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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re rethinking financial aid and student loans in new and innovative ways. Technology enables us to break the barriers of time and space to deliver quality instruction directly to students, when and where they prefer. New models are emerging that place students at the center of all we do. Others are much more pessimistic.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in rhetoric and intercultural communication, she earned a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean at the CUNY Graduate Center. Upon completion of her Ph.D. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. “In

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The Straw that Broke the #RealCollege Student’s Back: Flames, Fatigue, and the Power of Generosity

#RealCollege Blog

Financial stress consumes a sickening amount of energy and mental space, which is a problem for young people who depend on that energy to keep them awake until 1:00 am writing papers. I have bottled beer in a factory and packaged magazines in warehouses. The difference between calling home and weeks without communication.

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The Straw that Broke the #RealCollege Student’s Back: Flames, Fatigue, and the Power of Generosity

Believe in Students

Financial stress consumes a sickening amount of energy and mental space, which is a problem for young people who depend on that energy to keep them awake until 1:00 am writing papers. I have bottled beer in a factory and packaged magazines in warehouses. The difference between calling home and weeks without communication.

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“They are critical for communities to thrive, and it is imperative that we do all we can as institutions to foster not only their academic and economic stability but their advancement in these areas as well.” Findings, they say, can be used to develop more equitable outreach and communication strategies to broaden college opportunity. “I

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