Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2025

I’ve been fortunate to serve as both a mentee—learning from exceptional administrators, students, and community leaders—and a mentor to students, peers, and young professionals. When implemented intentionally, these strategies support student retention, confidence, and engagement. That matters.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

Students

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. Their work will culminate in a comprehensive set of recommendations designed to strengthen retention and graduation rates.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. This stifles Black student success and contributes to low graduation rates from high schools. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

Higher education

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.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Bridges New Jersey's groundbreaking state-funded teletherapy program has delivered more than 78,000 counseling sessions to college students since its 2023 launch, according to new data released by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. Bridges, New Jersey's secretary of higher education. on weekends.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

The survey results suggest a higher education sector grappling with multiple challenges, from traditional concerns about student recruitment and retention to newer threats involving cybersecurity and political pressures.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2025

Smothers In a powerful response to growing challenges facing Black students and institutions, Virginia Union University (VUU) recently convened over 250 educational leaders for an urgent national summit addressing the state of Black education in America. We are not simply preparing students to succeed in systems as they are, he said.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

"The cancellation of these grants hinders active solutions to addressing the educator workforce and improving student outcomes in PK-12 schools." Students who are only months away from becoming fully licensed teachers have suddenly lost scholarships and paid internships that made their career path possible.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

Doug Shapiro The number of students transferring into a new institution in fall 2024 grew by 4.4% according to the Transfer Enrollment and Pathways report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). For fall 2024, transferring students accounted for 13.1% Black students saw an even higher transfer rate at 8.3%

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2025

The United Negro College Fund announced a comprehensive initiative Tuesday designed to empower Black parents as advocates for increasing the number of Black teachers in America's classrooms, addressing a critical shortage that has far-reaching implications for student success and educational equity.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Agriculture has announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2025

Doug Shapiro The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) has released its 2025 Persistence and Retention report which finds that over 86 percent of the college freshman class of 2023 returned for their second semester. percent of students returned to their same institution for their second semester.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a vital role in advancing educational opportunities for Latine students across the United States. This significant responsibility has prompted researchers to examine how these institutions prepare academic advisors to effectively serve their diverse student populations.

Academic advisor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention. The university also gained national recognition for its work in advancing equitable outcomes for historically marginalized students, as reported in Diverse last October.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Positions such as data scientists, medical and health service managers, physician assistants, and epidemiologists highlight the immense potential need for students entering these fields. Similarly, Hispanic students earned 12% of STEM bachelors degrees, despite comprising 15% of all bachelors degree recipients (Pew Research Center).

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. The program] was so impressive, it helped with retention and graduation, says James. [The As a student, [the program] did help.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

According to Boren, to attract the younger generation to teach, the pathways should be designed so that students are not wasting credits, money or time. Teaching should be exposed to students earlier on, preferably in high school where they're allowed to start taking courses early,” says Boren. Retention of teachers is increasing.

Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

“Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. They want to work with students who have similar backgrounds and experiences.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2025

Oregon Institute of Technology is betting big on one-on-one student coaching as a strategy to better serve its diverse population of career-focused learners, many of whom juggle work, family, and financial responsibilities while pursuing their education. We need to actively walk alongside students as they navigate their journey."

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Those are the findings included the Community College League of California's 11th biennial CEO Tenure & Retention Study. He said that CEOs must navigate challenges including uncertain funding, enrollment declines, new legislative mandates, and heightened scrutiny over campus climate and student success metrics.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Gloria Ladson-Billings, which helped him make sense of the disconnect between his teacher training and the lived experiences of Black students, including his own. His journey to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he would eventually become both student and professor, was equally serendipitous.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

I dont really have fears, Whitaker told The Catalyst, an independent student newspaper at Colorado College. Women are leading institutions with amazing student outcomes, raising significant resources and building innovative partnerships, she notes. I think things through, I get information, I prepare myself for all outcomes.

Educational leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Seventeen years ago, Congress established the designation, enabling universities to secure federal funding to address the unique challenges faced by these students. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, for example, have historically faced lower admission and graduation rates at the university. Approximately 35.1%

Retention

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.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. The university has achieved record retention rates and a 61% increase in four-year graduation rates.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Carolinas reputation for highly talented students, thought leadership by faculty members, dedicated professional staff and a deeply engaged and supportive alumni network is widely known and respected among its peers. Im also guided by a quest for inclusion and student success. That elevates our role that much further.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

“My passion has always been equity in higher education,” says Garcia, whose dedication to addressing disparities in how institutions serve students of color began during his undergraduate years. He understands that creating a supportive environment is equally crucial for retention. What’s Joe Garcia like?

Leadership

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.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

While women comprised 57% of all law school applicants in 2024, they accounted for only 56% of admitted students. The data deck also highlights concerning patterns in student retention. Students of color are disproportionately represented among those who withdraw from law school after their first year.

Education

Knack

JULY 23, 2025

At the University of New Hampshire (UNH), student success isn’t left to chance. During a recent webinar co-hosted by Knack and EAB, Dawna Perez from UNH shared how they’ve built a unified student support ecosystem by combining peer tutoring through Knack with early alerts and case management via Navigate360. The result?

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2025

Department of Education to increase undergraduate retention and graduation rates and eliminate equity gaps for KU students. She provided leadership and direction for six academic divisions, serving nearly 7,000 students. She oversaw a $11 million budget and established the Rowan Writing Center.

Communication

Civitas Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Today’s most influential leaders recognize that student success goes beyond traditional measures like retention and graduation rates. A study of Civitas Learning partner institutions reinforces this wisdom, revealing that 39% of students experience a change in their likelihood to persist within a single term.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

Edward Waters University (EWU) is making headlines this fall with an ambitious new initiative designed to eliminate technology barriers for its incoming students. We're not just preparing students for college—we're equipping them for the future," university officials stated in announcing the initiative.

University

Knack

JULY 3, 2025

Nearly one in four first-year students doesn’t return for their second year of college. That’s the sobering takeaway from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s latest report on student persistence.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

During his presidency at Denmark Technical College, Todd led an impressive institutional turnaround driven by "a bold vision, compassion, creative problem-solving, and a student-centered approach," said Talladega officials.

Placement