Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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MAY 30, 2023

The Eight HBCU Student-Athlete Fellows The four-day event – the NCAA Department of Inclusion, Education, and Community Engagement (IECE) was a sponsor – was hosted by The University of Southern California. In particular, their support of eight HBCU Fellows allows the summit to expand our reach to student-athletes at HBCUs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Diversity Abroad held its 10th annual Global Inclusion Conference this month, where participants had the opportunity to discuss and engage in matters related to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice (DEIBJ). The conference – which ran from Oct. The conference – which ran from Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

It was twenty-five years ago this month that I left my position as chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint to become what many say was the first person to serve as vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at a major research university. There are two persistent questions that have taken root in my mind.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is looking to enhance its student success coaching program as its student demographics change. Ruth Bauer White InsideTrack "What UMGC has shared with us is that their student demographics are changing,” said Steve Ast, senior vice president of partner success at InsideTrack.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and NCAA Office of Inclusion have launched multiple programming initiatives for adaptive sports, sports for people with disabilities. A team will then analyze the project’s effects and results in Fall 2023, with successful initiatives being examined for scalability.

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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

MAY 23, 2024

To me, that's just a beautiful story about equity and about having that inclusive mindset that doesn't see risk factors. Interviewees attributed their successes in math to Jesus Arrizon, an award-winning math teacher at SJH whose work has been recognized nationally, including by the Obama administration. And they nurture that.”

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Inclusive care delivery can help break down these barriers and provide students with the resources they need to thrive. There has never been a greater need for inclusive care delivery that embraces diverse backgrounds, intersecting identities and lived experiences, and the time to course-correct is now.

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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

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. Dr. Mike Hoa Nguyen, an assistant professor of education at NYU, praised this inclusion of a requirement to evaluate work through rigorous research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS. Its instructional curriculum is built on a series of four courses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has launched a digital toolkit to help higher education governing boards proactively oversee equitable student success. This resource is a key element of AGB’s justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative ,” said Henry Stoever, AGB president and CEO.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The African American Male Education Network and Development, also known as A²MEND, is led by African American male educators who work for institutional change within California’s community college system to increase the success of African American male students. One thing Compton College and President [Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Recognizing and valuing this diversity is the cornerstone of cultivating an inclusive learning environment in the community college setting. In an era of increasing diversity and globalization, institutions are challenged to foster environments that are not only fair and just but also inclusive of diverse cultural perspectives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Denise Susan Bartell is currently the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Kent State University and previously served as the Associate Vice Provost for Student Success at the University of Toledo. Dr. Willie McKether is the former Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Toledo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Katy Hall Such prohibited practices include diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Katy Hall, requires that universities expand “student success and support” initiatives once targeting historically marginalized groups to include all students regardless of race, ethnicity and other "personal identity characteristics."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

Russell said the hearing illustrated opponents of diversity on college campuses have no interest in the success of all students. Let’s be clear on what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean,” she continued. “As NADOHE officials will gather in Seattle this week for their annual meeting.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As she grew up, she realized the bullies were acting out of fear of what they don’t know or understand—and in high school, she founded Type Kind, an organization to promote a more inclusive environment for all children and end misconceptions about Type 1 diabetes and other chronic health conditions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Tomlinson has been named assistant vice president for equity and inclusion/student belonging at St. He served as the associate dean for student success and engagement and was the director of the R.I.S.E. Tomlinson Sharod L. John’s University in Queens, New York. Network and veterans affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

Such insights underscore the imperative to prioritize holistic support structures within academia to foster student well-being and academic success. While universities offer resources for academic success, there is often a dearth of support specifically tailored to addressing non-academic struggles. Kiarra Boenitz is a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

I believe we are advancing ACE’s mission and honoring Dr. Wilson’s legacy by removing barriers to success for the historically underrepresented populations who are changing the social fabric of our state and our nation.” in theatre from Bowling Green State University. in theatre from Bowling Green State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Kristina Londy Kristina Londy has been named director of student success and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, it is necessary to recognize the fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action, which continues to dominate and has taken center stage on the educational landscape. Thriving is often related to the success generated by one's effort. As part of the ongoing battle, Texas Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. This same tone and tenor have proven politically potent in the current 2024 Presidential election race.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

She and other scholars underlined the critical importance of HBCUs and an inclusive, expansive history curriculum being taught to students K-12 and beyond. Attendees at this year’s conference expressed both concern about the future and their continued dedication to HBCUs serving Black and Brown students on their way to successful careers.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Blogs 30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s All my attention over the last two years has been spent studying the future of students and student success as we emerge from the pandemic. Notably, I am monitoring three macro trends that will converge in the mid-2020s and reshape the student success landscape.

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Scholarship America

AUGUST 21, 2023

“My academic discipline is audiology and hearing science, so it was to my delight when Aja started to tell me about her passion for American Sign Language (ASL), her interest in the Deaf community, and her passion for creating inclusive environments for people who are Deaf and/or hard-of-hearing,” Lauren said.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blogs How will we measure student success in the 2020s? A review of how student success metrics have evolved over time—and where they might go in the future Before I studied student success, I studied evolutionary biology. To my eyes, the evolution of the major student success schools of thought has happened in the same way.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Some last for days, others for years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Blogs 30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s All my attention over the last two years has been spent studying the future of students and student success as we emerge from the pandemic. Notably, I am monitoring three macro trends that will converge in the mid-2020s and reshape the student success landscape.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Across the country, state legislators have been debating—and in several cases passing— legislation that censors teaching and learning, threatens academic freedom, and limits or eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and efforts both on and off campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, co-chair of The 1856 Project and associate director for engagement, inclusion and reparative archiving, Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland. It’s our own small way to ensure that all voices are heard, and all people are respected.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

The inclusion of Ivy League and other institutions throws this dynamic into even further relief. Today, we see the growing impact of outside money from wealthy conservatives like Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager who has waged an assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at Harvard University and elsewhere.

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MARCH 26, 2024

But my longtime concerns for him as a parent have grown more severe in today’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion climate. Yet, I remain steadfast in my belief that diversity of thought, equitable opportunities, and inclusive environments are critical keys to success for students, for workers, and for life. Dr. Susan D.

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