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. For instance, The center that Chancler directs was once known as The Center for Multiculturalism and Inclusivity. Now its just The Center.

Mathematics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

A federal judge in New Hampshire delivered a significant legal victory Thursday for proponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in education by granting a preliminary injunction against the U.S. The Department of Education has not issued a public response to the court's decision.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Now I do work in higher education politics and policies, analyzing the legislative bans against critical race theory (CRT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), says Briscoe.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

Additionally, creating safe, inclusive environments where students from all backgrounds feel respected and valued could help ease parental anxieties about discrimination and cultural misunderstandings. It shouldnt have to be an either-or choice between academic excellence and diversity, or between cultural connection and integration.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2025

Analysts have documented a $12 billion disparity in funding between land-grant HBCUs and their non-HBCU peers, despite legal mandates for equal funding. This is what a smart investment looks like: Strategic, inclusive, evidence-based, rooted in community, and poised for scalable success.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

This downgrade is not an isolated incident; instead, it is the culmination of destabilizing factors, including funding cuts and the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which are transforming the environment surrounding U.S. higher education. higher education institutions.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Unlike traditional academic organizations that can be exclusive or rigid in their scope, BWSA is intentionally inclusive, embracing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to the field of Black Womens Studies. We kept saying there should be an organization that highlights how our work connects rather than divides.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

In a climate where DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is being vilified, this year's panels didn't hold back. Say the words :Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Inclusion means everyone belongs, he said. Alford, SVP, The Grio. They urged us to stop abbreviating DEI. Diversity is what makes America what it is.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

These statistics underscore the ongoing challenges in creating truly inclusive pathways to the legal profession," noted Dr. Tiffane Cochran, Vice President of Research at AccessLex Institute. In comparison, white students receive aid packages averaging $39,400, with 55% in federal loans and 36% in institutional grants.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I dont take for granted that Ive had so many mentors and people that have come before me who believed in me when I may not necessarily have believed in myself, she emphasizes.

Mentoring

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Corporate Partnerships: Forge partnerships with corporations to secure additional funding for scholarships and grants. Adjust Strategies: Use data to adjust financial aid strategies to meet the evolving needs of families and to promote diversity and inclusion. Their positive experiences can encourage other families to apply.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She has a record of achievement in a number of areas including student success, enrollment management, faculty development, research, academic program quality, strategic initiatives and partnerships, equity and inclusion, and fundraising.

University

COE

JULY 31, 2025

billion), Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($910 million), and CCAMPIS (funded at $75 million). The bill also maintains the maximum Pell Grant award of $7,395. The legislation also provides level-funding for several other higher education programs, including GEAR UP (funded at $330 million), Federal Work-Study (funded at $1.2

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2025

Department of Education, with a federal judge ordering the reinstatement of a key grant that was terminated earlier this year over allegations of illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The court's ruling was particularly pointed in its criticism of the Education Department's decision to terminate the grant.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

Shaun Harper In a powerful defense of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education, Dr. Shaun Harper, Provost Professor of Education, Public Policy, and Business at the University of Southern California, presented evidence-based testimony before the U.S.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

These demands reportedly extend far beyond addressing antisemitism, including new speech restrictions, elimination of all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and mandatory cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security. Kirsten Weld, professor of History and president of the AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter. "If

Administration

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 17, 2025

Break down what financial aid entails: scholarships, need-based grants, payment plans, or tuition discounts. Schools can create a welcoming environment by using inclusive language that reassures families they will be supported regardless of their financial situation.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Fostering a deeper understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at U.S. The conversation, titled, "Championing Inclusion: The Impact of DEI Programs in Higher Education,” provided valuable insights on navigating challenges and championing inclusion in the evolving landscape of academia.

Higher education

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 31, 2025

Identity Verification : Industry-standard identity verification tools, such as ID.me, confirm the applicants identity before granting access to their tax data. Enhanced Equity : Schools can ensure that aid is awarded fairly and consistently, supporting broader goals of accessibility and inclusion.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

Federal policy recommendations include implementing institutional scorecards reporting effectiveness in serving Black students, encouraging accrediting agencies to include success metrics for Black students in quality assessments, and increasing Pell Grant amounts to cover full attendance costs at public institutions.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2025

This development comes in the wake of the Department's recent decision to cancel $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University, citing the institution's alleged failure to address antisemitism.

Education

COE

MAY 2, 2025

TRIO is the insurance policy for the Pell Grant, said Maureen Hoyler, COE Senior Advisor and past president. TRIO Student Support Services, in particular, raises completion rates for Pell Grant recipients and ensures our federal investment results in degrees, not dropouts.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Adequate financial support–including grants, scholarships, and subsidized loans–is available to help underserved students, including but not limited to Black students, afford to attend without accumulating excessive debt.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

It accomplishes this with initiatives such as the analytic hub, grant proposal workshops, and PEER mentoring programs. She noted that Dr. Muldrow taught her grant writing, a skill that has proven invaluable in her current position. The Threats to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Such spaces are crucial in todays diverse landscape.

Inclusion

COE

JULY 9, 2025

Mitchem Click to view the page: Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students Blog Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students by Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D. Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Compton College President Dr. Keith Curry is calling on California's top state leaders to include funding for a Black-Serving Institutions grant program in the state budget after legislation establishing the program stalled in the legislature due to fiscal constraints.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

All three of these initiatives the refugee course, the ARISE program and the multilingual writing center are funded through federal grants for schools designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution or AANAPISI. The department administers grants for AANAPISIs and MSIs. San Antonio College.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Several states have already dismantled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, and other states anticipate something similar coming their way. As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Enrollment will begin in fall 2025.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2025

Following the President’s executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion, many organizations began scrubbing their websites, shuttering DEI offices, and disbanding committees with diversity and equity in their titles. This raises a couple of lessons that can be learned as higher ed institutions look ahead.

University

COE

JULY 24, 2025

Mitchem Click to view the page: Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students Blog Why Trump’s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students by Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D. Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

First generation

COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Funds are to be drawn only to meet a grantee’s immediate cash needs for each grant. Programs can continue to draw down funds as they usually do. COE recommends that grantees keep their regular business routine the same.

Student loans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

The largest share of ED employees work in the federal student aid office, making any disruption potentially catastrophic for institutions that rely on revenue from student charges provided by federal student loans and Pell Grants.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2025

District Court for the District of Maryland has granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on parts of two executive orders issued by President Donald J. Trump that sought to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs among federal government grantees and contractors, which includes most colleges and universities.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Trump's executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, delivering a significant blow to the administrations efforts to curtail such initiatives in federal contracting and higher education. This compromise approach maintains oversight capabilities while protecting organizations from immediate adverse actions.

Inclusion

COE

JUNE 3, 2025

Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

First generation

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

One of us is a Latina Pell Grant recipient who has spent the past two years visiting more than 80 colleges and universities across the country, speaking directly with first-generation and low-income students. Congress must act to protect TRIO and reaffirm America’s promise: that where you begin in life should not determine where you end up.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

However, what the newly released House Antisemitism Staff Report demonstrates is that is not the path on which they are being led. We need reforms. We need to fix what is happening on our college campuses.We

Student success