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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What makes this moment particularly jarring is that Purdue Northwest and similar campuses have gone to great lengths to recruit international students, primarily from Asian countries, in their bid to become world-class institutions of higher learning. That is wonderful news. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But all along the way, Williams has worked at both public and private institutions—HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions—that have become top producers of minoritized students. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education.

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Report: Graduate Enrollment is on the Decline

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Though men were overall more likely than women to enroll full-time in Fall 2022, of the 508,646 graduate students who enrolled for the first time, 57.8% The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% fall) and international enrollment (10.2% In 2020, all of the higher education sector was affected.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Domestic enrollment declined in eight of 11 fields of study with the largest decreases in business (-13.9%), education (-5.9%), biological and agricultural sciences (-5.1%), and public administration and services (-5.1%),” the report noted. Part-time students also appeared to have enrolled for the first time in fewer numbers.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Opportunity to make a difference For the 49-year-old public scholar who has spent much of his career exploring issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and anti-racism leadership across the K-12 and higher education landscape, coming to WMU was an opportunity to help propel the 120-year institution forward.

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