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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For Charlie Baker, there are a lot of things similar about being a governor and the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) — the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics at about 1,100 schools across the nation. Baker says the NCAA is in the process of building a sports fan database.

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Chaos and Confusion: The State of Student Loans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“It’s been an incredibly challenging and chaotic year in student loan space,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director and managing counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit organization working to eliminate student debt. The gentle on-ramp to repayment the administration provided is expected to end in September.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color. I was very excited to step in[to] a leadership position like this, and I love it. It’s been the highlight of my career.” After she earned her Ph.D.

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Should 25 Years Feel Like Forever or Only Yesterday?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2024, I celebrate an anniversary that is special to me, 25 years of close affiliation with America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), especially those in my home state of Mississippi. Side by side with her daughter, she now leads a nonprofit organization in Forest, Mississippi, promoting the legacy of her parents.

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See what’s driving the sudden rise in institutional neutrality

University Business

7, 2023, according to a new report from Heterodox Academy, a nonprofit organization focused on viewpoint diversity. the end of 2024, however, 140 more institutions adopted institutional neutrality.

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Digitizing higher ed contributes to better financial footing, report suggests

University Business

While more leaders plan to increase spending in 2024, fewer plan to spend at levels predicted in 2023. The survey, conducted by Rabin Roberts Research this past summer, snapshotted responses from 50 of the 250 nonprofit organizations that identified themselves as higher education institutions.