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. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Course-pass rates are two percentage points higher after faculty have attended a Hub course.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. strategies that directly support Black student success; 2.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

Twenty-three universities are expected to receive a share of $4.6 million to advance Black student success in California. It will help fund programs and projects that meet recommendations outlined in the Black Student Success report released in June 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. A 2023 report by the Community College Research Center found that only 16% of community college students earned a bachelors program within six years and just 10% of low-income students did. At the same time, faculty helped us navigate practical roadblocks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sophia Rahming is single-handedly helping to revolutionize peer-to-peer learning at Florida State University (FSU). It was originally conceived and developed at the University of Colorado Boulder and has since grown to more than 120 other colleges. But how do you do that with a class of 400 students? The concept is quite simple.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2024

Six individuals have been recognized in The California State University’s (CSU) first-ever Black Student Success Scholarship Program. Each will receive a $5,000 award for the 2024-25 academic year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

Kizartwho is director of student success at Tidewater Community Collegeconsistently bridges theory and practice through authentic school-based scenarios that illustrate how biases manifest in educational contexts. Her own experiences as an African American educator inform the text without overshadowing its universal applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

In his speech titled, "From Mirage to Oasis: The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Opportunity for All," Baston noted that food and housing insecurity and access to the internet, are among the litany of challenges that continue to serve as barriers to student success. In the opening keynote to the conference, Dr. Michael A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

The announcement drew enthusiastic support at the Higher Education Leadership Foundation convening at Claflin University on Thursday, where Wilks was in attendance and received thunderous applause when her appointment was announced. "I in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Zion Church."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans.

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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. It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the aftermath of the Presidential election, a new report outlines the importance of colleges and universities prioritizing civic education. higher education institutions can strengthen democracy by prioritizing civic engagement and civic education in the student experience. released a white paper that outlines how U.S.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. We are fully committed to first-generation students, but commitment is just the start. Edward’s University following the introduction by President Johnson in 1972. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The annual meeting—now in its 11 th year—comes as many universities are struggling to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted study abroad programs across the world. Centering student equity and pushing institutions to be more intentional in building inclusive student success, is a central part of the five-day convening. “The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Jonathan D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A landing page for student-facing websites at University of Michigan and Amherst College, just to name a few. Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Jonathan D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. Increased faculty communication and outreach began with the fruitful communications participants had with other members of the CCLP Roadrunner cohort.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population. Institutions must respect this reality by maximizing flexibility for learners and structure their programs to promote student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Since witnessing this, Gavin has spent his career working towards reducing inequities for historically marginalized students. Dr. Michael Gavin Delta College is a two-year public community college in University Center, Michigan. One way Delta is investing in student success and support is through mentorship.

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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. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. Dr. Carl B.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

When we received the federal COVID funds, it allowed for students to be able to take summer school courses and not have to worry about the tuition of those classes,” said Dr. Dwayne L. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

Often missing is educators having compassion and understanding the root cause of students actions that shifted to them being disciplined to implementing restorative justice measures. This happens by first acknowledging structural issues and then reducing negative impacts on students (Hill et al., Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Tanya J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2025

Jessica Lavariega Monforti California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) has appointed Dr. Jessica Lavariega Monforti as its new Provost, the university announced Wednesday. Together, we will advance innovation, promote student success, and expand pathways to social mobility."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Jennifer Sramek The student-led campaign is commendable, but the community college stigma doesn’t only affect students. Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Educators from a variety of community colleges shared how student success and sense of belonging is vital to meeting their local workforce needs, and how their unique geographic locations, demographic growth, and regional needs have influenced how they connect with big industry and small to mid-sized businesses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has launched a digital toolkit to help higher education governing boards proactively oversee equitable student success. When I started at AGB, the Board of Directors, staff, and I incorporated student success into the association’s vision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

On Monday, October 28, Believe in Students is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m. EST to share insights on student success and rising college costs, expressing the urgency of the curriculum. The most recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that more than 40 million students in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. But students were not the only party to benefit from the program, the report noted.

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