Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, this number is much lower. Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

School: West Virginia University Major: Finance Year: Sophomore Marcus Caldeira strives to improve his skills as a forward for men’s soccer at West Virginia University. He also commits time away from the pitch to engage with children at local schools and hospitals. This is while Caldeira maintains a 4.00

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). This mindset involves people being race-conscious, aware of exclusionary practices, and willing to take responsibility for the success of students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Susan Gaulden is vice president for strategic initiatives at Passaic County Community College, where she is establishing new partnerships to enhance the support and services for students. She has led initiatives including the Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement Leaders in College Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Participating in policy debate programs in grade school is associated with improvements in English language arts (ELA) and better odds of graduating and going to college, according to findings from a new study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Black teachers are essential to Black students’ educational, social, and emotional development. The UNCF report highlighted the need to leverage external partnerships to prepare students pursuing careers in teaching to transition to their role as educators. Brittny James were also authors of the report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. CUNY Reconnect is a city-funded program designed to engage New Yorkers who earned college credits but stopped short of getting a degree. million investment from the city. Matos Rodríguez.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Jennifer Collins “I am grateful to have the opportunity to engage with other colleges and universities dedicated to expanding access and opportunity,” said Rhodes College President Dr. Jennifer Collins. Rhodes College has announced its membership to the American Talent Initiative (ATI) collective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Indeed, significant numbers of today’s college students no longer conform to the traditional notion of someone in their late teens or early 20s who matriculated to a four-year university straight out of high school. A third of today’s college students are 25 and older, and more than a third of undergraduates are part-time students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Safiya George "Becoming a president has been a longstanding dream and goal for many reasons, including my love for interdisciplinary engagement and my keen ability to foster collaboration and productivity among scholars, students, staff, and others from different disciplines,” said George. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. We're proud to support PWNA."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2024

Building culturally validating and affirming relationships between teachers and students requires plenty of understanding, engagement, changes in behavior, and introspection, according to a webinar held Tuesday by the Equity Assistance Center-South. The perpetrator can then request to meet, apologize, and commit to improving.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. And so, the Transfer Playbook 2.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

My family is deeply Jewish, with both Sephardic and Ashkenazic roots, and taught me the core lessons of tikkun olam (repair the world), tzedakah (create justice), g’milut chasadim (engage in loving kindness), pikuach nefesh (life matters), and ometz lev (courage). Strive to improve boundaries with co-workers; work is not family. (6)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

are African American men and what can be done to improve that number. I wanted to know how we could get more into schools, but I also wanted to know what was keeping them out, why they’ve decided not to continue if they started, and what do they perceive to be some of the challenges, issues, points of engagement for teacher education.”

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In 2023 we partnered with many of you, conducted compelling research, engaged in meaningful advocacy, and led purposeful field engagement. Thank you for engaging with our work, sharing your insights and for YOUR ongoing commitment to supporting student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

This institute will seek to close the academic barriers that marginalized and nontraditional students face in higher education. The CRI will concentrate on expanding undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate research opportunities for underrepresented students and institutions.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

APRIL 23, 2024

Earlier this month, IHEP joined Results for America to highlight promising postsecondary student success models in Colorado and Massachusetts. In Colorado , a two-pronged implementation of the Finish What You Started program is testing different approaches for re-engaging learners to finish their degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) has released its “ Campus Dining: 2030 and Beyond ” report, adding that it reveals the values of a new generation of students and non-student staff and management. This is a huge responsibility and one we must embrace at this time of change and uncertainty.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

By: Mamie Voight Earlier this spring, IHEP reached an important milestone: 30 years of developing research to address the nation’s most pressing higher education challenges and promoting college access and success for all students. We will continue our CTA advocacy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The road to completing a credential can be particularly challenging for minority male students, who may face systemic biases, a lack of financial resources, racism and microaggressions, and an absence of academic role models. Success coaching goes beyond the advising that many college students are offered.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

Josh Shapiro Shapiro’s blueprint is largely based on the work of the Higher Education Working Group, a group of higher education leaders from across Pennsylvania appointed by the governor to develop a series of recommendations for improving higher education in the Commonwealth. Shapiro plans to propose, in his Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. Sustainable recruitment and retention programs/plans for prospective/current scholars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The Department continues to work to strengthen accessible pathways for educators whose diversity reflects the rich culture of our students and communities.” Although most school and district leaders are white, most of the P-12 student population (56%) are not, according to New York State’s 2019 Educator Diversity Report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I asked Moses what the strategy was with the voter registration in Mississippi that he was engaged in during the period, and he said that they went after the sharecroppers first because they felt if they could get them to register to vote, then from there, they could get everyone else.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have jointly announced a network to give faculty and staff ways to improve student belonging and inclusion. The network will start early Spring 2023 – online pre-registration opens this week.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Members of Rutgers AAUP-AFT , Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union , and AAUP-BHSNJ picketed on the New Jersey school’s three main campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden, demanding improvements such as salary increases, improved job security for adjunct faculty, and funding for graduate students, union representatives said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Halima Monds was a first-year student at Spelman College when she joined SpelREADS , a program that pairs undergraduate tutors with students in Atlanta Public Schools to help boost their reading ability. If a student is not reading on grade level, that’s a pipeline to prison. “If And yet, there’s reason for hope.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Higher education institutions can focus on improving the quality of training provided to teachers, equipping them with the necessary skills to engage in complex language interactions with children. Despite the importance of their role, early educators face low wages, with the national median worker earning just $13 an hour.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, he urged institutions to recognize their own flaws and imperfections, to embrace humility, and to actively work on improvement. King's training and experience became invaluable as he was called upon to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association. The impact of King and his fellow activists extended far beyond Montgomery.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. Mental health challenges [are] prevalent among students,” said Dr. Swapna Hingwe , associate director of counseling and psychiatric services at Michigan State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This comes as a result of the USOPC/NCAA Para-College Inclusion Project, a program to engage schools with adaptive sports and increase Paralympic sport understanding, awareness, and connection at the college level. The NCAA shares student-athlete stories through its many platforms and championships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Launching Excelencia signaled an opportunity for Santiago and her team to accelerate a comprehensive plan for supporting Latino student success in higher education while engaging the rest of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Nearly 50 students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were hospitalized this past weekend after engaging in a drinking challenge popular on social media platform TikTok, CBS News reported. During their annual “Blarney Blowout,” an unsanctioned event related to St.

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