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Study: Demand for Higher Education Remains Strong Despite Ongoing Barriers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

adults without college degrees continue to place high value on higher education and remain interested in pursuing credentials, according to a comprehensive new study released today. The 2025 State of Higher Education report , conducted by Gallup and Lumina Foundation, surveyed nearly 14,000 U.S.

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Honoring Excellence in Urban Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I just began loving teaching from there, even if I had imaginary students.” At FAMU, Thompson began taking education courses in her major. "I Alongside teaching, Thompson is also working on her master’s degree in education policy at Florida State University and is scheduled to graduate next month. James, Jamaica. “I

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Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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?

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. For more than a century, our system has delivered on the promise of providing affordable, high-quality postsecondary education.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

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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. The goal is for educators and students to collaborate in creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning for all.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

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Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics education, West Chester University; M.A., Dr. David Goldberg recalls that Love was hired when the department was seeking new teaching faculty with a focus on STEM. Love also collaborated as co-P.I. Loves Ph.D.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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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.

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