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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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Report: Community Colleges Are Leaving Millions in Medicaid Funding on the Table

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For more than a decade Ive documented the clear need for community colleges to offer basic needs and related health services, said Goldrick-Rab, who is also a columnist for Diverse. A growing number of administrators are trying to offer that help to students but struggle to afford the costs.

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Report: Higher Education Administration Pay Soars as Faculty Pay Lags

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report documents this and the ongoing shift in the makeup of the academic workforce from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members to mostly faculty members holding contingent appointments that are ineligible for tenure.

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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Documenting the Growth of Responsibility Center Management Budget Models in Public Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

My outstanding research assistant Faith Barrett and I went through documents from 535 public universities (documents from private colleges are rarely available) to collect information on whether they had announced a move to RCM, actually implemented it, and/or abandoned RCM to return to a centralized budget model. [2]

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An Open Letter to HBCU Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The war on DEI is being well documented. Dr. Charlie Nelms is a veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University. According to recent figures , 32 states have been affected by anti-DEI legislation. When we vote, we honor those lives and carry on this quest. Please vote!

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Sues Education Department Over Higher Ed Accreditation Process

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ron DeSantis Florida recently established a law requiring universities to switch accreditors but then ED issued three documents that made it near impossible for schools to follow said law, DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate, said. The documents required schools to have “reasonable cause” and ED approval to switch accreditors.

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