Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Smith acknowledges that much progress has been made since she was a student-athlete at Stanford University in the 1990s — notably DEI divisions in athletic departments — but most athletic staffs don’t reflect the student-athlete populations. “We They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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APRIL 16, 2024

It took place in 1984 at a higher education conference at MIT, shortly after they had decided to confront the shortcomings in both the journalistic and academic communities by launching a new publication, Black Issues In Higher Education. In the best spirit of American entrepreneurship, they saw a need and they filled it. Dr. William B.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The summit, convening March 6-9 at the Tampa (Florida) Convention Center was founded by Hillsborough Community College and has emerged as one of the most preeminent national voices to address issues facing Black and Latino males enrolling in and completing college. The path to that success beginning with completing a college degree.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Two political leaders allege that a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form error is preventing students with contributors, including parents and spouses, who do not have a Social Security Number from completing the U.S. Department of Education’s new FAFSA form.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Cardona spoke about his experience as an undergraduate student. Despite doing well academically, as a first-generation college student, he felt lost. On Wednesday, the U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Community College Review

MAY 31, 2022

College is a stressful time but, for students with mental illness, there are some additional challenges. Keep reading to learn more about mental health problems in community college students and how to manage them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

Yet, the experience can be plagued with confusion and curricular dysfunction as students attend to the inner workings and step-by-step preparation of a process that, at times, begs the question, “Will I graduate?” What isn’t clear is that there are institutional factors that lead to the student not completing their degree requirements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. Amid news that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) educated over two million Hispanic students during the 2021-22 school year, but continued to demonstrate extensive facility needs, according to a new U.S. They also had technology needs, such as, to improve student internet access, cybersecurity, and hybrid learning efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications. The guide will be updated regularly through April 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

As a biology student with aspirations to become a labor and delivery nurse, advocating for women's rights is a cause close to my heart,” said Miles. One issue I'm particularly passionate about addressing is period poverty. ISupportMySisters.Period!”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office has imposed a $14 million fine, resulting from a settlement agreement with Liberty University for material and ongoing violations of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, known as the Clery Act.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Amid ongoing issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, the City University of New York (CUNY) is looking to help. The initiative is for students seeking financial aid for college this coming fall.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Mental health issues are ubiquitous, and they have a tremendous impact on our community,” Evans said. Dr. Walter M. and James L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Today, student bodies are more age-diverse, employees are working longer, and classrooms and offices are becoming more age-integrated.” Depending on the setting, issues and thoughts surrounding age can manifest differently, according to the study. Rather, it is often times accepted, according to the study.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The HBCU’s accreditation was terminated in December 2023, as it struggled with financial management issues. We fully dedicate ourselves to maintaining our accreditation and fostering an environment of academic excellence and opportunity for our students,” said Burgess. Saint Augustine’s issued a statement Feb. Dr. Marcus H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Besides the blatantly erroneous allegations against Dr. Vassar, there are several issues at play here. That students and community members would exercise their voice and agency should be lauded, because it aligns with the institution's mission “to advance knowledge and transform lives.” to address the experiences of Black students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award on Tuesday from NASPA, the association representing student affairs professionals. Her research interests include Black and Latinx issues in higher education, media influences in the postsecondary sector, and critical theory in higher educational contexts. The Bobby E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? When the first edition of what was then called Black Issues In Higher Education was published on March 15, 1984, it was two days before my 14th birthday, and I was still adjusting to ninth grade in a public high school after attending a private school from second grade to eight grade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2023

They pledged millions to initiatives such as hiring diverse faculty, appointing Chief Diversity Officers, revising curricula to address issues of race and power, and implementing new systems to report and address bias and discrimination. For Latinx students in our sample, 17% reported experiencing racism from white faculty in class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Students and staff at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, are teaching and learning online this month as the university transitions to cost-saving online learning. The university issued a statement, then, that read, in part, “the university will continue to strengthen its financial processes and fiscal resources.

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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 15, 2023

Up until this point, students are typically learning to read, but after the third grade, they are generally expected to be reading to learn. The implications of this educational gap are profound, as it greatly impacts a student's ability to comprehend and master content in the following years of schooling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The tour itself is meant to focus on issues disproportionately impacting young people, such as reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, mental health, and book bans, according to a press release. My message to students is clear: We are counting on you, we need you, you are everything.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Those affected by this suspension will still have access to academic and medical resources given to the school’s student-athletes. This marks yet another instance of hazing issues on college campuses. Back in July, Northwestern University suspended-then-fired head football coach Pat Fitzgerald due to hazing issues amongst players.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. As an undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin, she worked with fellow classmates and friends to mentor middle school and high school students throughout Texas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

A Pepperdine University professor has been working on a pilot instructional program to give high school students a head start when it comes to understanding math. The program is meant for students who are enrolled in any level of high school. For its third year, he wants the program to also teach students writing along with math.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Burns, a communications strategist, focuses on racial and gender equity in education, health, housing, economic empowerment, and other social issues. The panel will be followed by an audience Q&A session. Advance registration is required for the free webinar.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For comparison, Black students and white students saw decreases of 8.5% During the same time frame, Hispanic students have increasingly comprised more and more of the recipients of undergraduate engineering degrees, with a 94.3% On the graduate level, Latino students were 9.4% and 19.7%, respectively. in 2003 – and 7.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Significant portions of the college student population have faced food insecurity, according to an analysis of data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2020 (NPSAS:20). We can also see that that rate is so much higher for students who identify as Black or African American. Dr. Tammeil Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. Trending issues like violent and non-violent protests, development, economic crisis, and economic and social rights have also occupied his scholarly orbit. The students keep me hopeful.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the growing diversity at higher education institutions across the nation, too many student-athletes still find that they’re the “first” or the “only one” on their team or in their department. That topic was among many issues discussed Thursday at the NCAA Inclusion Forum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Domestic abuse can have a lasting impact on the wellbeing and academic trajectories of not just adults but children as well, according to a new report from student parent success organization Generation Hope. And so little is known about IPV when it comes to student parents." Teenage girls in physically abusive relationships are 3.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is looking to enhance its student success coaching program as its student demographics change. And it is partnering with student coaching non-profit InsideTrack to do so. With these students, many times, they are adults that have families. They may be caring for children.

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