Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2025

Kimbrough, a seasoned higher education administrator known for his transformational leadership at historically Black colleges and universities, to serve as Executive Vice President of Research & Member Engagement, effective September 2, 2025. Kimbrough The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has appointed Dr. Walter M.

Higher education

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Higher education should be a gateway to greater economic and workforce opportunities. To address these variations, the Institute for Higher Education Policy launched the Value Data Collaborative , an initiative to help higher education leaders better understand and measure the value of postsecondary education.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

Ed Smith-Lewis The United Negro College Fund's Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is spearheading an unprecedented collaboration that could reshape the landscape of higher education partnerships across continents. The symposium's agenda includes dignitary-led plenaries, comparative analyses of African and U.S.

Placement

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 10, 2025

Postsecondary education should be a powerful engine for economic mobility for all students, but too often outcomes vary by race, income, geography, and other systemic factors. Other Collaborative teams explored disparities in outcomes across racial and ethnic groups.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

Maryland Governor Wes Moore Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced a $1 million grant program designed to help displaced federal workers transition into teaching careers while simultaneously addressing the state's critical educator shortage.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2025

Yet in this challenging moment for higher education, their shared identity as value entrepreneurs offers a powerful foundation for cooperation. Finally, tuition-driven institutions should collectively reframe the narrative around higher education excellence. What might this look like in practice?

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2025

The initiative reflects growing national recognition that traditional admissions processes can perpetuate educational inequities. Maurice "Mo" Green, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, praised the collaborative nature of the effort. When our entire education community works together like this, students win.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2025

Hines Black students have cultural assets and exude brilliance in both K-12 and Higher Education. Black educators and K-12 and stakeholders in higher education (e.g., FAMILY-SCHOOL COLLABORATION MATTERS. Working with Black and anti-racist, culturally competent educators is a win for families and students.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 28, 2025

For SIUE Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Howard Rambsy II, who led the grant proposal, the award validates years of collaborative work that began when his institution wasn't even the primary home for the project. The collaborative nature of the project also reflects changing patterns in academic work.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2025

The newly released "Forward Together: Black Policy Playbook for an Equitable America" provides evidence-based solutions for policymakers and advocates working to address persistent inequities in higher education and beyond. The strength of the playbook lies not only in its comprehensive scope but also in its collaborative development.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

McCorn said that he is looking forward to helping to grow Paine College, “Connecting Paine College's historic past with a strategic vision for the future will catapult this institution into unparalleled prominence in American higher education,” he said. “I

Scheduling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2025

(Black Leadership Across Campuses) Summit, held on April 3, brought together university presidents, scholars, K-12 administrators, policymakers, and students for a candid three-hour discussion on systemic barriers and emerging threats to educational equity. We are preparing them to lead the transformation of those systems."

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2025

The success was due in part to the interinstitutional collaboration fostered by CPI. At the Institute for Capacity Building, we see virtual networks and strategic collaboration as tools to expand opportunity, reduce institutional isolation, and build meaningful bridges between colleges, employers, and communities, says Smith-Lewis.

Guided pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Crucially, grades also offer students a reflection of their readiness for advanced coursework or higher education. Although they still utilize grades, these initiatives grant high school students access to real college courses, helping them build early success and experience in higher education.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU. Benjamin Elijah Maysthe former president of Morehouse Collegeas a model for excellence.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students and account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers. Lumina supported the American Council on Education (ACE) in its work around redesigning the classifications system.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

and others created the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) Collaboration: The Future of HBCUs” in Charlotte, N.C. The four-day convening will include administrators, faculty members, policy makers, and innovators interested in the latest trends and strategies for enhancing educational practices and leadership. “The

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. He envisions a collaborative space between departments and units where Native and Indigenous students can come to have their questions answered.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Through collaboration, more than 300 courses, or blocks of courses, are now universally equivalent to each other across all colleges. Dr. Alicia M.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

Arizona State University made headlines with its collaboration with OpenAI, while the California State University system recently partnered with tech giants to advance what they call "equitable" AI training. The timing of the report is significant, as major universities have announced high-profile partnerships with AI companies.

Faculty

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. She holds advanced certifications in English and special education.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students. As a funder, she envisions HBCUs working collaboratively with each other, noting, “Collaboration is a force multiplier when it comes to thinking about things like scale and impact.”

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

Originally designed as an annual conference for CPI institutions, UNITE quickly evolved into the premier space for HBCUs to gather, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what's possible. DIVERSE : You've mentioned collaboration several times in this conversation. Innovation to us is collaboration. That's innovative in itself.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

from North Carolina Central University - will conduct research on mental health and wellbeing among college students while pursuing their master's degrees in higher education and student affairs. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025. Dr. Martino Harmon, MCT Foundation Chair.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

For more than a century, our system has delivered on the promise of providing affordable, high-quality postsecondary education. In todays higher education landscape, no institution is immune to the questions surrounding the value of a postsecondary education.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

As dean at both CUNY School of Law and previously at Western New England University School of Law, Setty has demonstrated a strong commitment to social justice and expanding access to legal education. Law schools and higher education face enormous challenges and opportunities," Setty said.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is so much more than a traditional real estate project or campus housing development—it’s a statement about what higher education can be for all of us – those who attend our schools and those who do not,” said Dr. Michael J. Through a collaboration between Wells Fargo and T.D. Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College. “We

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

That is largely because these justice-impacted students are often invisible to educators, their identities simply erased. Being members of an unprotected class (a term used by Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez ) limits the potential for higher education to transform the lives of people affected by the justice system.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The California Community Colleges system is rolling out an ambitious new project aimed at making higher education more Dr. Rowena M. This collaborative approach will allow colleges to share experiences, challenges, and solutions as they work to expand shortened course offerings. million students annually across 116 colleges.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2025

This collaboration brought together academic research expertise with professional video production skills to create compelling, impactful content. The recognition comes at a time when higher education institutions are increasingly focused on improving diversity and retention in STEM fields.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

Before joining Michigan, Ono served as president at the University of British Columbia and the University of Cincinnati, establishing himself as an experienced higher education administrator before taking the helm at Michigan. Robert Anderson sexual abuse scandal and implementing reforms to its sexual misconduct policies.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2025

Emmanuel Lalande Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have always stood on the frontlines of educational equity, carving pathways to excellence for generations of Black students against overwhelming odds. They enroll 10% of Black students in higher education and produce nearly 20% of all Black graduates.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

Moreover, given the current socio-political era of anti-DEI, faculty and other university personnel have been losing funding, positions, and operational units that support research and programming that help the most vulnerable student populations to thrive and attain optimal outcomes in higher education and in their personal lives.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These gaps persist across California's entire higher education system, from community colleges to the University of California. Students' decisions to pursue and complete higher education are shaped by access to information, available resources, and the quality of their college experience.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

in educational leadership. Continually going back to that same campus was ideal because I still was able to connect with mentors and faculty and staff and it really just nurtured my journey in higher education, she says. Im just so blessed to be able to give to higher education in such a dynamic way, she says.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Lewis The International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) has become the sought-after space where ideas are shared, and collaborations are formed. Lewis, the director of the Urban Education Collaborative and the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor in Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Education