Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

Mary’s College of Maryland’s seventh president and the first Black woman to hold the title, is reflecting on 11 years of service, feeling pride in her commitment to equity and the college’s continued growth. Faculty will come and faculty will go, but that site will remain. Tuajuanda Jordan, St. It took perseverance.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

From the heart of tradition and the fire of resistance, a new wave of graduate programs in higher education administration is emergingbold, equity-centered, and unapologetically Black. Faculty are not just instructorsthey are mentors, guides, and co-conspirators in the work of equity and justice. We are investing in faculty.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Dr. Alfred McQuarters An Examination: Persisting Equity Gaps While student access to transfer-level Math and English courses has increased, the completion equity gaps that persist among Black and Latinx students warrant deeper scrutiny. This leadership requires courage, creativity, and an unapologetic commitment to equity.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

Tyson Brown Dr. Tyson Brown, professor of sociology and associate professor in medicine at Duke University, has been named director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, effective July 1, according to Duke Today. Brown succeeds Dr. William A. Sandy”) Darity Jr., the Cook Center’s founding director.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Shaun Harper, University of Southern California; Dr. Dawn Johnson, Syracuse University; Dr. Candace Maddox Moore, University of Maryland, College Park Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Be unapologetic about your work. Trust in the possibility of achieving the impossible, even when it feels out of reach.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

Throughout his career, Garcia has remained steadfast in his commitment to equity in higher education—a passion that has defined his professional journey and transformed the landscape of Colorado’s educational institutions. “My

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2025

Grambling State helped shape the legacy of my own family, and I am honored to continue that legacy through a commitment to excellence, care, community, and equity." As a scholar-activist, Burrell-Craft has built her career around addressing educational equity in urban and rural contexts.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2025

Roshaunda Breeden never expected to become a faculty member at North Carolina State University (NC State), the very same institution where her journey in higher education began. It feels like a dream come true, says Breeden, who is an assistant professor of higher education opportunity, equity, and justice at NC State.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Title: Associate Professor Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.S Aim for steady progress.

Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Chan School of Public Health Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Always strive to see the bigger picturehow your teaching, research, and advocacy can ripple outward to impact lives. She says that she aims to help students recognize how power, equity, and inclusion shape healthcare outcomes.

Therapist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This fundamental change reversed thinking about the equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment and galvanized states to reconsider their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Establishing a cultural inclusivity and equity function on the board will illuminate these values. Dr. Margaretta B.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

The fellowship program will also be available to Howard's faculty members. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist is on Howards faculty as well as award-winning writer Ta-Nehesi Coates, who is the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair at the university. Howard's Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Anthony K. Dr. Ibram X.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. Those changes came shortly after the hire of Dean Raul Reis, who joined the Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July 2022 with a platform that honored the values of equity and diversity.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2025

The Black Males in Engineering (BME) video series, led by UW-Madison School of Education faculty member Dr. Brian Burt, recently received a Silver Telly Award in the Campaign – Education & Training category.

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

While typically a routine approval, Ono's candidacy has drawn unprecedented political attention due to his previous statements supporting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The energy here at the University of Florida is palpable, and I am eager to join the wonderful students, faculty and staff of the Gator Nation.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A California native, legislator, father and lifelong advocate for equity and education, Gipson has committed years to ensuring Black and historically marginalized students have the resources they need. Its an equity issue, she added. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts. Garcia asked.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Morris will succeed Winn, who is the Excellence in Learning Graduate School of Education Professor at Stanford University and faculty director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning's Equity in Learning initiative and was named one of Diverse's top 40 women in higher education in March 2025.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

This interdisciplinary group brings together faculty, researchers, staff, and students to develop innovative solutions for improving recruitment, engagement, and retention. Morgan State's initiative comes at a critical time when higher education institutions nationwide are grappling with enrollment challenges.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 28, 2025

The CDCs study represents the best of public-facing science: its evidence-based, transparent, and focused on improving equity. Its a win for public health, for special education, and for racial equity. Faculty working in controversial or misunderstood fields face online harassment. Public universities face funding cuts.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

The college has achieved these results while serving many lower-income students, showing how intentional support systems can close equity gaps in higher education.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Delta’s Guiding Pillars: Equity and Completion Led by Gavin, the Delta faculty and staff are focused on two key pillars: equity and completion. Over 200 students participated in the program’s first nine months and were mentored by Delta faculty and staff members. “The We serve a very diverse area.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. In Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries , Dr. Katie S.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

McClure begins his inquiry by exploring the ways in which the pandemic caused faculty and staff, like their counterparts in other professions, to interrogate workplace cultural norms. As McClure contends, shared governance that includes staff, faculty, students, and alumni is not a luxury or radical activism.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2025

The move also brings academic prestige, allowing institutions to attract terminal-degree faculty and expand their research capabilities. If they don’t, there will be considerable faculty burnout. Moreover, these types of changes are going to take additional funding to hire more faculty,” she adds.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Burke added that "Sudha's accomplishments and skill set as a dean and faculty member fit well with the aspirations of LSAC in its next chapter." "Sudha has a compelling vision for LSAC and will inspire us all to even greater achievements," said Scheller.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This past summer, the Campaign for College Opportunity released a brief under their Affirming Equity, Ensuring Inclusion, Empowering Action initiative that sheds light on the college preparation, access and success trends for multiple groups within the U.S. Asian American and NHPI populations, among the fastest-growing in the nation.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2025

Emmanuel Lalande Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have always stood on the frontlines of educational equity, carving pathways to excellence for generations of Black students against overwhelming odds. Their call for “AI for Equity” aligns with the HBCU mission like no other. Other foundations should follow suit.

Inclusion

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.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2025

In fact, some college leaders say that with the continued attack on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, now is the time more than ever to remember Kings contributions. Every third Monday in January, millions of Americans pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and this year is no different.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. Theotis Robinson Jr.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

You must set aside your personal experiences and biases and recognize the unique challenges today’s underrepresented students face, whether academic or otherwise, particularly on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

My doctoral dissertation was on motivating at-risk students through creating a sense of belonging, and my focus on equity and social justice work is not just an academic pursuit, who I am defines how I do the work of college president. I am a responsible steward of public funds, an enabler of equity, and a lover of knowledge.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2025

Rather, its about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming upwith new innovations that benefit everyday people particularlythose in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campusis located. One project is meantto strengthen Marylands oyster industry.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College's inaugural vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution, alleging retaliatory termination after she reported racial and disability discrimination concerns. MATC officials maintain that the allegations are unfounded.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. And the presidents commission on diversity, equity and inclusion at her university has since become the presidents commission on access, opportunity and community.

Mathematics