EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

According to the 2024 CDW Cloud Computing Research Report, 88% of higher education institutions have moved more than a quarter of their applications into the cloud. At the 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual… So, how are they doing it?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Scaling Up: Providing Paid Research Opportunities for Students Ashley Mowreader Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 AM A program at the University of Dayton provides undergraduate students interested in faculty-led research with a stipend to close equity gaps in participation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2025

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Louis, has been elected as the next president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His research examines the complex intersections of race, social class, and geography in educational opportunity, with a particular focus on the U.S. Following Howard was Dr. Janelle Scott for the 2024-2025 term, and then Dr. Maisha T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

The problem Ramirez’s doctoral research is looking into has to do with structural changes to lymph nodes in the human body and how such changes relate to the functionality of the overall immune system. candidate a driven researcher and a mentor for others in the lab. “I Maisel calls the fifth year Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Dr. Kaleb Briscoe In June 2024, Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU) Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, found herself at the White House, presenting her research to policy makers and legislators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2025

Between 2021 and 2024, 34 state legislatures introduced bills aimed at limiting or banning the teaching of "divisive concepts" on college campuses, with 11 states passing such laws. The House of Representatives also passed legislation affecting colleges' ability to restrict campus demonstrations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

National Association of Colleges and Employers New research suggests that the levels of hiring college students for internships will remain stable this year. Data for the 2024 Internship & Co-op Report were collected Oct. 5, 2024, with 283 participating organizations. 31, 2023, to Jan.5,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Terrell Educational Foundation has selected three master's students from diverse institutions across the United States for its 2024-2025 MCT Araceli Negrete Scholars program, with a focus on investigating student mental wellness in today's challenging environment. The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell, foundation namesake and chair emeritus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The five-day event at the Signia by Hilton Hotel will feature over 100 sessions focusing on institutional excellence, student success, research, economic mobility, and systems change. Lomax college and university (HBCU) and Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

Charitable contributions to American colleges and universities increased by 3 percent in the 2023-2024 academic fiscal year when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released Thursday by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Research continues to be a priority for donors, with 43.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

Princeton University In a concerning development for research institutions nationwide, Princeton University has become the most recent Ivy League school to have federal funding suspended amid what many academic leaders are describing as an unprecedented federal pressure campaign targeting elite universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At Morgan State, despite achieving record-breaking total enrollment figures and becoming the nation's third-largest HBCU, the percentage of Black male students has dropped from 43% in 2015 to 37% in fall 2024. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking higher education," Wilson said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Whitaker became interim president of Colorado College, a medium, private nonprofit college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2024, just five years after earning tenure as an associate professor at the college in spring 2019. Manya Whitaker serves as a compelling example of rapid advancement in academic leadership. Song Richardson in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

After more than four years as president of York College, City University of New York, in January 2024 she became the ninth president of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), the first woman to serve in the position. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In 2024, California, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia joined Colorado in restricting legacy admissions through state laws. Between 2022 and 2023 alone, 92 colleges abandoned legacy preferences, representing an 18% decrease that coincided with the Supreme Court's landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

Research consistently demonstrates that investments in early learning yield long-term benefits such as enhanced cognitive development, emotional intelligence, and social skills that form the bedrock of a thriving society. Let us commit to building a future in which every child can thrive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

While some individual campuses have emerged as success stories around college completion, growth in the nation’s college completion rate has stalled at 62.2%, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Many adult learners must prioritize earning a living and caring for their families.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

While MSIs play a key role in promoting faculty diversity by consistently employing more educators of color than other institutions, MSI faculty also face pressures, such as heavy teaching and advising loads, high expectations for research and publishing, and limited resources for career development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. out by Summer/Early Fall of 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2025

The Fall 2024 results paint a portrait of what the researchers call "the modern learner" students whose complex lives often involve working, caregiving, and managing financial insecurity while pursuing their degrees. These financial stressors directly impact academic performance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

From 2015 to 2018 and for the fall semester of 2024, Rodrigues served as the law school's associate dean for faculty development. Her teaching and research focus oncorporate law,business ethics, corporations and securities regulation. She joined the School of Law's faculty in the fall of 2005 and was named the holder of the M.E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Their stories, combined with Shepherd’s meticulous research, put forth a narrative that helps us better understand the fierce opposition to change on college campuses that was being waged by peace and civil rights activists who protested the Vietnam War and efforts to deny access to the ballot box.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research Elizabeth Redden Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Evelyn Vzquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal universityand offers suggestions for how to change this. Byline(s) Evelyn Vzquez

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Medill State of Local News Report 2024 was unveiled earlier this week, providing a sobering look at the state of local journalism. In addition to the growing news deserts, researchers noted that the trend of diminishing news sources shows no signs of decreasing. In our 2022 report, we predicted that by the end of 2025, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

The 2024 College Affordability Profiles show that while the 16-state region has improved overall affordability metrics in recent years, students from families earning less than $30,000 annually still face substantial financial barriers, particularly at four-year institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

As a Black woman graduating with honors, Im proud of what Ive accomplished, says Tanya Washington, a 2024 graduate. Her experience reflects the findings of a 2021 Pew Research survey, that showed that women often face significant financial barriers to completing their degrees. But it wasnt easy.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 7, 2025

By far, the most popular piece on my blog in 2024 (representing nearly one-fourth of all traffic to my website) was a fairly quick look at which private colleges consistently lost money over the last decade.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 2, 2025

This is my absolute favorite class to teach, as it aligns well with my research areas and on-the-ground experience as a cog in the bureaucratic machine at two different universities. link ) Commonfund Institute (2024). 2024 higher education price index. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 33216. Kelchen, R.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 29, 2024

New Research Emphasizes Importance of College Proximity Johanna Alonso Tue, 10/29/2024 - 03:00 AM Distance plays an outsize role in students’ academic outcomes, especially for certain minority students, according to two studies out of Texas and California. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

In 2024, White applicants received offers of admission at nearly twice the rate of their Black counterparts, with 79% of white applicants receiving at least one acceptance compared to just 45% of Black applicants. While women comprised 57% of all law school applicants in 2024, they accounted for only 56% of admitted students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Maisha T Winn The association announced that Winn will join the AERA Council as president-elect in 2024–2025, ahead of her presidency, which begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2025 annual meeting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Du Bois Medal from The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Other 2024 medal recipients included philanthropists, activists and actors including LeVar Burton and Spike Lee. Legal scholar Kimberlé W. Crenshaw was among those honored on Tuesday with the W.E.B. Kimberlé W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The findings, released Wednesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Hillel International as part of AJC's State of Antisemitism in America 2024 Report, paint a stark picture of Jewish students' experiences on campus in the wake of recent Middle East tensions. adults between October and November 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Can We Trust AI in Qualitative Research? Elizabeth Redden Wed, 10/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Andrew L. Gillen urges caution in using AI to analyze qualitative data. Byline(s) Andrew L.

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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. Also, discomfort with the speech environment on campus rose with 7-in-10 students saying speech can be as damaging as physical violence.

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