Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), this year’s “Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Access: What Unites Us,” drew faculty, students, administrators

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 24, 2024

Survey data suggests that prospective learners are being dissuaded from college by skepticism about whether degrees are worth the time and money. Enrollment has been declining in higher education for more than a decade, and the most common explanations in recent years have been lingering effects of the pandemic and a looming demographic cliff expected to shrink the number of traditional-age college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

The Lincoln University Alumni Association (LUAA) Board of Directors has issued a statement of no-confidence in the university’s board of curators. The decision comes after the board reinstated Dr. John Moseley as president following the suicide death of Dr. Antoinette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey, who alleged bullying and harassment by Moseley. Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey The LUAA’s board of directors took issue with the board of curators’ third-party investigation into the allegations, which resulte

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 24, 2024

When Alderson Broaddus University shuttered last August, several students transferred to Notre Dame College. Now it’s closing, too. My mom and I went and visited. I honestly loved it and committed right on the spot.” Two years later, though, the university abruptly shut down, just before the start of Cooper’s junior year. Disappointed but determined, she sought to transfer quickly to another institution that offered acrobatics and tumbling, a sport she had come to enjoy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Utah higher education leaders are considering steps toward compliance with a new law, HB 261 , that prohibits an institution of higher education, public education system, and governmental employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. Katy Hall Such prohibited practices include diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The bill, sponsored by Utah State Rep.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’. In episode one of this new series from Guardian Australia, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and reporter Matilda Boseley sort through these broken promises, investigating why young people are living in a time of such economic strain.

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