Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

from North Carolina Central University - will conduct research on mental health and wellbeing among college students while pursuing their master's degrees in higher education and student affairs. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025. Dr. Martino Harmon, MCT Foundation Chair.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

While colleges are beginning to support formerly incarcerated students, few have strategies to address the needs of students like Maria loved ones of incarcerated peoplemany of whom are college students themselves. These family members are a largely invisible population within the basic needs movement in higher education.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While that generosity of spirit is appreciated, we think it’s time to say thanks and ask how those collective energies could be harnessed to fight students’ hunger, rather than just feed them. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. Martin has since retired, and the college is now led by President Anthony Cruz, who is Hispanic.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2025

Gaby Pacheco The detention of Dreamers has intensified the spotlight on immigration issues in higher education. A 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Utah with no criminal record, Goncalves was stopped by a Mesa County (Colo.) He was unaware the information would be used in other ways.

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. Some of the programming is for prelaw [students] only, some for traditional undergraduates in mentoring, and some for currently incarcerated students.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

That is largely because these justice-impacted students are often invisible to educators, their identities simply erased. Being members of an unprotected class (a term used by Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez ) limits the potential for higher education to transform the lives of people affected by the justice system.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The significant advances they will drive in higher education will serve as a testament to the enduring legacy of Dr. Melvin C. Terrell said foundation chair, Dr. Martino Harmon, who is also the Vice President for Student Life at the University of Michigan. Janella Benson is a Ph.D. Jayla Moody Marshall is a Ph.D.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This shift in perception must also extend beyond K-12 education to colleges and universities. we examine how Black male students and professionals in higher education face discrimination, microaggressions, and Racial Battle Fatigue. In another one of our op-eds, “Is the Black Man the Bogeyman in the Ivory Tower? "

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Mitra, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management at Queensborough Community College (QCC) in New York City, who was previously interviewed by Diverse about the NSCRC report last fall, said the college did see an increase in new student enrollment, but that included transfers and readmits. Dr. Brian R.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“The formal work of AANAPISI at UCLA is in its very early stages, but it builds upon a legacy of programs in many different units across the campus such as academic and student affairs, admissions, academic support and retention programs, and alumni affairs,” said Yoo.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2025

Graham has been named Vice President for Student Affairs at Florida Memorial University. Graham Tymon M. Previously, Graham served as the Director for Administration and Research Strategy of the Dr. N.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. As one of the few Latina provosts in higher education, the Seal holds personal significance for me,” Duran-Cerda says. Santiago and Sarita E.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2025

DeQuan Smith-Murry As the Morehouse School of Medicine seeks to expand its reach by establishing regional campuses throughout the nation, providing effective and efficient student services will be paramount to its success. That job falls to Dr. DeQuan Smith-Murry, assistant dean of student affairs at Morehouse’s medical school.

Student wellbeing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2025

is an associate professor & program director of Higher Education & Student Affairs in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership, & Policy in the School of Education & Urban Studies at Morgan State University. I welcome it. __ Dr. Steve D. Mobley, Jr.,

Low income student

Knack

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By leveraging the expertise and scalability of private organizations, colleges can strengthen both academic and student affairs in meaningful ways. Public-private partnerships offer a strategic way to bridge resource gaps, enabling institutions to maintain critical services and drive innovation despite limited budgets.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She is an associate professor and graduate program coordinator for the MA in Higher Education at Montclair State University. from the prestigious Higher and Postsecondary Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Vega earned her Ed.D.

University

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Higher education becomes even more expensive when students receive their financial aid offers – and theyre smaller than everyone hoped. Look for Additional Scholarships or Grants There are often many scholarships available that dont require a full-time student status or are not widely advertised.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2025

She previously served as the Associate Dean of Student Support Services and Director of Student Success and Support Services at Long Beach City College.

Student affairs

Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

In higher education, successful implementation often means rethinking long-standing processes, habits, and team dynamics. Start by asking these three essential questions to ensure your investment drives real results: How will this software help more students succeed? Are You Enabling for Impactor Just Implementing Tools ?

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

DAndra Mullis a seasoned student affairs leader and practitioner-scholar, who is dedicated to leading organizations and initiatives that uplift and enable a comprehensively excellent student experience.As

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Realigning TM 2 to enhance the leadership initiatives for our member schools at the executive level is essential to the future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) and predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and the students they serve, says Dr. Harry L.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Since the election resulted in the re-election of former President Donald Trump, the outlook for HBCUs appears mixed at best, given his previous administration's handling of higher education and racial equity issues.

Educational leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2025

Just months later, Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, vice president for student affairs at historically Black Lincoln University of Missouri, died by suicide after alleging workplace bullying. The program continued shortly afterward. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) aren’t exempt.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The intergenerational benefits of a college education are massive, and they begin accruing when both parent and child are in school at the same time. The good news is that two-generation models are increasingly common in higher education, and evaluations of both short and longer-term effects are promising, especially for Black families.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Twelve years ago, in his book Strategic Diversity Leadership: Activating Change and Transformation in Higher Education , DEI scholar and thought leader Dr. Damon A. Additionally, the rising cost of college tuition disproportionately affects students from lower-income families, further exacerbating the barriers to higher education.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2025

Drawing on the work of those who study higher education issues particularly, faculty and researchers in higher education and student affairs programs will be helpful for understanding how to successfully flourish professionally.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2025

Additionally, the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs will be absorbed into the Office of Student Affairs as part of the restructuring. Harvard's moves come as the Trump administration has intensified pressure on higher education institutions over diversity, equity and inclusion programming.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

Dwight Sanchez In todays hyper-competitive higher education landscape, the challenges facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are immense. They also engage parents and community leaders as ambassadorstapping into local trust networks.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

He currently serves as past chair of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Certified Financial Aid Administrator Program. Slaughter earned a bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music and a master of science in student affairs administration from Indiana University.

Director of financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The panel was organized by the Melvin C.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Terrell Educational Foundation. The panel included Drs. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

The winners of this year's Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs gathered at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) conference in Chicago to accept an award jointly presented by ACPA and Diverse. Student Affairs staff and students from Elon University, one of this year's honorees.

Student affairs