Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Jack Thomas In my own journey, leading a campus with such diverse student representation has reinforced the importance of embracing diversity and fostering a culture of inclusivity. This article serves as both a personal narrative and a broader examination of the evolving landscape of higher education.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Ryan Horio University of California, Los Angeles Project: The Need for Post-Pandemic Mental Health Support Within Asian American College-aged Youth: Addressing Anti-Asian Hate and Sinophobia Through Institutional Interventions Ryan Horio is a fourth-year student at UCLA dual majoring in Asian American Studies and Human Biology & Society.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

I now see healthy conflicts in my classrooms as a powerful way to reinforce lessons about honesty, civility and information literacy. The student body at my new university was 90 percent white—and much more reluctant than their Southern counterparts to talk about race and politics. Khalilah L.

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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. There is also training on diversity, equity, and inclusion, featuring modules on implicit bias, intersectionality, and micro and mac ro- aggressions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dr. Nicholas Bell Further entrenching this racialized injustice is more recent research that inappropriately uses achievement covariates in statistical models to make universal problematic claims that Black and Latinx students are underrepresented in special education. Gallaudet University Press. Beacon Press. Shifrer, D.,

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nationwide, millions of students have the options of seeking certifications, improving workforce training, experiencing dual enrollment, completing a two-year associate’s degree, saving money doing general coursework before transferring to a four-year college or university, or, in some cases, even completing a bachelor’s degree.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2023

How Our Brains Learn to Read Campus 2030: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Multi-Modal Campus 105 Tactics to Improve Employee Engagement University Research Fact Sheet Guidelines: 12 Suggested Fact Sheet Components See you in 2024! We were honored to navigate all the changes of 2023 alongside you.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Jenny offers over 20 years of experience in program planning and implementation, with a knack for fostering relationships with alumni, donors, and university teams. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives will be central, as institutions aim for inclusive strategies.

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MAY 25, 2023

Blogs Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips A Q&A with Dr. Louis Slimak, Associate Provost at West Virginia University In today’s fast-changing environment, program review is an increasingly critical area of focus and the first step in delivering a portfolio that meets the institution’s goals and students’ needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Senate Bill 1, dubbed the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, cleared the chamber with a 21-11 vote earlier this week, marking a decisive move by Republican lawmakers who claim the measure will combat what they describe as liberal indoctrination at universities.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process. Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). With the U.S.

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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

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

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. Dr. Cheron H.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Ruben Canedo , co-chair of the University of California Systemwide Basic Needs Committee, has been instrumental in addressing food and housing insecurity among college students. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Brett participated in the Upward Bound program at Boston College.

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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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MAY 8, 2023

Among those affected was the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI). Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Simmons, who whose career in the academy has included teaching and administrative positions at Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, Princeton University and Smith College, is the author of the bestselling memoir Up Home: One Girl’s Journey.

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MARCH 10, 2023

If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

Universities, under federal pressure, were being remade in the image of Cold War ideology. When the federal government issued a letter to Harvard University on April 11, it was designed to create fear. It is ideological capturean attempt to remake the university in the image of political grievance. This is not race neutrality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In contrast, other political narratives about inclusivity or support for issues traditionally framed within women’s rights, such as reproductive health, may not have resonated as strongly. Instead, educational institutions better prepare critically astute Latino men who contribute to a more inclusive and equitable society.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Given the ubiquitous attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion ( DEI ) led by current and aspiring politicians, including former President Donald J. DEI offices at the University of Arkansas and other universities have been discontinued, and DEI efforts in Florida, Texas, and other states have been curtailed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Hoa Nguyen As a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut Hartford, Dr. Qazi Arka Rahman leads a Critical Refugee Studies course that encourages students to see refugees as more than simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, and crises.

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