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Howard University Makes History as First HBCU to Achieve Top Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a groundbreaking achievement that marks a significant milestone for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Howard University has become the first HBCU to receive the prestigious Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, placing it among the nation's most elite research institutions.

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AERA Announces Winners of 2023 Excellence in Education Research Awards

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the 15 winners of its 2023 awards for excellence in education research. Their contributions to education research, across all career stages and fields, have made and continue to make a difference in the lives of students and educators.” Dr. Felice J.

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Certificate Programs Surge as Bachelor's and Associate Degrees Decline, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the third consecutive year, undergraduate certificate programs have reached a 10-year high in completion rates while traditional degree programs continue to decline, according to new data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. While more than 3.2 The data indicates that certificates now represent 16.1%

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UNCF Study Reveals Strong Mental Health Outcomes Among HBCU Students Despite Financial Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The comprehensive report, titled Flourishing: Bolstering the Mental Health of Students at HBCUs and PBIs," examined mental health indicators among 2,504 students across 16 HBCUs and two predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research under a five-year charter in 2020. His tough and controversial leadership decisions, set against a backdrop of the university's retreat from diversity efforts, led to a 2023 investigation into the center's finances and culture.

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How Did Enrollment Researchers Get It So Wrong?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Now, citing a research error, they say it actually increased. In October, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released its annual preliminary Stay Informed enrollment report, which proclaimed that first-year college enrollments had fallen by 5percent from fall 2023 to fall 2024.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Loves current focus is a web-based citizen science project called Name That Neutrino that she and her students created in 2023, seeking a multitude of volunteers to participate in the process. Through the research, she was able to demonstrate the utility of citizen science for classifying neutrino events in the IceCube detector.