Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Now that we’re starting to get the results, we’re able to tell our social justice story.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

“I remember riding the bus home from work one day and I saw someone with the Central Michigan University bumper sticker, and so I applied because I recognized the bumper sticker,” says Patterson-Stephens, who graduated in 2003 from CMU with a degree in sociology. Martino Harmon, vice president of student life at the University of Michigan.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 30, 2023

becky martinez, Gavin Henning (one of the founders of the institute in 2003), and Anne Lundquist. Dr. martinez, a nationally known speaker and educator on social justice, challenged all of us to reflect on our own power, privilege, and positionality and how that impacts our assessment efforts.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Research has shown that people living in countries that spend more on advertising tend to be less satisfied with their lives (Torres, 2020). Journal of Personality & Social Psychology , 84 (2), 377–389. It is a bias built into our nervous system but one that we can learn to over-ride. References and further reading: Emmons, R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This leaves the door open for alternatives such as considerations of socioeconomic status in admissions, though research has indicated that cutting affirmative action in admissions leads to declines in underrepresented minorities at colleges. In response to the decision, the U.S.

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