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It’s Time for Higher Education Leadership to Embrace 'Good Trouble’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Detris Adelabu On the day of his death in 2020, an op-ed appeared in the New York Times , pre-written by Congressman John Lewis, urging Americans to stand up for justice and what he called good trouble, necessary trouble. If ever there was a time for good trouble in higher education, that time is now.

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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them? This isnt a personal failure; its a systemic issueand higher education is a microcosm of broader workplace inequities.

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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education. Turning Enrollment Decline into Growth Serving Californias High Desert, our college has long navigated economic and educational inequities.

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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barabino, who made history in 2020 as the college's first Black woman president and second president overall, brought distinguished leadership to the science and engineering institution. The institution joins numerous smaller colleges in the region facing similar pressures in an increasingly competitive educational landscape.

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Directive to Dismiss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices Presents Opportunity to Define and Seek Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In other words, we can see this boiling point as an opportunity to lean in on maintaining efforts around access and equity, which are vital component in higher education for creating opportunities and fostering societal and economic progress. In 2020 , the unemployment rate for workers with a bachelors degree was 5.5

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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. Applications for jobs like automotive technicians or respiratory therapists went from an average of 10 applications each to only five. Dr. Willie L.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

below 2020 levels. of non-freshmen undergraduates, and this percentage has steadily grown since fall 2020. Were observing that students have become more mobile in terms of transfer behaviors as we put the pandemic disruptions further behind us, said Dr. Black students saw an even higher transfer rate at 8.3% overall and 8.9%