Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Bridges New Jersey's groundbreaking state-funded teletherapy program has delivered more than 78,000 counseling sessions to college students since its 2023 launch, according to new data released by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. Bridges, New Jersey's secretary of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them? This isnt a personal failure; its a systemic issueand higher education is a microcosm of broader workplace inequities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

The center serves as a one-stop destination where students can access tutoring, academic advising, career counseling, and various support services designed to help them navigate their academic journey successfully. The introduction of the Fannie Jackson Coppin Scholars program has been another game-changer in student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

Currently, 22 HBCUs across the United States operate registered apprenticeships spanning diverse fields including social work, cybersecurity, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and clean energy. The programs also offer wraparound services including transportation, childcare, and career counseling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fabián Sergio Wander, director of the counseling center and health and wellness services at Hostos Community College (Hostos) in New York, said there has been an increase in the number of students connecting with mental health services. We call it counseling on the go,” Wander said. We’ll provide psychological information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

"We are grateful to our donors for these significant gifts that will help local young people pursue a quality education and grow our region's future leaders." The foundation will distribute $935,000 in grants to 10 local nonprofits in San Diego providing services including tutoring, counseling, and college application assistance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Yet higher education institutions are falling short on delivering essential mental health resources for students. Yet higher education institutions are falling short on delivering essential mental health resources for students. It is our aspiration that many more institutions of higher education in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

25, Moorea Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Centerwas awarded the Order of the Palmetto South Carolinas highest civilian honor established in 1971. Moore III trailblazers whose influence shaped his path to distinction. since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Allowing more organizations like Active Minds and Timely Care on campus or the counseling center, or religious centers that can offer spiritual advice and having someone to talk to all really help. It helps to make us feel heard and provides that connection and bond,” she said. When the entire school feels engaged it feels pretty good.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy was named president and CEO of AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) in January 2025. She joined AACTE after serving as a distinguished professor and dean of the School of Education at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., for over eight years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Higher education has long been a key driver of economic prosperity and social mobility in the United States. Part of the issue stems from the fact that many students of color come from underfunded high schools, which offer fewer educational resources, advanced courses, and extracurricular programs. Department of Education has embraced.

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 15, 2025

The purpose of education, especially high school, if its done well, is to come to understand more about yourself, the world around you, and the skill set and insights you need to make sense of the relationship between the two.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

The National Center for PTSD is a leading research and educational institution dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of the condition. Higher education institutions prioritizing student empowerment and mental well-being call attention to the prevalence of PTSD in American society. The Center is part of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A new study from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reveals that Black student parents at community colleges face significant barriers in accessing critical childcare support, potentially hindering their educational progress and economic mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

Addressing the mental health crisis through outdoor equity The mental health crisis in higher education is a growing concern. While universities provide counseling services, there is increasing recognition that nature-based interventions can offer a powerful complement to traditional mental health support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2025

Hines Black students have cultural assets and exude brilliance in both K-12 and Higher Education. Educators must also stop comparing students from different backgrounds. The need is urgent, dire, for educators to promote racialized agency in Black males and females from the time they enter school. It is often intuitive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2025

In addition to supportive family, I relied on the TRIO-Educational Opportunity Program to help me navigate the system of higher education. There are seven TRIO programs: Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math-Science, Talent Search, Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), Student Support Services (SSS), Veterans Upward Bound, and the Ronald E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

Eligible health services include but are not limited to, psychological services, counseling, nursing services, physical therapy, Medicaid outreach and case management. Stewart previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and has inspired his thinking about how K-12 schools accessed student resources through Medicaid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By introducing students to various career options and credentialing opportunities in middle school, they can make informed decisions about their educational journey. Traditional education systems often follow a predetermined pace, leaving little room for individual student acceleration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Harvard College and SFFA vs University of North Carolina (UNC) , higher education experts in California already know what the postsecondary world could look like without affirmative action, the consideration of race as one of many elements when deciding admission. Proposition 209, passed in 1996, banned affirmative action in California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Today's studentsand today's workforce needsrequire educational experiences that extend beyond the classroom," said Dr. Larry Galizio, President & CEO of the Community College League of California. "By The landscape of higher education has changed dramatically since the Eisenhower-era statute was implemented.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

The survey, conducted by higher education virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses. These statistics paint a concerning picture of the state of higher education in America, where completion rates are increasingly threatened by external factors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

Ifill previously served as the seventh president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) for nearly a decade. The center's work will be organized around four pillars: Law & Policy, Education and Curriculum, Art, Imagination, and Narrative, and Democratic Institutions. Jordan, Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Jason King Jason King has been named senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at Hofstra University. Earlier in his career, King was an associate at Akers & Boulware-Wells, LLP, and assistant general counsel for the Texas Ethics Commission. billion research portfolio from foreign influence and misconduct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Department of Education is deeply troubling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

More than one quarter of all middle-skills credentials and associate degrees offered nationwide are misaligned with the needs of their local labor markets, according to the latest report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW), " The Great Misalignment." Spires agreed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

I identify as a gay Black man, a practicing Catholic, and a multilingual leader with a doctorate in education and an emphasis in curriculum and teaching. Fostering a culture of psychological safety spurs innovation, creativity, resilience, and learning, which strengthens educator performance and better serves students and their life goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Toldson, professor of counseling psychology at Howard University and recipient of AABHEs Distinguished Cultural Award, urged attendees to fiercely defend academic freedom. Dr. Ivory A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Board of Education decision. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in May 1954 that separate educational facilities between Black students and white students was “inherently unequal," dismissing the concept of “separate but equal” in public education, the nation began the task of desegregating its schools. Seven decades ago, U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Their findings demonstrate the significant educational and civic benefits of interracial and interethnic interactions during college.

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As an educator in the classroom and a former principal on the South Side of Chicago, I’ve seen firsthand the challenges that students and staff alike face. The American education system needs to be full of mental health champions. Establish a confidential avenue for seeking help and counseling services. And it can be.

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Active Minds

MARCH 16, 2023

Implementing the strategies promoted in the report and discussed in the webinar will help students receive tailored support, and give institutions the ability to better care for diverse student populations who are often not well served in higher education — a major step towards equity in the field of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

CUNY student at BMI conference Black and Brown students, particularly men, have historically struggled to enroll in higher education, and many that do fail to complete their degrees. It even assesses their sense of belonging on campus and in higher education. As a student, [the program] did help. Were not all born equal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2025

In counseling, racial trauma shapes not only the emotional lives of clients but also the clinical and personal responses of counselors. The emotional labor of racial trauma in counseling CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) sets national standards for counseling training across the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, a prolific researcher who has led the School of Education at American University as its dean for the past eight years, has been selected president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Established in 1948, AACTE is the leading organization focused on educator preparation.

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Counseling Today

JANUARY 25, 2024

Rick Balkin inspires and educates future and current counselors through his contributions on practicing forgiveness and working with teenagers in crisis. The post Destined for Counseling appeared first on Counseling Today.

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