Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

For each bias, Kizart presents a clear definition, self-assessment tools, realistic school-based scenarios, reflective questions, and concrete strategies for counteraction. This structured approach makes complex psychological concepts accessible and immediately applicable to educational settings from K-12 through higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This gap widens at an institution like Trine , where many students graduate with degrees in high-paying fields like healthcare and engineering, and many of our graduates earn above the national average in their field. These benefits are magnified for students who go on to earn master's and doctoral degrees. Dr. Earl D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

A unique aspect of the program pairs each fellow with a Howard student, creating mentorship opportunities while advancing research goals. The new institute will implement a competitive residential fellowship program, bringing together international scholars to pursue research projects across various disciplines.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

In doing so, we remain true to the definition of fidelity the quality or state of being faithful or loyal. We urge educators to prioritize this kind of evaluation and then to take action to be responsive and accountable to students and families on the margins. Accordingly, we relate the 12 criteria to academic settings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Diversifying representation sends a signal to students, faculty, and other stakeholders that leadership is attainable, and education serves as a gateway to socio-economic gains for communities and the citizens they serve. In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. While the authors use deliberate in their definition, I urge readers to understand that such violence can also be unintentional. I want to inform and/or remind readers that Dr. James A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

While there have been direct apologies to our administration, VSU says that our student-athletes also deserve a personal apology,” VSU said in an Oct. It was in very poor taste and was very poor sportsmanship by anyone’s definition." 3 statement. Guilford College is investigating the incident, said its president, Dr. Kyle Farmbry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

The University of Houston is providing all undergraduate students with the books they need for a flat fee through the Cougar Textbook Access Program (CTAP). CTAP ensures our students don’t have to wait for their books. We want to make sure all students start ready to learn.” Bauer College of Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Cardona spoke about his experience as an undergraduate student. Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. On Wednesday, the U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. The basics are very appealing. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As institutions wrap up their fall semesters, many faculty, staff, and students look forward to a chance to go home to familiar stomping grounds and family traditions. But for students who identify as LGBTQ+, particularly those who identify as non-binary, going home for winter break can paint a more complicated picture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Temple University has withdrawn tuition assistance for graduate students who have been on strike for a week, The Washington Post reported. The students have been striking due to failing negotiations about wages and health-care coverage for dependents, and parental leave duration. It has definitely angered and energized a lot of people.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Gonzalez is one of a growing number students who has been forced to alter her college plans out of concern for her well-being. You’re seeing a lot of students outside the Southern region of the US really decrease their interest in exploring colleges in red states, particularly Southeastern states,” he said. Echo Bodell is another.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Doug Shapiro, vice president of research and executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse. Definitions of student success are changing, and there has been a rise in alternative degrees and credentials, micro-credentials, and apprenticeships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

George Washington University will replace the nickname of its athletic teams, removing “Colonials” after years of pressure from students, the New York Times reported. Student critics said the current nickname had connotations of violence toward Native Americans and other colonized people. In 2019, students voted to remove the nickname.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. We also need students to be supported not only in year one but throughout the entire time they are in college.”

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Active Minds

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This fall, I began my sophomore year at Union College, and it is definitely much more challenging than the previous year, especially since I have all upper-level classes this term, two of them being biology classes and one other intensive political science class. Last but not least, sleep is essential; neglecting physical health is a big NO.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

"It's certainly a possibility that we're exploring, but until we can identify who is responsible and what their motives are, I'm a little hesitant to say definitively that that's why this happened." This is not the first time a swastika was drawn at UD. In November 2022, the symbol was found in a campus residence hall.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 23, 2024

Higher education leaders, institutions, and systems need data that are accurate, accessible, and disaggregated by race and ethnicity in ways that reflect the increasing diversity of today’s students. Previously, MENA was included under the definition of White. For example, Asian students can share their specific ancestry (e.g.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

But in some cases, students’ return on investment varies widely because factors like race, income, and geography contribute to disparities in student outcomes. PASSHE is using the Value Data Collaborative to assess the long-term impact of a college education for their students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When Petty responded, “But you don’t know who I am,” the staff member responded, “I do, you are a student here!” Many community college students have Petty’s experience. Potential students are often treated as a number, not a person. Dr. Brad C. They are afraid to go to college, even before the first day.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes. Dr. Ioana G.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 8, 2023

On Monday, Federal Student Aid released electronic announcement GENERAL-23-63 titled Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

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Student Minds

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Talking and interacting with people is definitely not my speciality. I experience it a lot but feeling lonely around 30,000 students - nearly 400 of them in my course - exacerbated this even more. You can also find support at Student Space. Vee writes about overcoming feelings of loneliness and making friends at uni. -

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

For more than a million students each year, the college process starts with logging on to the Common App, the online application that can submitted to over 1,000 colleges and universities. Now, for the first time, this population of almost 300,000 is being studied, as researchers look for clues about how to get these students on to campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

“It’s good for the human body, good for students — it helps them be better learners, better prepared; it increases cognitive functioning and helps with stress management.” The study – lead author was Dr. Alexandra Szarabajko, chair of exercise science at Columbia College – examined 331 U.S. Researchers found that 56.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Further, the manner in which conservative media embraces the study gives a compelling glimpse at anti-CRT proponents’ operational definition of CRT. If the Manhattan Institute study demonstrates that students are learning about systemic racism, white privilege, unconscious bias, and colonialism, that is not proof of CRT in K-12 education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We’ve seen a rise in hate,” says Dr. Bridget Kelly, an associate professor and student affairs & diversity officer at the University of Maryland’s College of Education. After she told him, he said, “Hmmm… the school has definitely changed.” It definitely helped me stay in the role.” Dr. Candace N. Hall Dr. Candace N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

“Once effective, the change at Buffalo State will also reflect its comprehensive academic offerings, including 79 competitive undergraduate programs and 64 rigorous graduate programs, and its outreach to traditional, nontraditional, and international students. We expect to make a formal announcement early in 2023."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Black students know more than what those damn tests claim to measure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the growing diversity at higher education institutions across the nation, too many student-athletes still find that they’re the “first” or the “only one” on their team or in their department. The forum also focused on the intersectional identities of student-athletes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

He fears that the attacks on diversity will likely increase as the 2024 presidential election grows nearer. “I am definitely concerned, but that’s why I wanted to be in this space,” said Foster. Martínez-Alemán, president of ASHE said that this year’s conference is committed to interrogating purposes and practices within higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But they are often poorly compensated, and student debt is a problem,” said U.S. Public service jobs include public education, social work, and early childhood education — it’s already in the definition. Early childhood educators help young children learn, grow, and thrive. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Faculty members, Brown recalls, were worried that students would use ChatGPT to cheat and bypass any difficulties they encountered, negatively impacting learning. But this method led to its own problems, including students’ work being falsely flagged as AI-generated. Dr. Joseph F. Brown A perfect solution was not easy to find.

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