Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

AB 335 builds on that foundation by ensuring these institutions receive the funding and resources necessary to enhance their academic support programs and student services, he said in an interview with Diverse.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A primary component of this approach involves integrating mental health support with other basic student wellness services. Many other educational institutions segment student services into different silos.

Mental health

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. All of the college’s student services are available in English and Spanish. Santiago and Sarita E.

Retention

School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 31, 2024

RELATED: Providing Support to Financial Aid Awardees During the School Year Current Research While an abundance of financial aid research exists for the higher education space, Clapp found a lack of existing literature around this subject as it concerns PreK-12 schools.

Financial aid

Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript As higher education faces intensifying pressurefrom financial strain to public skepticismbold leadership is more vital than ever. You can’t just ask, Are our students graduating? But with pressure comes possibility.

Financial aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JULY 1, 2025

Inspiration From Innovations in Higher Ed Higher education has pioneered initiatives that private K‑12 schools can adapt: Financial webinars/webcasts: Colleges host webinars on aid strategies. See how SSS® (School and Student Services) can help your school process financial aid initiatives faster and more securely.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Dr. Steven Jones Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College located in the city of Moorhead. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, Jones served as a senior paralegal and law firm administrator for Michael R. Jones as the tenth president of the college.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

It must be embedded in campus life, intersecting with health, academics, and student services. For instance, Louisiana embraced generational and culturally responsive outreach, using tools like yoga set to hip hop music and leveraging social media to meet students where they are. Mental health must be holistic, not siloed.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

At a time when our students need more understanding, they’re met with suspicion and censorship. Even the fundamental promise of higher education—as a gateway to opportunity—is being recast as suspect or expendable. It must be embedded in campus life, intersecting with health, academics, and student services.

Mental health

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

Their ascension comes at a time when the higher education landscape is undergoing radical shifts and threats to longstanding student programs and revenue streams, such as the Pell grant. If we do not act with urgency, we risk becoming collateral damage in a broader effort to dilute the transformative power of higher education.”

Higher education

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. Meaningful change requires long-term investments in infrastructure, faculty development, and student services.

Educational leadership

College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. During that period, spending on student services rose a 29% and administrative costs increased 19%, while instructional spending only rose 17%.

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2025

Sonia De La Torre Sonia De La Torre has been named Vice President of Student Services at Fullerton College. De La Torre most recently served as Dean of Student Equity at Long Beach City College.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2025

Faculty, students, and higher education workers across the country are preparing to participate in a National Day of Action this Thursday, April 17, to defend academic freedom and advocate for higher education as a public good.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Rich also led a transformative fundraising campaign that generated over $85 million in new investments for scholarships, student services, faculty positions, and academic initiatives. For more than 235 years, Franklin & Marshall has been a beacon for excellence in liberal arts education.

Placement

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

By capturing data on veterans use of resources like advising and student services, NPSAS and BPS insights can inform policies and practices that ensure veterans receive necessary support.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mott Community College’s automotive department is reopening its student service garage to the public starting Feb. 13, giving drivers a low-cost option for auto repairs again, ABC12 News reported. The garage – it closed to the public in 2020 due to the pandemic – will cost $10 per vehicle per day for inspection, diagnosis, and repairs.

Student services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported.

Student services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Previously, he was vice president for business, administrative, and student services, COO, and chief student services officer at North Central State College (NCSC); and director of academic financial planning & management at Central State University. Akakpo holds a Ph.D. from Universite du Benin in Lome, Togo.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2024

He serves as vice president of student services, enrollment management, and equity initiatives at West Los Angeles College in California.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Castillo Castillo brings more than 30 years of management experience, having held key roles in both higher education and the corporate sector. His educational background includes a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For years, advocates for higher education in prison programs worked to see Pell Grants reintroduced for incarcerated individuals. Housing, employment, support networks, location and program offerings all impact this student population.

Nontraditional student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Bazan has served in Adventist higher education for more than 17 years. As associate dean for Student Affairs at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, she oversees all student services and support offices, including student clubs and events, the Records Office, tutoring and other academic support, and health and wellness services.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

He served as dean at the college, leading student services and resources.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

He’s why Americans should have hope for higher education and advocate for more investments in leaders who walk their talk.” In 2005, Curry took a job at Compton College in an entry-level position within student services, ultimately working his way through the ranks of leadership to become interim president in 2011.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

We’re located in Southwestern Virginia, a more rural area, and we recognize that our students and their families might not be as familiar with higher education,” said Trageser. Each of our students is a unique individual.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an effort to address the needs of Black and Latinx men in higher education, male resource centers have been looking to increase belonging, persistence, and graduation rates. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. Dr. Roderick L.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the growing diversity at higher education institutions across the nation, too many student-athletes still find that they’re the “first” or the “only one” on their team or in their department. We have first-generation students and students from different social economic backgrounds,” said Ruffin.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. “So, in higher education and student affairs from CGU.

Therapist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

He served in a similar capacity previously as associate director of policy and government relations at The Education Trust — West, the California-based office of the national educational equity advocacy group, Ed Trust headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

She focused on single parents who deal with many variables, developing a model program that helped these students succeed and graduate. After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges. This is the work that matches who I am,” she says. “To

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Immigrant high school students without citizenship or permanent residency in the U.S. are often told by high school counselors and colleges that they do not have many options for higher education. But higher education institutions can support students of different immigration statuses regardless of our policymakers' actions.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students. While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

African American males and collegiate sports continue to be a topic of debate in higher education. Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Rebecca Teague Rebecca Teague has been appointed vice president of student services at Mt. She served as interim vice president of student services. San Jacinto College in California.

Student services