Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Achieving and maintaining a healthy balance between physical, emotional, and social functioning is critical for psychological wellness and optimal academic performance in higher education. We urge higher education institutions to prioritize culture when implementing mental health programs and strategies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2025

Beginning with the first contact with a foreign language, students develop a new perception of reality. A man has a leg and a foot, as does a dog or a cat; not so to the Spanish speaker who uses a completely different word for the leg of a man (pierna) and that of an animal (pata), the word for an animal’s leg including also the foot.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Hoa Nguyen, an assistant professor of education at New York University, the refugee course, the multilingual writing center and ARISE program all serve as prime examples of the kind of culturally relevant courses and programming that help students from this demographic succeed. ARISE helped me find a community at Mt.

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COE

JUNE 11, 2025

Aaron Brown is the executive vice president of the Council for Opportunity in Education and a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus. Representative Steven Horsford’s Inspirational Journey Blog From TRIO to the Halls of Congress: U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2025

To help students develop these crucial workplace skills, many universities are integrating career readiness programs across their curricula and co-curricular activities. VanDerziel emphasized the particular value of paid internships in gaining practical experience and developing workplace-ready skills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

According to Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, in his text titled Student Development Theory in Higher Education: A Social Psychological Approach , these concepts were derived as necessary support that would allow young Black men who were first-time freshmen to enter an entirely new environment with a greater sense of self and belonging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab, is providing faculty, staff and managers with actionable strategies to address college students’ basic needs. “How the new majority of students attends and experiences higher education is poorly understood by the American public and constantly given short shrift by mainstream media,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Whitney McDowell-Robison Whitney McDowell-Robison has been appointed vice president for student development and engagement at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. in urban higher education, both from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

She serves as the Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and chair of the department of organizational leadership, policy, and development at the University of Minnesota.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Higher education is a ladder to social and economic mobility and stability, and learning certain skills like leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving and communication, can make the difference in a graduate feeling their time in postsecondary education was both worth the expense and helped them achieve life goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2023

Delnita Evans dreams of being a dean because she wants to help underrepresented students succeed. “I We weren’t graduating,” said the master’s candidate in higher education student affairs at the Morgan State University School of Education & Urban Studies. I never thought it was possible for someone like me.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

“People, in different ways, became less connected, and there were fewer students coming back to college and so on. So I think a lot of institutional leaders have been concerned about making sure students develop that sense of connection. And I think Caring Campus challenges that in a lot of ways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

He previously served as president of Pasco-Hernando State College, where he also worked as vice president of student development and enrollment management. Timothy Beard has been named interim president of Florida A&M University. Dr. Timothy Beard He is expected to assume the position Aug. 5, pending contract negotiations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

The Miami Herald recently published an article about how anchor higher education institutions in the area like Florida International University, Florida Memorial University, and Miami Dade College among others are expanding their programming in an effort to better prepare locals for jobs in the region’s booming tech sector.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There is a clear disconnect between how students and employers perceive students’ development of these competencies,” said NACE President and CEO Shawn VanDerziel. For all but one of the competencies, college students believe they are more proficient than do their potential employers.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

LSAMP is expected to use a comprehensive approach to STEM learning ecosystem to impact STEM student development and retention. “This is important and valuable for the communities and populations we serve. It is good for the region.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

For generations, STEM education has remained an integral approach to learning and development, helping students develop the critical thinking tools that are vital to an ever-evolving world. Solongo Chuluunbaatar is an educator and researcher with a mathematics and science education background.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 3, 2024

The efforts across Southern states to educate students, develop our workforce, and equip them for the jobs of today and tomorrow have significantly contributed to the South now leading the North in GDP growth,” said Kemp. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Students develop competency in leading therapeutic groups, implementing crisis and case management, prescribing psychotropic medications, and conducting psychotherapy. The programs are designed to meet the national competencies for PMHNP set forth by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

David Radwin The brief, " Redrawing the Starting Line: Advancing Equity in Adult Learners’ Developmental Education Outcomes ", compared transfer-level English and math course completion rates between adult community college students – those age 25 or older – and their younger, traditional-age student peers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

“My research involves making fluorescent sensors to detect changes in blood pH,” he said of his fellowship from the National Institutes of Health-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While the courses are meant to be enjoyable, their focus is on helping students develop intercultural competency. "We We really see it as an important steppingstone in what we really want to achieve for our students, namely the cultural agility that is relevant for their professional success,” Graml said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Coleman says that the initiative began with a partnership with Braven, a national nonprofit organization that helps college students develop a path to economic mobility. All the tools that you can add to your tool belt help you in effecting that change.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

Dunkle believes that college administrations can create programming to help students develop life skills and connect with each other. They can create crisis intervention policies to help students who are in distress. There’s also a growing body of work showing that mental health could be integrated into the academic curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 16, 2023

“My research involves making fluorescent sensors to detect changes in blood pH,” he said of his fellowship from the National Institutes of Health-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Higher education is increasingly embracing strategies that focus on holistic student development, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has taken a leading role with its strengths-based approach to student success.

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Symplicity

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A ccording to new research from Universities UK polling by Svanta ComRes , 67 percent of students in higher education are concerned about managing their living costs this autumn with more than half saying that this could impact them continuing their studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Dr. Majid Bagheri has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a strong commitment to research, education and student development at Savannah State University, says Dr. Asad Yousuf, professor and chair of engineering technology at Savannah State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 8, 2024

Integrating soft skills into curriculum and student support services In my experience supporting student success at an institution of higher education, I saw how students needed help to develop their soft skills – and the gaps where more resources were needed.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Over the past decade, the UIA has subtly but powerfully reshaped the landscape of American higher education. These endeavors reflect the commitment to holistic student development and transformative changes in higher education. We’re more excited than ever about what the future holds.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 threw the world of higher education into disarray, college enrollment is stabilizing. According to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse, “Undergraduate enrollment continued to shrink this fall but the decline has slowed to nearly pre-pandemic rates.”

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Timely MD

JULY 2, 2024

More than one in three currently enrolled students have considered stopping out of their degree or credential program within the last six months, according to Gallup and Lumina Foundation’s State of Higher Education 2024 report. Why do some students persist while others fall back? Brown, Ph.D.,

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Three Big Trends Impacting the Future of Student Success I see three macro trends that closely impact student success and touch nearly every institution in some way: First, we know that the population of traditional-age students will continue to diversify at the same time as it shrinks (the so-called “ demographic cliff ”).

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