Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“When I first met with my advisor, I was excited to dive into my program,” says Maria, a first-generation community college student. Since the enactment of AB 705 in California, community colleges in the state have seen an undeniable increase in the number of students enrolled in transfer-level courses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

Department of Education announced this week that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans beginning Monday, May 5, 2025, ending a pause that has been in effect since March 2020. million borrowers owing more than $1.6 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the announcement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Removing barriers for students to use mental health services is one of the most important goals of college administrations today particularly for students of color and diverse backgrounds. Nichole Kang College campuses have made great strides in making mental health services available to students, but access remains a critical issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Social media has become a battlefield of ideas, a forum for activism, and, increasingly, a source of stress for students of color. Todays heightened scrutiny of social and racial justice initiatives adds to the challenges Black students face in navigating both online spaces and higher education.

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MARCH 4, 2025

These include the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and its longitudinal follow-up study of the outcomes of first-time college students, the Beginning Postsecondary Study (BPS). By analyzing these data, we gain a better understanding of how these factors vary across different student characteristics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

National Board-Certified Teachers (NBCT) bring enhanced skills, knowledge and a commitment to continuous improvement which translates to better student learning outcomes and ensures a more equitable education system. I firmly believe perception informs pedagogy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) n otes that 61.1% The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. “The The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. For the Hispanic student population, it is 49.5%. “We,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2025

A 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Utah with no criminal record, Goncalves was stopped by a Mesa County (Colo.) News reports have indicated that she was targeted by ICE after information about the traffic stop was sent by the deputy to a communication group related to drug enforcement. Goncalves has been in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

The report, Increasing Student Support and Success by Boosting Medicaid Engagement, draws on data collected from a review of over 1,000 community colleges. There are growing mental health concerns among college students and an increase in demand for all student health services among community college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

How much do grades really tell us about students? The analysis, conducted by The Equitable Grading Project, found that six out of 10 middle and high school grades do not accurately reflect student performance. Ostensibly, they should tell us what students have learned—and tell educators where they need to focus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

higher education institutions can strengthen democracy by prioritizing civic engagement and civic education in the student experience. The national discourse around democratic participation has heightened our commitment to ensuring that students leave Hostos with a sense of responsibility toward their communities and democracy.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Jay Ruderman Amid the ongoing mental health crisis among young adults, it is incumbent upon college administrators nationwide to conduct thorough examinations on the availability and extent of their mental health services and wellness resources for students. They should be, if they are looking to meet applicants needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The debacle surrounding the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) affected the incoming fall class at three-quarters of private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the nation. The repercussions from this rollout will be felt – by students, families, and institutions – for years.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2025

The milestone comes as 2025 marks 30 years since HSIs first received dedicated federal funding to improve academic quality and expand access for Latino and other low-income students. HSIs have become a critical component of higher education access and success," said Excelencia in Education in its latest report, which uses data from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

But, the sticker price published on college and university websites is not what many, or even most, students pay. You might understandably wonder why, then, dont colleges just publish what students actually end up paying? Let me be clear: no student or family should go into more debt than they feel an education is worth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

The National Association of College and University Business Officers is launching its NACUBO Student Success Hub to advance strategic financing for equitable student outcomes. Institutions will be able to leverage tools to explore, share, collaborate, and affect change in the spirit of helping every student succeed.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

As students get closer to graduation, most have accumulated an impressive high school education and some work experience. But, as students gain more experience, they may wonder how to best showcase it. Here are our tips for high school students on how to use LinkedIn. But, thats okay!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

While colleges are beginning to support formerly incarcerated students, few have strategies to address the needs of students like Maria loved ones of incarcerated peoplemany of whom are college students themselves. They are caregivers, financial supporters, and students navigating higher education under immense pressure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. UNT and LaGuardia’s student centered, data-driven approaches are helping their students succeed in the classroom and beyond, offering considerable returns on their educational investment. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Department of Education, teachers, students and union leaders are planning to rally Wednesday against recent actions by Elon Musk's Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that they say threaten both educational research and student privacy. In a mounting crisis at the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At Morgan State, despite achieving record-breaking total enrollment figures and becoming the nation's third-largest HBCU, the percentage of Black male students has dropped from 43% in 2015 to 37% in fall 2024. higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students. They can earn badges saying you've completed [requirements and milestones.]

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM. In 2025, three additional courses, including one focused on supporting parenting students, will be added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Two new reports from The California Alliance for Student Parent Success (The Alliance) detail the challenges that student parents face at California institutions. Approximately 300,000 undergraduate student parents are currently enrolled at institutions of higher education in the state of California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Additionally, more than half of faculty (52%) have altered their writing to avoid controversy, and many refrain from using terms they believe might be perceived as offensive by students (62%), administrators (57%), or other faculty members (57%). The research showed significant variations based on state legislative contexts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

At the same time, reality struck: A student should not need to have an associate provost as a parent to transfer college credits. Nationally, the transfer system has been set up to let students fail for decades. On average, students lose a fifth of their credits when transferring to a four-year college, according to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. Additionally, messages from our highest public servants are guiding students to forgo college, undermining education as a viable pathway to socioeconomic mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

Hyun says she specifically incorporates students in her work because theyre going to be future teachers, so I want them to also learn about our issues, engineering problems. Our students are going to be the decision makers, theyre going to work at the city or the consulting company, build the roads and improve infrastructure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2023

High school students are divided on whether they should use generative AI tools for school, and most of those who did found errors in what these tools produced, according to a new report from ACT. A little less than half of the students surveyed responded that they had used AI tools (46%), the majority having used chatbot ChatGPT (83%).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Obtaining an associate degree helps students climb higher on the economic mobility ladder than they would be able to with only a high school degree, and a bachelor’s degree enables them to climb much higher. Most community college students intend to transfer. What causes the disconnect between intention and reality? Dr. Linda L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Highlighting excellence in community college education, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has named 23 institutions as either Leader Colleges or Leader Colleges of Distinction for 2025, celebrating their commitment to student success and institutional reform. The announcement was made last week at the organization's annual meeting in Philadelphia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. The basics are very appealing. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab It's incredibly hard to meet students where they are and effectively teach and support them without a sense of their basic needs. Department of Education confirmed that 8% of students experiences homelessness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S. institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A proposed federal financial aid policy could change the lives of postsecondary students, particularly Black and Latinx students, by allowing them to spend less out-of-pocket for their degrees and prevent the accumulation of student debt, which remains financially crippling for many graduates.

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