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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This past fall, Coppin welcomed Wes Muhammad, a 14-year-old from Baltimore into its largest freshmen class since 2011. We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff. Infrastructure development has been another cornerstone of Jenkins tenure.

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How Colleges Across the Nation are Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A leader of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, Johnson passed away in 2011. After the election of 2016 we thought America needed an upgrade, said Rev. Dr. Forrest Pritchett, who directs the universitys Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program and Gospel Choir. David Wall Rice, a psychology professor at Morehouse.

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AccessLex Provides Update to Legal Education Data Deck in New Release

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The proportion of schools awarding conditional scholarshipsfinancial aid that can be withdrawn if students fail to maintain certain academic standardshas decreased substantially, from 61% in 2011 to 32% in 2023. The updated data reveals persistent disparities in admissions rates across demographic groups.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford This concept stems from Richie Neil Haos (2011) research on critical compassionate pedagogy, which draws on Freires conceptualization of critical pedagogy (e.g., Dr. Erik M. Understanding Compassionate Pedagogy Dr. Donna Y. Pedagogy of the Oppressed ). Knowledge is power.

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Dr. Robin DiAngelo, University of Washington

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which has influenced the international dialogue on race.

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Post-Pandemic Trends in Student Fees at Public Universities

Robert Kelchen

I did this using data on 499 public universities from the 2011-12 through the 2023-24 academic years, excluding about two dozen institutions (including all of Massachusetts) that reset fees by shifting most of their fees into tuition at some point during the period. The data for this analysis can be downloaded here.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI. According to LeiLani, When learning is personalized and can be done anywhere, continued relevancy for schools will rely on providing what the present generation values the mostquality experience.