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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That penchant for student affairs stuck, recently bringing her into her current role as vice president of student affairs at CGU. CGU’s former dean of students and campus life, she arrived on campus in 2017 and became the school’s chief student affairs officer in June 2023. "A

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

Many HSI students at my institution are first-generation, which follows broader patterns of HSIs (and other MSIs) across the United States. For these students, university life is potentially shocking. Learning to file for financial aid, apply to internal scholarships, or declare a major are opaque bureaucratic processes.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The university became what’s considered a locally governed institution only in 2017, after a statewide reorganization following passage of a state law known as the Focus on College and University Success Act, or FOCUS. Students whose final GPA did not meet scholarship requirements were awarded need-based grants.”