Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The award recognizes their innovative solutions which help learners reach their full potential, by advancing the quality of teaching and learning and breaking down barriers to higher education globally. Shai's model reimagines higher education, opening the doors for those who have previously been excluded," said Dorothy K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The governor has proposed some bold new investments in higher education and a comprehensive approach that will pay dividends for years to come,” he said. “The The governor has proposed some bold new investments in higher education and a comprehensive approach that will pay dividends for years to come,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will be kicking off a nationwide Walk for Education fundraising campaign this week. Maurice Jenkins The National UNCF Walk for Education Campaign is seeking to raise at least $2.5 executive vice president and chief development officer at UNCF. Jenkins, Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Racial exclusion from this nation's institutions of higher education has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., HBCUs were created to educate the formerly enslaved and their descendants who were prohibited from attending most institutions of higher learning in the country, but HBCUs were open to all.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind? Rather than use funds from the college foundation to assist students who are on a financial hold. They are commonly known as our GED (General Educational Development) students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

Smith University (JCSU) in January 2018, he brought his experience in law and investment banking as well as his experience in education that encompassed both K–12 and higher education. That was part of the strategic plan developed during his presidency. Armbrister became the 14th president of Johnson C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. totaled 62.5 million, just under 20% of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

The results of the study may be key to helping higher education, and in particular community colleges, understand the vital importance of supporting a student’s housing and basic needs, said Dr. Ivan L. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found on any given night in the U.S. Harrell II, president of TCC.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. Josh Shapiro proclaimed his state’s public higher education system “isn’t working. While the governor’s proposed 7.1% Chancellor of PASSHE Daniel Greenstein asked for a 3.8%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As Graham will be the institute’s inaugural director.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

It was really to lift up, determine where investment was needed, begin to raise funds to do that. Mary Baldwin is not a wealthy institution, but Fox said she believes in the power of ideas and loves to raise money. Within two months, she had raised $15 million and the board approved the project.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2023

Gregory Price, a professor at the University of New Orleans, and co-author of the working paper “Basically, they induce you to subscribe to a model of leadership development, of character development,” said Dr. Gregory Price, a professor at the University of New Orleans, a co-author of the working paper, and a Morehouse College alum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3 million that includes $1 million raised from alums, families, and friends through the Call to Lead campaign. million and will also provide a further $400,000 to match funds raised during the institute’s initial period of operation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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The Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We are five out of nine BIPOC faculty in the same teacher education department, and, as such, we often are asked or “voluntold” to do this as part of our higher education service duties. However, we chose to do this project because of our experiences being BIPOC from various backgrounds in predominantly White education spaces.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dr. Bevlee Watford Taylor Cupp Established in 1992 by Dr. Bevlee Watford, who earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Virginia Tech, CEED has raised awareness about engineering and other technical fields and fueled diversity in the professions. When she completed her Ph.D., His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

When raising my son (now an adult and father), I always found parent-teacher conferences intimidating. But as an educator myself, I knew that attending the meetings was essential so that educators would not dare to mistreat my son. Educators can use these funds of knowledge to enhance curricular and pedagogical strategies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. Meanwhile, the King’s College is exploring partnerships even as it courts donors, hoping a higher education savior will step up if the generosity of philanthropists doesn’t come through.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent. Such an argument, the authors show, is grossly exaggerated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The software also uses predictive analytics in an attempt to address issues before they develop. The combination of student data and coaching could raise privacy concerns, however. All 11 colleges that participated in the MMSI elected to continue their use of the platform after the grant that funded the project expired.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. I believe that this was in the third grade when my district tested all of the children for inclusion in the gifted education programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We began to get a lot of visitors who were interested in two things: the fact that we were able to raise our graduation rates, and that all these interventions disproportionately benefitted students from underserved backgrounds.” This work would eventually lead to GSU’s development of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Taylor was awarded the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching for her passion and dedication to supporting the academic and personal development of all of her students. Her track record of mentoring diverse students culminated in being named Wesleyan University’s McNair Program faculty director in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Propelled by the MLB-Major League Baseball Players Association Youth Development Foundation (YDF) and Hall of Famer/YDF ambassador Ken Griffey Jr., YDF looks to grow participation and develop players of the future. We’re keeping these players in the pipeline, developing them. It’s going to raise the profile of HBCU programs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. Adapt or die. Because of a lack of accountability.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course. But he raised some concerns. DFC students receive a free laptop, textbooks, a bus pass, and 10 meals a week. Staff were everywhere.

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The higher education industry is far from immune from the effects of an inflationary cycle that was largely unexpected even a few months ago. Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

million students of color, these institutions can be instrumental in attracting, developing and inspiring the diverse educator corps our nation needs. Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 19, 2023

These variations raise serious questions about how differing approaches play out across agencies and/or programs, how accreditors view their responsibilities, and what that means for equity in student outcomes. Interviews with a broader group of accreditors and a literature review supplemented our engagement with WSCUC and its members.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2025

In 2023, President Gee announced academic program mergers or cuts, tuition raises and layoffs. Edmonds is credited with raising nearly $80 million for an economic development project that revitalized a central campus building. The next leader of West Virginia’s state flagship arrives at a momentous time for the university.

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University Business

JUNE 20, 2024

It’s no secret that higher education has faced enormous pressures both within the category and with outside forces. Over the past few years, his writings have impressed me with four guideposts that can help higher education marketers realize their full potential. But we’re not just fighting over enrollment.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Higher education gained an unlikely asset during the pandemic, and it came in the shape of billions of federal emergency funding. Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. ” IIE has been working to provide Afghan refugees with access to higher education since the Taliban took control in 2021, Kokodyniak said.

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