Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

Toldson, professor of counseling psychology at Howard University and recipient of AABHEs Distinguished Cultural Award, urged attendees to fiercely defend academic freedom. They expressed frustrations about feeling hamstrung in their efforts to serve students from underrepresented groups and conceded that many of them had begun to self-censor.

Mathematics

The Counseling Geek

JULY 25, 2025

Share on X Learn About Using ChatGPT as a School Counselor If you missed my last post about using ChatGPT in school counseling – be sure to check it out for additional reading on another cornerstone AI tool for School Counselors. Take it with a grain of salt, but the broader application perspective should still apply.

Counseling

Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 9, 2025

Whether its researching schools, mapping out your academic path, or building a standout application, early planning sets the stage for success. Summer Before Senior Year The summer before senior year is the ideal time to finalize your college list and begin preparing your application materials.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of Latinx faculty applicants increased by 15%. The IT department created a seamless online application process, reducing access barriers and fostering a welcoming experience.

Retention

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Simplified Application: Streamline the financial aid application process to minimize the burden on families. Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients.

Financial aid

Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

To approach students and receive as many responses as possible, Diego sent out a survey with questions regarding college experience, support systems, college application process, barriers, the resources they have access to, students’ goals, and their mental health. in a Psychology-related discipline.

Mental health

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Streamlining the transfer application process can significantly reduce the burden of paperwork and administrative tasks. By creating a simplified application with flexible deadlines and clear instructions, schools make the process more accessible and user-friendly for transfer students.

Financial aid

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

To approach students and receive as many responses as possible, Diego sent out a survey with questions regarding college experience, support systems, college application process, barriers, the resources they have access to, students’ goals, and their mental health. in a Psychology-related discipline.

Mental health

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 17, 2025

The IT team scrambles to assess the damage while legal counsel prepares for potential compliance violations under FERPA and GLBA. They’re enabling better outcomes for everyone: faster application turnaround, reduced administrative overhead, and stronger trust with families. million applications helping schools distribute more than $5.7

Access

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MAY 5, 2025

You will also be expected to complete entrance exam counseling for first-time loan borrowers. Complete Housing and Orientation Requirements If youre living on campus, watch for housing application deadlines. Finally, dont forget to accept or deny aid in your college portal!

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2025

University leadership has also provided Dreamers with legal information and counseling services that are available to them. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to continue to accept and process DACA renewal requests for employment, but will not process new applicants. On Tuesday, Jan.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Applications to and enrollment in HBCU institutions have continued to increase. States and systems of higher ed are moving away from this old guard college application process to really simplifying the on-ramp into college, Odle said. Geisler said student mental health is not the sole responsibility of a counseling center.

Mental health

Counselors' Corner

APRIL 30, 2025

There is a sense most of the college counseling world goes on hiatus after May 1. Eric Hoover gave the field a wake-up call with this piece , a rare but important look at the way college counseling works for too many studentsan approach that has little to do with essay coaches or prioritizing activity lists. by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D.

Counseling

College Planners of America

JULY 15, 2025

If not accepted, the student will receive notice early enough to submit applications to other colleges during the Regular Decision (RD) cycle. A college that has denied admission to an applicant during the ED cycle will usually defer consideration of the student to the RD period when admission standards are less rigorous.

Financial aid

NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 8, 2025

These regular posts are meant to keep NACAC members informed about key policy developments, NACAC’s advocacy priorities, and opportunities to take action in support of students and the college admission counseling profession. My name is Sean Robins, and I serve as NACAC’s director of advocacy.

Title IV

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Saint Louis University (SLU) is launching an institutional aid application that mirrors the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA , so families can receive financial aid awards by the end of February. The university’s aid application is independent of the FAFSA filing; so, families will still need to file a FAFSA.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Carol Ashley, lead counsel of the team that wrote the American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity’s amicus brief The U.S. Harvard is accused of discriminating against Asian-Americans by giving applicants lower personal ratings than those of students from other races, thereby maintaining a soft quota.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

These students also often lack access to adequate college counseling, making it more difficult to navigate the complex higher education landscape. We need policies that improve school funding, offer advanced courses to all students regardless of district, and ensure that college counseling is available to every student.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

The cases, led by anti-affirmative action activist and SFFA President Edward Blum, allege these institutions discriminated against Asian American applicants by unfairly prioritizing underrepresented minority applicants in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The ruling could come any time before June 2023.

Application

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The priority deadline for applications for the two- to three-person initial cohort is Dec. To be eligible, applicants must be a second-year Ph.D. Less than 10% of higher ed faculty identify as African American, Latinx or Native American/Alaskan Native, according to the American Association for Colleges of Teachers Association (AACTE).

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Program participants get access to early advising from their college of choice, academic counseling, and financial aid, while not having to face specific tests or transfer application fees. SAU will also offer scholarships to Bridge to Bachelor’s students. This agreement also creates SAU’s third national HBCU Urban Access Hub.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There was not a university-wide requirement for applicants to submit a diversity statement, however, some units did require such statements.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

teachers, school board members, superintendents, principals) and policy makers to see, appreciate, and honor the cultural capital that students of color bring to education, counseling, and mental health services. Counseling & mental health. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation. internships). Warren, N.,

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Researchers narrowed their focus on DMHIs that veer outside of traditional telehealth services to instead employ other technologies – such as mobile applications, online platforms, wearables, and virtual reality – and help teach coping skills and support student mental health through them.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

Ivory Toldson, national director of education innovation and research for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and professor of counseling psychology at Howard “[It’s] a monumental achievement,” said Dr. Ivory A. The Department of Defense had announced a plan to create a UARC affiliated with an HBCU last June.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

The vast majority of prison education programs are dependent on Pell funding,” said Amber Saddler, counsel at the SBPC. “If Amber Saddler, counsel at the SBPC Saddler said that the 100% default rate was to be expected for incarcerated borrowers. If you’re in default, this new opportunity for prison education is closed to you.”

Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

Character can be revealed in endeavors that wouldn’t necessarily come through in a traditional application, added Massa, like taking care of a younger sibling while a single parent is working. Often, application readers didn’t use formal rubrics or get sufficient training in character assessment. Character really meant ‘people like us.’

Application

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Others connect with students while they attend a college or university and counsel them toward a successful completion. FIU and MDC share information on students interested in the program, and students are encouraged to apply to MDC once they complete the Connect4Success application,” said Porro. “It

Database

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Another idea, said Murray, would be for schools to include essays about diversity as students define and experience it as part of applications. But both might be banned as part of a Supreme Court decision for being too close to the consideration of race.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Once students arrive at their new institution, they may find it difficult to adjust to the new setting.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

But with DACA applications closed, more undocumented students are struggling to obtain workforce authorization and careers. The legal and judicial holds placed on the DACA program, effectively ending all applications in 2021, and the difficulty in receiving work authorization makes it more challenging for graduates to find traditional jobs.

Scholarship

Counselors' Corner

OCTOBER 25, 2023

An English teacher’s daughter got into Princeton, so now she tells every Ivy League applicant just what to do to get in. Ideally, you’d get about 15-20 minutes at a faculty meeting or professional development day, spending about half of it on your college counseling curriculum and how it’s implemented. by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

I would describe it as a nationwide attack on public education and on public school educators,” said Danielle Davis, staff counsel for the National Education Association, one of the country's largest teacher unions. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, HBCUs saw an increase of enrollment during the pandemic.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Shaun Harper, “While the discontinuation of race-conscious admissions policies and practices will negatively affect students of color across a range of racial and ethnic groups at predominantly white institutions (PWIs), Black applicants will be most devastated.” Dr. Antonio L.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Work with Admissions, Financial Aid, Counseling, Career Development, and other offices to discuss inclusive actions and support structures. Add inclusive language to admission materials and other student-facing resources where applicable. See what might be implementable on your campus based on what other institutions have done.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Efforts implemented by awarded institutions in prior years have included services such as counseling, tutoring, childcare, community-building activities, targeted outreach, financial assistance, technology provision, and transportation. “By There's clearly so much more need that exists than there is funding available,” Lindwarm said. “We

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We Ninth through 12th graders receive academic advancement, individualized college counseling, tutoring, essay writing guidance, SAT prep, exposure to colleges, and career exploration with some college visits. “We

Scholarship