Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. These events were followed by the devastating suicide of Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey, vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, in January 2024, after she wrote a letter critical of the universitys leadership.

Educational leadership

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

JANUARY 23, 2025

Even with more students now being counted as freshmen, dual enrollment (students 17 or under) continues to show increases (10.2%). Enrollment growth at community colleges continues to be notable, with public two-year institutions showing a 5.8% increase, but they remain below 2019 levels. Dr. Brian R.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Black Male Initiative (BMI) officially began in 2005, when the New York City Council approved funding for BMI throughout the whole of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, 25 institutions in total. CUNY is a public university [system], and Im a public servant. Since then, the program has spread to all but one CUNY campus.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Claude Steele emphasizes that the awareness of negative stereotypes alone can hinder performance—a phenomenon acutely experienced by Black males facing biases in schools and universities (Steele & Aronson, 1995). This shift in perception must also extend beyond K-12 education to colleges and universities. 2016) Dr. Ronald W.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

So, what can colleges and universities do? First, acknowledge that these students exist. When possible, build basic needs programming that focuses beyond the individual to the family systems that shape student success.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2025

Graham has been named Vice President for Student Affairs at Florida Memorial University. Graham has held institutional administrative posts in enrollment management, student engagement, student success, and strategic initiatives at both 2-year and 4-year institutions including both HBCUs and PWIs. Graham Tymon M.

Student affairs

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.) Colleges and universities can also work with students if a situation arises that causes an interruption in studies mid-semester, such as having classes marked as incomplete rather than dropped out. “So

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Martino Harmon, who is also the Vice President for Student Life at the University of Michigan. Named in honor of Terrella well-responded student affairs administratorthe MCT Foundation was created to ensure underrepresented students gain access and achieve success in higher education and student affairs.

Scholarship

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.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

Perkins , assistant Vice President of Student Empowerment and Equity Initiative at CCP, we must remember We have always been the change we seek. We urge all colleges and universities to heed that call and join leaders including Education Trust , the National College Access Network , and others to move the basic needs field forward.

Humanities

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. “For

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

DAndra Mullis a seasoned student affairs leader and practitioner-scholar, who is dedicated to leading organizations and initiatives that uplift and enable a comprehensively excellent student experience.As

Student affairs

Knack

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Colleges and universities are facing significant financial and operational challenges, including budget cuts, hiring freezes, and the ongoing ripple effects of the pandemic. These constraints make it difficult to provide the high-quality academic and student support students deserve.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2025

ecently, Ralph Lauren released his latest collection "Polo Ralph Lauren for Oak Bluffs" in collaboration with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)—specifically Morehouse College and Spelman College. I was a low-income student and proud Howard University graduate. R Dr. Steve D. Mobley, Jr. Mobley, Jr.,

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2025

Prior to her tenure in the California Community College system, she held leadership roles in student affairs at Scripps College and in academic support within the University of California system.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She is an associate professor and graduate program coordinator for the MA in Higher Education at Montclair State University. from the prestigious Higher and Postsecondary Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Vega earned her Ed.D.

University

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JULY 31, 2025

Dear Students, The cybersecurity team has identified several phishing attempts and a potential cybersecurity risk targeting Johns Hopkins students. These involve individuals posing as a Johns Hopkins faculty member and unauthorized digital services claiming to help with official university processes for a fee (e.g.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A. in History from Coastal Carolina University, and a certificate in Program Evaluation from Florida State University; M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Realigning TM 2 to enhance the leadership initiatives for our member schools at the executive level is essential to the future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) and predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and the students they serve, says Dr. Harry L.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As the 2024 elections have ended and the results settle, one of the most pressing questions residing in the minds of many is: how will the outcome impact the Dr. Patricia Green-Powell future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)? Patricia Green-Powell is a professor of educational leadership at Florida A&M University.

Educational leadership

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This office supports undergraduate students while they navigate the Homewood campus and JHU experience. For graduate students and trainees, (BSPH, SOM, SON, CBS, SAIS, and SOE) knowledge resources and support vary by school but are available through Advising, Student Affairs/ Student Services, and SEAM offices.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

Education

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Event: World Health Day at Peabody Date: Monday April 7, 2025 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Peabody Plaza, Peabody campus Registration: [link] Details: The fair is an opportunity for our students to engage and receive resources on JHU’s eight dimensions of well-being.

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

These programs receive far less attention and funding than they deserve, as most philanthropy continues flowing toward exclusionary colleges and universities that enroll few if any parenting students.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2025

Universities that once hashtagged #Equity during the height of Black Lives Matter are dismantling the very safeguards they pledged to build. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) aren’t exempt. Center women’s labor here. But at what cost? The same bell rings in different corridors now. Fast-forward to 2025.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

To understand and overcome the challenges of this perfect storm, academic leaders must fundamentally reframe how they approach issues of diversity in our colleges and universities (Williams, 2013, p. Additionally, Dr. Whitaker is an inaugural faculty fellow at Vanderbilt University for the Initiative for Race, Research, and Justice.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2025

Drawing on the work of those who study higher education issues particularly, faculty and researchers in higher education and student affairs programs will be helpful for understanding how to successfully flourish professionally. is a Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at the University of Idaho. Dr. Donna Y.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2025

The announcement comes as Harvard continues to navigate criticism over its earlier decision to rename its main "Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging" to "Community and Campus Life" — a move that drew considerable backlash when the university also eliminated funding and support for affinity graduations. "I

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

Dwight Sanchez In todays hyper-competitive higher education landscape, the challenges facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are immense. In doing so, they ensure their institutions remain vital pathways for generations of students yet to come.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Craig Slaughter has been named executive director of financial aid at Wake Forest University. With nearly 30 years of experience in financial aid and enrollment management, Slaughter has previously held positions as director of financial aid at DePauw University, the University of Redlands and Indiana University School of Music.

Director of financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life at The Ohio State University (OSU).

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

The winners of this year's Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs gathered at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) conference in Chicago to accept an award jointly presented by ACPA and Diverse. Student Affairs staff and students from Elon University, one of this year's honorees.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

D’Andra Mull will become vice chancellor for student affairs at University of Colorado Boulder, effective Jun. Mull previously was vice president for student life at the University of Florida and held leadership roles at The Ohio State University before that. In this role, she will report to the provost.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. My first NASPA conference was focused on the lack of current research on minority student retention.

Student affairs