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 He also served as U.S. The new institute has an ambitious mission.

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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. “In order to be prepared for any scenario, King’s has been working with a number of colleges and universities to develop preferred transfer agreements. million was Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Gordon, head of the Yidan Prize for Education Development judging panel and Board Member of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. Gordon, head of the Yidan Prize for Education Development judging panel and Board Member of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education.

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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. The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3 Shontay Delalue is senior vice president and senior diversity officer at Dartmouth College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

And despite chronic and discriminatory under-funding, HBCUs have stood as the greatest driver of social and economic mobility of Black Americans in the country. HBCUs receive less than 1% of federal research funding and development grants, and less than their share of state and federal funding overall.

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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.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Part of the CPE’s role is to bring about a positive return on the investment of public funds in higher education. Thompson also helped create policies that allowed the development of wrap-around services, which propelled the success rate upwards. It also licenses nonprofit and for-profit higher education institutions in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found on any given night in the U.S. Many are raising children, working, like any other low-income person who you might not know is a college student — yet, they had more difficulty because of landlord attitudes.” It might show that it’s not food people need, it’s housing.”

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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. Their culturally-grounded ways of raising their children are discounted and not infused into pedagogical practices and strategies (e.g., Imagine that. There was usually more than one teacher, so I felt outnumbered. In 2022, the U.S.

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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. Dr. Pamela R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

That was part of the strategic plan developed during his presidency. The development of the strategic plan began in January 2020 at a weekend gathering of board members as well as individuals from the local community. We did a lot of asking questions and listening, and then it was the development of that plan,” he said.

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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. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. When she completed her Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Among the issues addressed are reading academic text and managing assignments, which can be especially challenging when the students are still developing their command of English. So much of the conversation is often on what is not being done to better serve them.

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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

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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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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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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The Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2023

What Worked Structure The development of the FToC Summit began with our planning team, which included BIPOC teacher educators who represented diverse identity groups and educational experiences. In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. link] Easton-Brooks, D.

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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. the televised game enabled HBCU baseball players to showcase their talents on a global stage. The participation of U.S.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Through planning and organizing this service-learning project, students develop responsibility, compassion, and communication skills as they coordinate with residents and work in teams. Check out some winter-inspired service-learning project ideas and examples to help you get started!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

They will do something [for] you and teach you that you can do the same.” “He’s looking around, seeing what’s here, and seeing possibilities for growth, extension, development.” Lopez Valdez is hoping to organize accommodations and funding for additional Ph.D. Do what you love. A colleague of his Ph.D. I don’t know this person.

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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. Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. Staff were everywhere.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Unless those educators are naturally talented, you may want to consider enrolling them in a faculty development course if they are student-facing. Consequently, their positive development provided preliminary evidence that students’ academic achievement benefited. One new report proves the efficacy of doing just that.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Today, if you visited a friend and found their teabags secured with a padlock, you’d probably raise an eyebrow. This piece was informed by conversations in the AdvanceHE workshop on AI and Education, generously funded by the Institute for Academic Development. How do we determine if knowledge is valuable? What changed?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Attempts to develop an accurate definition and measure of "intelligence" have been fraught with difficulty and controversy. We concur with Helms ’ assertion that cultural behaviors and nuances are not considered during test development and implementation, as well as during interpretations of the White-Black test score gap. Fletcher Jr.

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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. With a combined enrollment of 1.9

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

universities scored above the world median in all five categories and particularly well in industry, there is one area it shot itself in the foot: research funding. universities scored above the world median in all five categories and particularly well in industry, there is one area it shot itself in the foot: research funding.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 30, 2025

While these institutions promise faith-based education and an alternative to secular public schooling, they also raise serious concerns about indoctrination, the commodification of education, and the profit-driven motives of their for-profit operators. Loewens Lies My Teacher Told Me warns of the dangers of sanitized history education.

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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 5, 2023

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. ” Since then, he has commissioned his Acting Education Secretary Khalid Mumin to create a task force to develop a statewide reform plan for next year. . While the governor’s proposed 7.1%

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession. This is also the time of year during which many colleges start to develop their proposed rates for tuition, fees, and room and board for the next (2022-23) academic year.

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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. Swensen, taking advantage of alternate assets, including hedge funds, private equity and natural resources.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 4, 2025

A big challenge has been to communicate our events and raise awareness. This post belongs to the Jan-March Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering Learners Introduction Community building is often perceived as the least important part of the academic mission.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Higher Ed Challenge 2: Rising Costs and Student Debt Challenge: The rising cost of higher education has left graduates with an average student loan debt of over $40,000, raising concerns about affordability and the return on investment. Today, undergraduate enrollment has dropped by 2.6 million to 15.5 A recession.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Hicks believes the community has been inspired to support the college’s mission of connecting students to a quickly developing workforce. “So the challenge to continue to be honest about our costs and to continue to raise the funds to be able to make an affordable education are always paramount for me.”

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