Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2025

Her work stands out in the field for its practical applicationhaving served as a K-12 teacher and administrator in middle and high school settings before transitioning to higher education. Burrell-Craft has a proven track record of fostering collaboration, promoting research, and prioritizing student success," said Walton.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

The findings reveal a troubling disconnect between administrative enthusiasm for AI and faculty concerns about its implementation. Faculty expressed particular worry about AI's impact on student development.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In kicking off the panel, Mathis recognized the likely diversity of, and respect for, varying contexts and cultures represented among participants, including community college trustees, senior administrators, and other state and association leaders from across the country. in press, p. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We believe this project will have a profound impact on student success and well-being, empowering them to focus on their education and future.” Jakes Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the first graduate program the school’s history.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The report provides an outline for how faculty, staff and administrators can infuse the curriculum with informative material, forge partnerships with community-based organizations and create opportunities for students to learn and practice the relevant skills.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Monica Parrish Trent, Chief Program and Network Officer at Achieving the Dream, an organization focused on creating student success and equity at community colleges, says that students with disabilities often face administrative hurdles in accessing accommodations, as well as social and sensory barriers in classrooms.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“When we received the federal COVID funds, it allowed for students to be able to take summer school courses and not have to worry about the tuition of those classes,” said Dr. Dwayne L. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Dr. Dwayne L.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

As a college professor and administrator, the numerous parallels between lifeguarding and higher education are striking: the need to scan the horizon and anticipate problems, respond decisively in times of crisis, communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, and navigate (and help others navigate) changing and sometimes turbulent waters.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

In turn, understanding how college students and leaders propose addressing affordability can inform and compel action to meet basic needs, contain costs, and support student success,” Santiago added. For more information, visit: EdExcelencia.org

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Minus is currently the vice president of enrollment management and student success at Southside Virginia Community College. Minus brings two decades of administrative experience across Virginia, North Carolina and California community college systems.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I remember clearly the day she first sat in my methods class as a transfer student. As a Black woman, I love that so many of my kids look like me,” said Thompson, who adds that the parents, the school administrators and the other teachers have cultivated a family-like atmosphere at the school and have been a champion for her success.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Staff in TRIO and other student support programs are not just support systems; we are visible models of possibility and experts on student success, embodying our mission of access through our achievements. Our administrative leadership models flexibility and trust, allowing us to thrive in our dual roles as leaders and learners.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

First, acknowledge that these students exist. When possible, build basic needs programming that focuses beyond the individual to the family systems that shape student success. For more information on supporting formerly incarcerated students directly, please see the link to a recently published Diverse article.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, in the K-12 context, research has shown a dearth of Black male teachers, disparities between how schools located in underserved areas are financed vis-a-vis schools in affluent neighborhoods, and uncertified educators contribute to the learning gap between Black and White students. Dr. Tryan L.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

For the last three years, ACE has worked to develop a classification that is more directly focused on student success. The new classification, the Student Access and Earnings Classification, was released this spring. ACE collaborates with the Carnegie Foundation to manage and evolve the Carnegie Classifications.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

This is the topic we took to task in Fostering Healthier Campuses: Applying Sense of Belonging Theory to Student Affairs Research and Practice at the recent annual meeting of NASPAStudent Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

Student affairs

Civitas Learning

JULY 28, 2025

In Fall 2024, as Hurricane Helene disrupted the region, UNC Asheville was able to identify impacted students, send targeted messages, and receive real-time updates—all within the same platform. The post Coordinating Campus Care: Using Real-Time Data to Support Belonging, Resilience, and Student Success appeared first on Civitas Learning.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2025

Community colleges across the nation are grappling with how to integrate artificial intelligence into their operations and curricula as students increasingly use AI tools while faculty and administrators lag behind in adoption, according to a new report from Achieving the Dream.

Community college

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The directive included in the 2024 funding bill rebuked the Department of Educations budget request, which proposed shifting the full-scale study, including detailed student surveys and administrative data collection, from every four years to every six years.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

They learned that social mobility is in the DNA of how many HBCUs think about their mission, systems and how their faculty and administrators engage with students and other communities. For the last three years, ACE has worked to develop a classification that is more directly focused on student success.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

According to Ess Pokornowski, Reintegrating students face a unique set of overlapping challenges: they are leaving a total institution where choice, communication, access to healthcare, access to technology, and opportunities for education and gainful employment are all dramatically limited.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A seasoned education leader with extensive experience in academic administration, college officials say that Mallory brings a proven track record of enhancing student success and developing workforce programs.

Community college

Timely MD

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It’s about empowering students to make informed decisions about their money and setting them up for long-term success. For university administrators, understanding this topic is essential for supporting both student success and institutional goals. Are you ready to empower your students to succeed?

Literacy

Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While many institutions are eager to leverage their data to improve student outcomes and achieve their goals, several obstacles stand in their way: Lack of Stakeholder Buy-In — Department leaders must align on using data to drive decisions. So, how can schools access clean, usable data?

Advising

Knack

JULY 9, 2025

At Missouri S&T, the heartbeat of the Student Success Center is Chyna Howell. As Senior Program Manager and Knack Program Administrator (KPA), Chyna plays a vital role in ensuring that every student has access to meaningful, flexible academic support.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

I look forward to working with the Board, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the Rock Hill community to expand access and research, elevate student success, and position Clinton College as a bold, faith-driven institution for the future."

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2025

In 2022, Lavariega Monforti participated in a Diverse sponsored webinar titled, "Survival Strategies for BIPOC Higher Ed Administrators." Guided by a student-centered philosophy, a commitment to ethical decision-making, and a collaborative leadership style, I am deeply honored to continue serving the CSUCI community," said Lavariega Monforti.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Today, amidst increasing racial violence, hostility, and divisiveness, HBCUs are, for many Black students, the option of choice. Later, President Joe Biden responded by asserting that his administration provided billions of dollars to these institutions because "any Black student is capable of doing what any white student can do."

Mental health

Knack

JANUARY 14, 2025

For countless students, particularly first-year and at-risk learners, this semester is a make-or-break moment. Without urgent, proactive academic support, many students will struggle to keep up and make the heartbreaking decision to transfer or leave their institution entirely.

Academic support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sáenz serves as the Associate Dean for Student Success, Community Engagement, and Administration in the College of Education and as the L.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

High-quality federal data and research help institutions, states, researchers, and student success practitioners better understand students' experiences and develop strategies to improve their outcomes, Voight said.

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

Rowena Tomaneng At a time when the Trump administration is dismantling the Education Department, the overwhelming majority of Asian American and Pacific Islander adults believe earning a college degree is integral to quality of life, a new national survey shows. A few of these graduation celebrations were for international students.

Higher education

Civitas Learning

APRIL 29, 2025

At Civitas Learning, we’re always looking for ways to make student success tools more accessible and intuitive. Why This Matters Time and ease of use are critical for users balancing teaching, advising, and administrative tasks.

Advising