Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Cardona released a “Dear Colleague” letter asking colleges and universities that receive Federal Work Study to use at least 15% of these funds to pay college students to serve as tutors in local K-12 schools. They can be expensive and difficult to schedule, and they require a lot of human capital.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. Advising and coaching represent foundational practices colleges and universities use to support student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There is also instruction in job-search skills such as interviewing and resumes, and in relevant life skills, such as teamwork, stress management, and financial literacy. The needs of the community surrounding Alabama A&M University (AAMU) , an HBCU, were quite different.

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WashU Institue for Public Health

JULY 8, 2022

Written by Isha Yardi, rising senior at the University of Maryland College Park; BS candidate in public health science; and the Colonel Carroll A. Contextual factors like economic empowerment can promote positive health behaviors through conduits, such as social capital and health literacy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and the executive director of The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “He Howard ventured off to the University of Washington to study multicultural education under the direction of Drs. Geneva Gay and James A.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Making connections, building community, improving digital literacy , and enhancing employability are just a few of the ways in which social media contribute to a more well-rounded student experience. It’s essentially a built-in experiential digital literacy program. Being Human. Mobile Messaging via Bots.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Academic Affairs Improving completion rates in gateway courses: Applying a root cause analysis model and equity lens Betsy Dunn-Williams, Dean of Academic Success, Campbell University Academic transformation framework implementation: Enhancing professional practice in higher education Dr. Denise Brown, Associate Dean of Health Sciences, The Christ (..)

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

Many college and university leaders already have made significant investments in creating a connected system of care that improves student outcomes by supporting student mental health. Our animal-assisted therapy dogs are our ambassadors for mental health and they have been a huge asset to our team – and our most popular campus counselors!”

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Every interaction that a student has with a university representative is important. The more engaged a student is during their university experience, the more successful they will be. It would be interesting to see a university engage in beta-testing for all of their classes…online and offline. That was way back in 2004.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the life of a campus information technology or institutional research professional, rarely a day goes by that data is not positioned as a universal solution, whether by a vendor or the higher education media. All too often, however, the question of how to capture these data and use them to positively affect the institution remains.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. Panelists included: • Tim Renick , Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University. Graduation.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. At the time of this recording, the Supreme Court has not yet issued a ruling on affirmative action in university admissions. DP: Absolutely.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 which was supposed to guarantee the right to vote, Blacks faced formidable obstacles such as poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, and violence, effectively disenfranchising them for generations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The older I get, the less surprised I am by human behavior. I vote for five reasons: 1. While growing up in the Deep south during America’s apartheid era, my parents could not vote without paying a poll tax and passing a racist literacy test, reserved exclusively for Blacks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The bumpy bus ride from Tougaloo College, Mississippi’s private Historically Black College or University that boasts the production of over 40% of the state’s Black physicians and dentists, is punctuated by a steady flow of thick, balmy air desperately trying to provide relief while obviously in need of a refrigerant top-off.

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