Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year. We’re in a nuanced landscape right now.

Placement 280

Placement Inclusion Higher education Access 280

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Rick Garfunkel, vice president for global affairs, had to bring back several hundred students who were studying overseas, including 40 in China. “[It was] not easy,” he said. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.” They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

International student 312

International student Collaboration Faculty Facilitation 312

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

“It wasn’t always easy to know where to go if I needed advice on what classes to take, what to declare for my major, how to get financial aid,” Cardona shared in a keynote at last week’s Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students.

Advising 130

Advising Mental health Financial aid Students 130

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

She is involved in myriad school matters including campus life, international students services, disability services, the Clery Act, and financial aid as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Therapist 265

Therapist Inclusion Teaching Student affairs 265

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

With the $30 million gift came no advised direction, restrictions, nor stipulations, Boekelheide says, calling Scott’s donation a “windfall” and a “vote of confidence” in what PCC was doing. “For us, this was the largest donation that we had ever received. [It] It] more than doubled the amount that was in our foundation coffers overnight.”

Community college 326

Community college Scholarship Grant Advising 326

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. We have another organization on campus that works with first generation students. I teach with a NFL football player named Brandon Copeland.

Mental health 40

Mental health First generation Students Access 40

Active Minds

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Active Minds Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is made up of fifteen young adult leaders who represent the Active Minds student voice nationally through media and other student forums. At De Anza, she served as the college’s Active Minds Chapter president. She even started her own nonprofit, Beyond Taiwan.

Mental health 130

Mental health Therapist Students Low income student 130