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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This process facilitates the introspection required for transformative teaching and learning our students deserve. I firmly believe perception informs pedagogy.

Mentoring

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college.

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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

At Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), we take a slightly different approach to supporting the mental health of our students, centering around facilitating access and removing barriers to care. A primary component of this approach involves integrating mental health support with other basic student wellness services.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

To facilitate and sustain positive changes in the academy, influence and pressure from both internal and external sources are necessary. As potential financial contributors to their alma maters, alumni are in an especially interesting position to advocate for an institutional environment that affirms and supports people of color.

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UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative and HBCUv Platform are Driving Transformational Change Through Innovation and Alliances

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2025

Because of CPI, institutions could say, Hey, I may not necessarily have the economic resources to facilitate what it is that I'm trying to do, but through this collaborative effort, I can actually achieve something that I would not have necessarily been able to achieve had I not had those resources available, says Richardson.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

To implement a sense of compassion, educators must be committed to a flexible process facilitated through positive communication and transparency. Moreover, school counselors are positioned to facilitate individual and group counseling to assist with study skills, stress, anxiety, and social-emotional learning development.

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HBCU Leaders Gather to Create Blueprint for Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for strategic partnerships at the United Negro College Fund facilitates a session at the H.E.L.F Attendees were encouraged to talk through case studies and were guided by facilitators: Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for Strategic Partnerships at the United Negro College Fund; Dr. M.C.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

For example, he founded and facilitates the Culture Counts Reading Series, a bi-weekly poetry reading, writing and discussion workshop featuring works by San Jos poets. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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Why We Can’t Wait: The Early Learning Imperative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

For one, it would facilitate parental participation in the workforce. Critically, it would eliminate the income thresholds that currently trap many working families in a cycle of insufficient support and unaffordable care. Many families face significant barriers when safe and enriching early learning environments are unavailable.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

For example, he founded and facilitates the Culture Counts Reading Series, a bi-weekly poetry reading, writing and discussion workshop featuring works by San Jos poets. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

Teaching

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The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

We support the principles and ideals underlying the purpose of higher education and the missions of our institutions that make the case for immigration and supporting immigrant-origin students.

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Study Reveals Majority of College Students Feel Free to Express Opinions on Campus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2025

While students broadly believe their college facilitates free expression on campus, some topics and opinions evoke more hesitation than others," the report notes. Notably, the study identified a disconnect between students' perceptions of how freely certain viewpoints can be expressed on campus versus their own personal experiences.

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New Jersey's Free Teletherapy Program Delivers 78,000 Mental Health Sessions to College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

The platform has also served as a critical safety net, facilitating over 1,075 crisis connections with three active rescues resulting in hospitalizations for intensive care. A substantial portion of students also sought services in languages other than English, highlighting the importance of linguistic accessibility in mental health care.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. UM also has the Office of Native American Affairs, which facilitates communication and consultation with tribal nations to improve UM systemwide to better serve Native communities and learners.

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Promises, Promises: Agency, Self-Actualization, the Higher Ed Social Contract

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Yet these options have, in some cases, facilitated greater social isolation and disconnect from the environments, relationships and resources provided to support student success. Virtual learning requires additional readiness data, as well as mechanisms for tracking and for guaranteeing support.

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Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S.

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Dr. Robin DiAngelo, University of Washington

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

In addition to her academic work, Dr. DiAngelo has been a consultant, educator and facilitator for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice.She has worked with a wide range of organizations including private, non-profit, and governmental.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

But whats much less clear is how to facilitate, engender, or boost belonging for all students, using theory as a blueprint. J'Quen Johnson RECOMMENDATIONS: BELONGING 2.0 & To this, we etched a few recommendations for promising practices on the canvas of gathered minds.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Im accountable for facilitating access to quality, culturally relevant instruction and services designed to prepare students for fulfilling careers and to help empower lives of civic engagement. For example, what happens when one communitys priorities conflict with anothers or when a decision makes a claim to me but not to the whole me?

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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2022

We sought to combine Randy’s knowledge of computer science from an academic perspective and its practical application in the economy with my experience facilitating many partnerships between K-12 schools, higher education institutions, corporations, and non-profit entities.

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From Controllers to Careers: Using Esports to Develop Tech Skills in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Furthermore, involvement in esports can provide opportunities for students to delve into coding, game development tools, and software customization that can facilitate practical experience in programming, game design, and software development.

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Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman’s cohort – LCC1 – will facilitate faculty training in values of equity, social justice, and inclusive pedagogy; elevate student voices; improve the student experience; and engage faculty, staff, and students in making sustainable changes to introductory course curriculum.

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Morehouse Alumnus Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Named 13th President of His Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

He received the College's highest alumni honorthe Bennie Trailblazer Awardin 2019 and has facilitated pipeline programs between the University of Michigan and Atlanta University Center institutions. Beyond his own undergraduate experience as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.,

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Ohio State, Uwill Partner to Provide Teletherapy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2024

As such, Ohio State is collaborating with mental health and wellness solution Uwill , whose proprietary technology enables students to facilitate appointments with licensed mental health counselors based on their needs and preferences.

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University of San Diego Recruiting Students for Restorative Justice Master's Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Master of Arts in Restorative Justice Facilitation and Leadership – from USD's School of Leadership and Education Science – seeks to teach students how to guide restorative justice processes and foster healing in response to incidents of harm.

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Additional COD System Implementation for 2025–26 Award Year (June 2025)

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JUNE 13, 2025

Scheduled System Outage To facilitate… More » Additional COD System Implementation for 2025–26 Award Year (June 2025) The post Additional COD System Implementation for 2025–26 Award Year (June 2025) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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New Guidebook Offers Best Practices in Suicide Response

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

It offers evidence-based guidelines and protocols on how to: engage with law enforcement, communicate with campus officials and the residential community, facilitate rapid support, memorialize the deceased, and plan for long-term and future approaches to prevention and postvention.

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Mott Community College Receives $156,000 for Initiative to Support Immigrant, Refugee, and First-Generation Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“This initiative includes strategic outreach, community partnerships, sustainable resource initiatives, and crucial support services, all with the goal of empowering students and facilitating a smooth transition into education and training for the immigrant communities in the Greater Flint area.” The grant – from the Michigan Dept.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Mentorship, Community Building, & Collaborative Partnerships : Encouraging administrators to establish mentorship programs and affinity groups can facilitate connections and provide spaces for minoritized students to share experiences, challenges, and successes. We cannot support people if we do not know what they need.

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A2MEND, University of La Verne Partner to Empower African American Male Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The award facilitates a range of educational pathways, encompassing online, certificate, bachelor's, master's, and doctorate programs. Award amounts will vary depending on program and incoming student status.

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Benedict College Joins Campaign to Eliminate Period Poverty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Benedict College joined the campaign to eliminate period poverty by facilitating a "I Support My Sisters…PERIOD" special collection event. “As Roslyn Clark Artis, the president of Benedict College and Morgan Miles, Miss Benedict College 2023-24, will co-host a program on Saturday March 16, titled “I Support My Sisters…PERIOD!”

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Ariella Robbins, Villanova University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She led a partnership between the Universitys Office of Human Resources and the Villanova Initiative to Support Inclusiveness and Build Leaders to plan and facilitate Hiring for Villanovas Future training for employees serving on search committees.

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McGrath Named President of Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

Her deep understanding of our System's principles will facilitate seamless collaboration with her peers, driving our collective success.”

Mental health

Mental health Facilitation Collaboration Inclusion

Howard Joins Atlanta University Center Institutions in EDTECH Africa Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2024

Agency for International Development will invest $850,000 to facilitate EDTECH Africa between HBCUs and Kenyan universities. Microsoft will invest $500,000 to support HBCU and Kenyan students engaged in research at the Microsoft Africa Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. The dashboard is available through the Office of Student Success. “By

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Get Comfortable Being Hated

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Dr. Marcus Bright is a scholar and social impact facilitator. Get comfortable being hated because haters and hate are “onboard gratuities” that we accept and authorize when we board the ship to the destination of greatness.

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Facilitation Faculty Students

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Establishes Latino Association

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) has established the VP&S Latino Association, a group that aims to foster development, presence, and belonging of the Latino community at the medical school.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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Yale Pledges $10M Toward HBCU Partnerships, Following Slavery Apology

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Also, it is set to increase the number of HBCU graduates who participate in post-baccalaureate programs that facilitate opportunities to conduct independent research under the supervision of a faculty member, meet first-year graduate students, and participate in workshops that prepare them for application to Ph.D. programs.

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Facilitation Collaboration First generation Faculty

Indiana University Launches Global Gateway office in Ghana

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

The IU Ghana Gateway, part of the university’s 2030 strategic plan, is in the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Airport Residential District in Accra and serves as a hub to support IU in Ghana.

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Active Minds’ 2023 Emerging Scholars Break Down Mental Health Barriers

Active Minds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Active Minds is excited to empower our scholars and see how their projects facilitate change and pave the way towards a more inclusive, just society. Her interest broadly includes facilitating authenticity, freedom, and emotional ex pression through innovation and creation pertaining to diverse Black psychological experiences.

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Mental health Facilitation Counseling First generation

Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

We have the first and only comprehensive consortium agreement between HBCUs six institutions that have signed up to facilitate seamless course sharing among their institutions and to share data into a centralized repository because we're connected to their SIS system.

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Art Institute School System Announces Sudden Closure at End of Month

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The system is working with other partners to facilitate student transfers, according to its website. Student Justice Perez Sanders, 16, was only able to retrieve some of her art portfolio because she was not able to access the school’s servers. She worked really hard to build that,” said her mother, Sara Perez Sanders.

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University of Vermont Launches ‘Grow Local News Reporting’ Effort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Our mandate is to facilitate collaboration, learning, and growth across this field of reporting programs to ensure its sustainability in an otherwise volatile news industry.” “Student reporters now provide millions of people with professional coverage of local issues,” said Dr. Richard Watts, director of the Center for Community News.

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University Facilitation Collaboration Grant

Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Trending Sources

An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

UNCF's Career Pathways Initiative and HBCUv Platform are Driving Transformational Change Through Innovation and Alliances

Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

HBCU Leaders Gather to Create Blueprint for Future of Higher Education

A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

Why We Can’t Wait: The Early Learning Imperative

A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

Study Reveals Majority of College Students Feel Free to Express Opinions on Campus

New Jersey's Free Teletherapy Program Delivers 78,000 Mental Health Sessions to College Students

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Promises, Promises: Agency, Self-Actualization, the Higher Ed Social Contract

Don’t Just Witness History; Seize the Opportunity to Shape It

Dr. Robin DiAngelo, University of Washington

A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Leading From the Intersection

Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

From Controllers to Careers: Using Esports to Develop Tech Skills in Higher Education

Furman University and 14 Others Collectively Awarded $8.625 Million to Improve Inclusion for STEM Students

Morehouse Alumnus Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Named 13th President of His Alma Mater

Ohio State, Uwill Partner to Provide Teletherapy

University of San Diego Recruiting Students for Restorative Justice Master's Program

Additional COD System Implementation for 2025–26 Award Year (June 2025)

New Guidebook Offers Best Practices in Suicide Response

Mott Community College Receives $156,000 for Initiative to Support Immigrant, Refugee, and First-Generation Students

Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

A2MEND, University of La Verne Partner to Empower African American Male Scholars

Benedict College Joins Campaign to Eliminate Period Poverty

Ariella Robbins, Villanova University

McGrath Named President of Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School

Howard Joins Atlanta University Center Institutions in EDTECH Africa Initiative

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Get Comfortable Being Hated

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Establishes Latino Association

University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Yale Pledges $10M Toward HBCU Partnerships, Following Slavery Apology

Indiana University Launches Global Gateway office in Ghana

Active Minds’ 2023 Emerging Scholars Break Down Mental Health Barriers

Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Art Institute School System Announces Sudden Closure at End of Month

University of Vermont Launches ‘Grow Local News Reporting’ Effort

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