about the opportunities CSU Global provided for non-traditional adult and working students -- fully online, available-anytime-anywhere-type services -- that vision reconciled with what I’d heard my father speak about.” Before entering education, she worked in private equity doing turnarounds, or bridge financing.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Administration, Finance, and Operations Institutions’ budget models often fail to reinforce campus priorities and commitments, instead locking them into damaging cost structures, underfunding strategic priorities, and creating harmful incentives. But the administrative infrastructure of a campus has an equally key role to play.

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EAB

MARCH 7, 2023

AS: Yeah, so, as far as, for target audiences to think about, would typically be obviously your faculty, staff and students, and those who it directly affects, but also as we think about alumni and neighboring communities around us that may be directly impacted by what happens as a result of the incident. AS: Yeah, absolutely.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Despite opposition from student groups and after a number of faculty and staff resignations, the replacements have taken place. South Dakota is just one example of Republican-led states taking action against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration also implemented a 12-month repayment “on-ramp” from Oct.

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