Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Julian Vasquez Heilig, the first underrepresented minority Provost in Western Michigan University's history, announced his resignation from the position after a two- year tenure marked by significant institutional achievements. During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention.

University

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. As their numbers have surged to over 600 institutions, representing 20% of all colleges and universities nationwide, HSIs now enroll and advise two-thirds of all Latino undergraduates.

Academic advisor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

The premise that every employee contributes meaningfully to organizational success and every employee deserves recognition and care lies at the heart of Dr. Kevin R. He observes that although a culture of care is more often considered for students than workers, employee well-being and student success are inextricably linked.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. For HBCUs, these programs are more than just practical.

Career counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2025

More than 1,300 HBCU leaders, faculty, students, and advocates will gather in Atlanta next week for UNITE 2025, the nation's most influential annual convening dedicated to advancing sustainability and excellence in historically Black colleges and universities.

Mental health

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. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Financial allocations must reflect an understanding of the institutional effectiveness goals, what is required to attain them, and the real value for target student success outcomes. Higher education leadership must emphasize its key role in a vision of a society that centers, involves and supports people in the community.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

Often missing is educators having compassion and understanding the root cause of students actions that shifted to them being disciplined to implementing restorative justice measures. This happens by first acknowledging structural issues and then reducing negative impacts on students (Hill et al., Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Tanya J.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

Timely MD

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

We know students want help , and there are strategies that colleges and universities can provide to help students overcome these challenges and find success both inside and outside of the classroom. Nap time never hurts either, especially if the student is sleep-deprived from stress. Here’s the good news.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Jorge Silva-Puras, the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), noted that the six-year completion rate at Lehman is around 51%. Over 80% of the student body at Lehman are individuals of color.

Academic advisor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2025

Community colleges across the nation are grappling with how to integrate artificial intelligence into their operations and curricula as students increasingly use AI tools while faculty and administrators lag behind in adoption, according to a new report from Achieving the Dream.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2025

At Monday's UNITE: Together We Lead conference in Atlanta, two visionary leaders sat down to discuss a revolutionary approach to building wealth at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)—one that starts in the classroom and ends with transformational giving. Students want to know who cares about me being successful."

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. A 2023 report by the Community College Research Center found that only 16% of community college students earned a bachelors program within six years and just 10% of low-income students did. And over the years there have been efforts to achieve that at CUNY.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Without this accountability, the trustees believed that efforts to diversify trustees, college leadership, faculty recruitment and hiring, and ultimately student success, would lack intentionality and structure (Calaway & Smalls, in press). Placing measurable diversity expectations and holding leadership accountable is fundamental.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

Kizartwho is director of student success at Tidewater Community Collegeconsistently bridges theory and practice through authentic school-based scenarios that illustrate how biases manifest in educational contexts. Her own experiences as an African American educator inform the text without overshadowing its universal applications.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the aftermath of the Presidential election, a new report outlines the importance of colleges and universities prioritizing civic education. higher education institutions can strengthen democracy by prioritizing civic engagement and civic education in the student experience. released a white paper that outlines how U.S.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

When we received the federal COVID funds, it allowed for students to be able to take summer school courses and not have to worry about the tuition of those classes,” said Dr. Dwayne L. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2025

Kala Burrell-Craft Grambling State University has announced the appointment of Dr. Kala Burrell-Craft as the new Dean of the College of Education, marking a poignant homecoming for the scholar whose family legacy is deeply intertwined with the Louisiana HBCU.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. In the last few years, we've had somewhere between 2-3% of students attending. Student success is the second pillar.

Collaboration

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). Hunt is the director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) McNair Scholars Program.

First generation

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

MARCH 12, 2025

A new study reveals alarming trends among college students nationwide, with seven in ten considering taking a break or dropping out entirely due to mounting pressures. The survey, conducted by higher education virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Yet, for students with disabilitiesincluding neurodivergent learnersthese institutions still present significant challenges. These measures can help everyone, not just neurodivergent students.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A landing page for student-facing websites at University of Michigan and Amherst College, just to name a few. Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Students and their families don’t understand the inner workings.”

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Florida A&M University, attests to the success of ELEVATE after taking advantage of the program’s benefits to aid in her own career. “As Dr. Cheron H. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

Faculty

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In what ways are you prepared to recenter your institution around Black students? How do you move from this notion of being an anti-racist college to being a pro-Black college?

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

In turn, understanding how college students and leaders propose addressing affordability can inform and compel action to meet basic needs, contain costs, and support student success,” Santiago added. The nine institutions are Angelo State University, St. For more information, visit: EdExcelencia.org

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Minus is currently the vice president of enrollment management and student success at Southside Virginia Community College. He holds a bachelor's degree from Hampton University, a master's degree from New York University and a doctorate in education from University of Phoenix. Marine Corps Community Services.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. A shrinking student population means fewer trained workers entering key industries, bringing about economic decline as the demographic cliff continues to grow.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2025

Vanderpool has been named the 10th president of the University of St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada – a role she has held since 2022. Vanderpool Sinda K. Thomas in Houston, Texas. She will make history as the first woman to lead UST in its 77-year existence.

Student success