Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Jia Osiel will become Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) chief talent and equity officer. Jia Osiel “Jia will support ATD in becoming a more equitable, inclusive and high performing non-profit modeling the expectations we hold for our colleges,” said Dr. Karen A. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Martin argues for change in food pantries writ large, moving beyond a focus on food distribution with new models that center empathy, equity, and systems reform. Take the Basic Needs Hubs at Portland Community College, which show the power of embracing a mutual aid framework.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As colleges and universities begin to feel the pain of budget deficits, reduced student enrollments, rollbacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, questions of bloated administrations, and the like, it is essential to remember what your responsibility is and what is not. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade. Census Bureau.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Hines, professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, who was director of ScHOLA²RS House (Scholastic House of Leaders in Support of African American Researchers and Scholars) at University of Connecticut when Reid was an undergraduate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati. They should benefit from continued investment from policy and political leaders.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Antioch University, Bard College, Cuyahoga Community College, and Elizabethtown College will host the newest centers, bringing the total of TRHT partner institutions to 71. AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Widespread digital access and skills may also represent human capital capacity and community, because it provides access to information for education and job searches, skills for jobs and entrepreneurship, richer information networks and communities.” “Broadband is important for participation in society,” said Mossberger.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Nygil Likely Nygil Likely has been named vice president for people, culture, and equity at Grand Rapids Community College. Likely holds an MBA in human resources and management and a master’s in adult and continuing education administration from the University of Phoenix.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. There was also a robust focus on the humanities. ATD is not just a conference,” says Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

“The school’s mission-vision aligns with my work as a scholar and leader, and I believe the school is poised to reach new heights in the areas of K-12 and higher education, human development, exercise, health, and wellness.” She also has served as the School of Education’s Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, and Strategic Partnerships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

Such an assessment can diminish the value we hold for others (especially in times of conflict), the empathy we show, and ultimately the humanity we display. When, in actuality, equity is a beautiful gift. Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee is President of Community College of Aurora.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. The college recognized that the campus needed a safe space for males to get together, interact and learn from each other as well as to access resources,” says Jamal Biggs, director of the QCC MRC. It helps to target intentional, really smart strategies at the institution.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Community colleges and baccalaureate institutions have experienced a topsy-turvy ride over the last decade, which included the Great Recession and its enrollment impacts, significant social unrest generated from both sides of the political aisle, and the global COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Dr. Robert. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The funding comes as part of a California program to tackle issues of equity in higher ed and the workforce. The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Together, community colleges and professional policing lead the way for new police officers’ cultural competence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As Pauline Lipman powerfully states in the book referenced above regarding school segregation: “It breaks a web of human connections in which the social and cultural practices of daily life are rooted, race and class identities are formed, and community is constituted.” Another dynamic is a new form of segregation emerging as the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Hines, professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, who was director of ScHOLA²RS House (Scholastic House of Leaders in Support of African American Researchers and Scholars) at University of Connecticut when Reid was an undergraduate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Succession planning is a collaborative effort involving university and community stakeholders. This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals. Talent identification: A thorough evaluation of potential candidates is crucial. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

The report is based on data from a survey of nearly 900 US colleges and institutions, who provided information on more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. If an institution was really wanting to legitimately intervene on women’s pay equity, promotion salary talks would be a really good place to look at it,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Dr. Luis A.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

8) Recruits allies – engages with white students and/or adults to be proponents of anti-racism, equity, and cultural competence. (9) 11) Improved communication - studies and our experiences show increased and more seamless communication with minoritized students, families, and communities improve.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges. Modern student expectations are everchanging—can your community college keep up? Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

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The Advisor That Cares

MARCH 21, 2025

Continued discussions of equity across the unit and the need for uniformity due to stakeholder meetings across campus left the final decision about where to move next-day prep and team lead work time. I have done so much research in my quest for knowledge about this amazingly beautiful human condition that makes us want to leave an impact.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

4) I have had the opportunity to redesign the institutional research function at both community colleges and at a public regional university. Similarly, I have attended department meetings across the organization, from finance to human resources to facilities, to understand the challenges that they face. J., & Guerra, A.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Below, explore popular topics like using student success analytics to manage capacity constraints and advance equity or building coordinated student success networks. Increase the Human & Financial Benefits of Student Success Initiatives. Access and Equity in Student Success with Karl Smith.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

Patrick Lehman-Martin, a Student Support Services participant from Chememeta Community College, expressed how the experience deepened his understanding of Dutch politics and the importance of effective governance. The program’s impact on its participants was profound, as evidenced by their reflections.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

College Pulse Survey, Spring 2022. A Gallup survey in fall 2021 revealed that two-thirds of community college students and an eye-popping three-fourths of bachelor’s degree students had considered leaving school in the previous six months due to emotional stress. When was your overall mental health the best? Continue reading.

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