Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

For example, Black students in P-12 schools tend to be suspended at higher rates than their racial peers and the belief is that this discipline will teach Black students a lesson to behave in class. Teach students how to be self-advocates - asking for help and speaking up about concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2025

The founders came here on an ox-pulled cart and developed all this, one administrator told me, pointing across the campus. As administrator after administrator told me, the traditional rankings weren't designed for schools like theirs. You dont think that was innovation looking forward and responding to a need?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

The toolkit addresses several misconceptions about registered apprenticeships, clarifying that these programs extend far beyond traditional trades to include professional fields like social work and teaching. At their core, Registered Apprenticeships are about power," the report concludes. Power to learn without going into debt.

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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. This suggests that many faculty members and other academic workers may not realize that they are using AI-enabled tools for their work, highlighting what the report identifies as a critical knowledge gap.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. I cite much of her work in my research in this area and assign multiple papers of hers in courses I teach here at USC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

By focusing on employer needs, we have launched eight bachelors degrees in crucial areas including nursing, education, information technology, and public safety administration. In an effort to fill critical openings, some schools have reduced the criteria needed to teach, including the requirement of a traditional teaching bachelors degree.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

A growing number of administrators are trying to offer that help to students but struggle to afford the costs. When asked why they choose not to claim Medicaid reimbursements for eligible services, community college administrators listed several reasons, including the lack of capacity to manage the Medicaid billing process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

During my first year of teaching, I focused on providing academic support. As mentors, we need to be present and ready to adapt our support as our students’ needs evolve and then figure out how to use our networks to meet those needs. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

These pressures include integrating multiple demanding responsibilities across scholarly research, teaching, and administrative duties, leading to "chronic role overload and significant time management challenges." One of the study's most striking findings involves the relationship between academic rank and anxiety levels.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

The February directive had sent shockwaves through higher education institutions across the country, with many administrators and faculty expressing concern that their diversity programs could trigger federal funding cutoffs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

She was teaching us the ideals of Black Pride long before the term was a thing. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. “She played the piano and she had a song she would always lead that said, ‘We’ve been right there in line, we are Americans too.’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2025

The existential threat of intruding upon academic freedomand, more importantly, the ability to teach, educate, and protestis at our doorsteps. In recent months, we have witnessed an alarming attempt to dismantle the administrative state and erode the democratic principles that have guided our nations progress since slavery.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

She was teaching us the ideals of Black Pride long before the term was a thing. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. “She played the piano and she had a song she would always lead that said, ‘We’ve been right there in line, we are Americans too.’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

I was fortunate to meet Rosalyn Farrington, a Black feminist professor teaching in the Womens Studies Department and she introduced me to Audre Lordes The Master Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masters House. I began teaching College Success courses to first generation, low income, multicultural students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That they have folks that look like them teaching at those four-year universities. There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota. Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D. That’s beyond the financial piece.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2025

JT Torres We have all heard stories of flawed approaches to inclusive teaching. But by the following week, she was on administrative leave. Even when we try to do everything right, teaching is hard. Inclusive teaching? While inclusive learning is a science, inclusive teaching is more like a performance art.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Her current work extends beyond the classroom, as she actively supports and teaches study abroad programs in the Caribbean and Africa, helping students expand their global perspectives and gain a deeper appreciation for different cultures. She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

Morris Thomas has been named Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Higher Education Administration at Wiley University. Thomas currently serves as the inaugural Assistant Provost for Digital and Online Learning and directs the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment at Howard University.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2025

While the Biden administration has highlighted targeted recruitment as a potential alternative strategy for maintaining diverse enrollments, Salazar's findings suggest current practices and tools may be poorly suited to advance these goals. We tend to think about research, teaching and service as very distinct from one another," she says.

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SRI Education

JULY 22, 2025

This blog is the second of three blogs summarizing recommendations from students, families, educators, mental health professionals, and administrators for improving students’ mental health services in schools. Priority #2: Teach mental health awareness to create an environment that promotes wellness and psychological safety.

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Counselors' Corner

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Reinforcing the idea of a school counseling curriculum You certainly know that there is content and skill sets you want all students to have before leaving your school, but this may still be news to classroom teachers, parents, administrators, or even students. Now is the time to ask. See where the data guides you, and go there.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bring TimelyCare to Your School How to foster a help-seeking campus culture Higher education administrators play a pivotal role in normalizing help-seeking behaviors. Proffitt from Emory & Henry College emphasized the importance of teaching students to ask questions early.

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SRI Education

JULY 22, 2025

In the 2023-24 school year, 84% of public school administrators across the country reported that their school staff provided students with individualized mental health services ( National Center for Educational Statistics, 2024 ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

In what legal experts are calling a landmark case for academic freedom, Harvard faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging unconstitutional attempts to control campus speech and governance through threatened funding cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This has led to faculty and teachers at all levels, from higher education to K-12, becoming increasingly hesitant about what they teach, research, or even how they approach admissions or financial aid, fearing potential backlash. Those fears are likely to grow under a second Trump presidency. “We We already know what to expect. “Are

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Teaching critical thinking skills and an understanding of civic institutions are essential components of a well-rounded education that can empower Latino males to make informed decisions in every area of life, from voting to career choices.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Fenwick called for the removal of “past deficit perspectives and research about Black and other students of color," to create "teaching and learning environments that affirm the intellectual capacities and cultural heritages of all students.”

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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. adults a year ago, according to the survey.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 29, 2025

Why This Matters Time and ease of use are critical for users balancing teaching, advising, and administrative tasks. Theres no need to log into a separate systemeverything happens right within the Canvas dashboard. By integrating Civitas Learning tools into Canvas, were removing barriers to proactive student support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

“I would have loved to have created the time to create a much more personal connection with them and really enlist them in the effort to make Morehouse a much more innovative place as a teaching and research institution. ” He holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Kevin Cokley There is a lot of confusion surrounding the Trump administrations interpretation of Title VI, the federal law that bans race, color, or national origin-based discrimination in education. At the core of the current administrations concerns about illegal programs is the use of racial classification.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2025

The legislation comes as schools nationwide face unprecedented staffing shortages, with nearly 200,000 teaching positions either vacant or filled by underqualified educators. How do I tell them their teacher can't afford to live in the community where she teaches?" The Trump administration is also withholding nearly $5.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

As APAHE board president, Tomaneng is considering forming a national network for AAPI and Desi provosts and senior administrators to provide them executive coaching as reminders that presidencies not their current roles can be career mountaintops. Suzuki was the first Asian American to lead a major U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

That student protests against war, colonialism, or genocide are threats to campus life, while administrative compliance with authoritarian demands is somehow neutral. If we cannot name, we cannot teach. And if we cannot teach, we cannot build the critical literacies that this moment demands. Weve seen this before.

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