Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

Naslund Chair in Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Southern California (USC). Previously, she served as department head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University. Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, a leading educational psychologist, holds the Robert A.

University

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. If my scholarship isnt reaching [the public], its not doing what it needs to do.

Scholarship

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JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D.,

Mentoring

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Jayla Moody Marshall We are honored to present this scholarship to such exemplary recipients who embody our foundations mission. Terrell said foundation chair, Dr. Martino Harmon, who is also the Vice President for Student Life at the University of Michigan.

Scholarship

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APRIL 23, 2025

The day-long event featured presentations from renowned scholars including Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Fred Bonner II of Prairie View A&M University. Jackson of Michigan State University and Dr. Chance W. Dr. Jerlando F.L. Dr. Jamel K.

Scholarship

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While this is not a program specific to Native Americans, the state’s four tribal colleges are eligible institutions along with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and all University of Minnesota campuses. Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D. Dr. Gresham D.

Higher education

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AUGUST 8, 2025

NC College Connect represents a fundamental shift in how we approach college admissions in North Carolina," said Peter Hans, President of the University of North Carolina System. The initiative reflects growing national recognition that traditional admissions processes can perpetuate educational inequities.

Equity

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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. The virtual B.L.A.C. You cannot be selectively horrified," Harper told attendees. "You

Education

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APRIL 6, 2025

Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position. "At Chavous will become its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025, replacing Dr. Felice J.

Educational research

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students. Theotis Robinson Jr.

Scholarship

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JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Higher education

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MAY 27, 2025

And yet, curiously, conspicuously, one of the most visible, influential, and economically significant arms of the university has been largely dismissed as peripheral or even unworthy of deep academic scrutiny: college athletics. It is not the front porch of the university. But athletics is no outsider. It has never been.

Humanities

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MARCH 4, 2025

These terminations have affected educational institutions across the country, including large research universities, small private colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and alternative teacher preparation pathways. There's a ripple effect that must be addressed now," said Dr. Kathlene Campbell, NCTR CEO.

Grant

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JULY 23, 2025

McClure’s The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation (Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2025), a welcome antidote to the current foci in higher education.

Higher education

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JULY 1, 2025

The number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities offering Registered Apprenticeship programs has surged from three to 22 institutions in just four years, according to a new toolkit released by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

Career counseling

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

Students

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students. Theotis Robinson Jr.

Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2025

Keyana Scales has been named senior vice president for enrollment management services at Howard University. In this role, she will lead the design and implementation of critical university strategies to attract, retain, and graduate the world’s most talented students. She will begin Aug 1, 2025.

Financial aid

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MARCH 10, 2025

Lomax A new study released by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has found that students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) demonstrate significantly stronger mental health outcomes compared to their peers at other institutions, despite facing greater financial stressors and barriers to mental health services.

Mental health

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JANUARY 26, 2025

25, Moorea Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Centerwas awarded the Order of the Palmetto South Carolinas highest civilian honor established in 1971. Moore III trailblazers whose influence shaped his path to distinction. since 2018.

Leadership

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JUNE 4, 2025

The United Negro College Funds (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is leveraging the power of networks, technology and innovation to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) achieve their missions. In 2015, UNCF received a $50 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc.

Guided pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2025

Farah Jasmine Griffin Columbia University has appointed Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin, the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of African American Studies, as University Professor, the institution's highest academic distinction for faculty members.

University

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce predicts that by 2031 only 20% of good jobs, defined as those paying at least $43,000 a year, will be available to those with education less than a bachelor's degree. Brooks II, is president of Trine University in Angola, Indiana. Dr. Earl D.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Hunt This spring, the three of us proudly earned our doctoral degrees while serving as directors of federally funded TRIO programs in the Office of Academic Opportunity Programs (AOP) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). It was about stepping more deeply into them, with intention, scholarship, and vision.

First generation

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MARCH 28, 2025

These 46 certified institutions represent less than 1% of all colleges and universities but enroll 17% and graduate 19% of all Latino students nationwide. Other institutions, like Metropolitan State University of Denver, created emergency retention funds to support students experiencing unexpected financial challenges.

Financial aid

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JANUARY 15, 2025

in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; PhD. University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent.

Access

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MAY 10, 2025

is intensifying calls for a provision that would allow approximately 6,000 undocumented students currently enrolled in Florida colleges and universities to complete their education at in-state tuition rates. A Gaby Pacheco s Florida lawmakers extend their legislative session through June 6, TheDream.US A fact sheet released by TheDream.US

Higher education

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MARCH 3, 2025

Du Bois Department of Afro American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as doctoral students, they saw similarities in their research but began experiencing challenges within existing organizations aimed at supporting their work. Farmer, a prominent historian at the University of Texas at Austin. asked Samuel.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2025

Laurie Claybo, Wayne State University;Lukas Gojcaj, student winner;Lamya Robinson, student winner, Cadie Benedict, student winner, Graceful Tompkins, student winner;Lt. Cadie Benedict, a $50,000 winner heading to Michigan State University, explained how the prize changed her educational trajectory. "MSU

FAFSA

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JULY 1, 2025

Tyson Brown Dr. Tyson Brown, professor of sociology and associate professor in medicine at Duke University, has been named director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, effective July 1, according to Duke Today. Gallimore, provost of Duke University. Brown succeeds Dr. William A.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

The scholars - Araceli Negrete from California State University Fullerton, Xavier Cason from Indiana State University, and Corey Earl Ballance, Jr. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2025

Laurie Claybo, Wayne State University;Lukas Gojcaj, student winner;Lamya Robinson, student winner, Cadie Benedict, student winner, Graceful Tompkins, student winner;Lt. Cadie Benedict, a $50,000 winner heading to Michigan State University, explained how the prize changed her educational trajectory. "MSU

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2025

Rice University has unveiled plans for unprecedented enrollment growth, aiming to increase its student population by approximately 30% by 2028 compared to 2020 levels, university officials announced Monday. Students from families earning less than $75,000 receive comprehensive coverage for tuition, fees, and living expenses.

Financial aid

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Psychology, San Diego State University; M.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The topline takeaway was the decline in the enrollment of Black students at Harvard , though other publication focused on the drop in Black and Hispanic students across the T14 or elite law schools , and a brief mention was made of declines at University of North Carolina Law School, another defendant in the Supreme Court case.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2025

N Dr. Tryan McMickens orth Carolina Central University has received a $500,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to launch a research initiative addressing the systemic barriers that prevent young men in the Research Triangle region from accessing career pathways and educational opportunities.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. Colleges and universities use endowments to support several priorities, such as scholarships, upgraded facilities and faculty hiring.

Mathematics