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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., This intellectual awakening led him to pursue a career in education rather than law, though he maintains that he accidentally fell into the academy.

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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow. We hope other schools will do the same.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Named after the institutions namesake, a pioneering African American educator, the program provides comprehensive support and resources to high-achieving students. 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.

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow. We hope other schools will do the same.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2025

s legacy through the Martin Luther King Day symposium, an academic credit workshop where both students can earn academic or continuing education credits for their participation in the event.The course is offered at no additional cost, regardless of a students credit load. Forrest Pritchett, who directs the universitys Martin Luther King, Jr.

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University of Utah Prison Education Project Admits First Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As promoted by Zakrajsek (2016) , all learning is by nature an active process since it requires the learner to actively engage with the act of making available knowledge their own. Intentional tech: Principles to guide the use of educational technology in college teaching. Life Sciences Education , 20 (1), 1–13. Buil et al.,

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NC State Alumnus Kevin Howell Named University's 15th Chancellor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

He also worked as assistant to the chancellor for external affairs from 2006 to 2016 and has held interim roles in university advancement and alumni affairs. From 2016 to 2018, Howell served as senior vice president for external affairs at the UNC System Office.

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Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

PHILADELPHIA-- In a significant recognition of their transformative efforts in higher education, Chattanooga State Community College and Southwestern Oregon Community College have been awarded the prestigious Leah Meyer Austin Award by Achieving the Dream (ATD).

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Louisiana Christian University Names Dr. Mark Johnson as 10th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

His influence extended to professional sports when he served as chaplain for the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) from 2016-2018. From 2009, Johnson led Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, establishing partnerships with churches, businesses, and organizations to revitalize the community.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Spelman, Lynch served as the Curator of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for over 10 years.

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Education Efforts Ramp Up in Student Voting Campaign

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

A recently released brief offers resources to assist postsecondary education leaders in their efforts to promote civic education and engagement. The Voter Friendly Campus Program is one of several programs promoting civic education and engagement among higher education communities.

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Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She was elected to the American Law Institute in 2016. She has served as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools Business Associations Section and as the president of the Law and Entrepreneurship Association. Rodrigues was a corporate associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Reston, Va.,

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. HPI has a long history of serving higher education and, specifically, larger community colleges. This allowed students to share their current feelings and experiences.

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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Kendi, a historian and antiracist activist, has made waves since publishing Stamped from the Beginning , which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Most recently, he was the Andrew W.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Learner-Centered Teaching There is growing emphasis on the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, due in part to the increased focus on accountability (Gore et al., Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016).

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Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

“Florida is Exhibit A right now—[they have] a governor who has a national profile using his platform to ban teaching of an AP African American Studies course saying it has no educational value,” said Alexander. in September 2016. If you teach cut up facts, nuance, complexity, subtlety, debate don’t matter.

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Nandi Mehta - Soccer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

School: Northwestern University Year: 2016 Major: Economics and International Studies Nandi Mehta is a Northwestern University senior majoring in economics and international studies. A member of the womens soccer team, she was named co-captain in 2014 and 2015.

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Corey Brown - Soccer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

School :Queens University of Charlotte Year: 2016 Major : Biochemistry Corey Brown, a biochemistry major at Queens University of Charlotte and soccer team forward, started in all 19 games for the 2015 season. He tallied nine goals, 11 assists and led the team in points with 29. He also racked up five game-winning goals.

Marcus Paige - Basketball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

School :University of North Carolina at ChapelHill Year: 2016 A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior, Marcus Paige is the only three-time captain for the mens basketball team. He is the teams all time leader in free throw percentage (.865). Prior to the 2015-16 season, Sports Illustrated named him the No.

Nine-in-10 Believe in Free Speech, 7-in-10 Feel Discomforted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

College Student Views on Free Expression and Campus Speech 2024 ” is part of a research series started in 2016 that tracks college student views on the First Amendment and free expression. The report concluded that its findings raise challenges and opportunities for higher education institutions.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Educational research demonstrates the impact of engagement, both social and academic, on student outcomes like persistence (Deil-Amen, 2011; Karp et al., 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003). Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Ellerbrock, C.,

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Survey: Women and People of Color Aren’t Advancing to Higher Faculty Ranks at the Same Rate as White Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

New research from CUPA-HR on the state of the faculty workforce in higher education shows that despite some growth in representation among tenure-track women and faculty of color in new hires, advancement to higher faculty ranks remains a barrier. The research points out that these promotion gaps are found in every faculty discipline.

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Alyssa Domico - Softball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

School: Dominican University Year: 2016 Major: Neuro Science Alyssa Domico is a senior at Dominican University, where she has achieved a 4.0 cumulative GPAwhile majoring in neuroscience and carrying a double minor in chemistry and business administration.A native of Naperville, Illinois, Domico is a.321

Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. “I Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

This has had real effects across the American higher education sector: since 2016, new international student enrollment had been decreasing year over year across colleges and universities in the United States, even before it plummeted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That is wonderful news. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Howard University Rescinds Sean "Diddy" Combs Honorary Doctorate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2024

The university made the announcement on June 7, several weeks after Combs was seen on a 2016 hotel video assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura. "The Howard University said that it has rescinded the 2014 honorary degree given to rapper and hip-hop mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs.

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Little Rock Nine Member Thelma Mothershed Wair, Dies at the Age of 83

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Wair earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1964, a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Sothern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIEU) in 1970 and an administrative certificate in education from the university in 1972. Arkansas Gov.

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Six-Year Completion Rates Stall Across the Nation, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

of those who began their first year of college in 2016 reached graduation within six years, a.1 Students who began in 2016 and finished in four years were likely unaffected by the pandemic, said Dr. Doug Shapiro, vice president of research at the National Student Clearinghouse. The report found that 62.3% Dr. Travis C.

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North Carolina Behind in Goal for Educational Attainment; Calls for Greater Student Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But by 2016, Allen decided to return to school and complete her education. Allen will be the first person in her family to cross the graduation stage, and educators, leaders, and policy makers in North Carolina are working hard to see more adult learners like her and high school graduates follow in her footsteps.

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Dr. Pamela Haney Appointed President of Moraine Valley Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Department of Education. Haney has been commended for her work in higher ed, receiving awards including 2016 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College and Moraine Valley’s 2016 Dr. Vernon O. Crawley Leadership Award. Haney holds a Ph.D.

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Voices of Student Success: Life Design for Student Success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In higher education, more colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation.

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Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2023

Despite an upward trend in diversity in the public health educational pipeline, minority students are still underrepresented in the field, a recent study from George Washington University found.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Eight economic facts on higher education.

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Dr. Richard Englert Appointed Temporary President of Temple University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Englert has served in a number of roles at Temple over the years, including president from 2016-2021. “Dr. in general elementary education from Pepperdine University; and an Ed.D. in educational administration from UCLA. Morgan said in a letter to the Temple community. Englert holds a B.A. in philosophy from St.

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Gomez Named Provost & VP for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

She also served as a department chair and interim associate dean in the College of Education and Integrative Studies as well as an associate vice president for student success. Gomez served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

“Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Orrick, Jr. Gavin Newsom.

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She is also president of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association [APA].

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

According to the report, first-time enrollment in this context refers to the number of students enrolled for the first time in graduate certificate, education specialist, master’s, or doctoral programs for the fall term. in Fall 2016 to 87.4% From 2016 to 2021, domestic first-time enrollment went up by 3% – 8.7% in Fall 2020.

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Corequisite Courses Can Help Students Graduate Quicker and Earn More

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Corequisite courses do not remove remedial education, rather reform it into more targeted support while closing off what experts call “exit points” for a student, more opportunities for life to get in the way of a student’s completion. Mari Watanabe-Rose for the last decade, studying the impacts of remedial education courses.

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Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 4, 2024

After decades of positively impactful work in higher education and economic and community development, this appointment is also a win for the city of Philadelphia as John now brings his experience and a fresh vision to Temple University.” A graduate of Lafayette College, he holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities. Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students.

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

identified as place-bound , according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy (Hillman, Nicholas, & Weichman, 2016). While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Despite increased opportunities for online educational programming, their analysis concludes “.it’s

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

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

University of Utah Prison Education Project Admits First Cohort

Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

NC State Alumnus Kevin Howell Named University's 15th Chancellor

Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity

Louisiana Christian University Names Dr. Mark Johnson as 10th President

Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Education Efforts Ramp Up in Student Voting Campaign

Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

Nandi Mehta - Soccer

Corey Brown - Soccer

Marcus Paige - Basketball

Nine-in-10 Believe in Free Speech, 7-in-10 Feel Discomforted

Learning Assistantships

Survey: Women and People of Color Aren’t Advancing to Higher Faculty Ranks at the Same Rate as White Men

Alyssa Domico - Softball

Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Howard University Rescinds Sean "Diddy" Combs Honorary Doctorate

Little Rock Nine Member Thelma Mothershed Wair, Dies at the Age of 83

Six-Year Completion Rates Stall Across the Nation, Report Finds

North Carolina Behind in Goal for Educational Attainment; Calls for Greater Student Support

Dr. Pamela Haney Appointed President of Moraine Valley Community College

Voices of Student Success: Life Design for Student Success

Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

Seal of Excelencia 2024

My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Dr. Richard Englert Appointed Temporary President of Temple University

Gomez Named Provost & VP for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona

Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Corequisite Courses Can Help Students Graduate Quicker and Earn More

Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

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