Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new report released by The Education Trust titled, “Improving Titles III & V of the Higher Education Act to Better Serve Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds” examines how Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) receive funds related to Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Dr. Kayla C.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan , CNN reported. The change is effective immediately, according to a letter published by the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education. Despite promises to preserve women’s rights, the Taliban government has demonstrated the opposite.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. Seventeen years later, the percentage of adults 25 to 64 who have achieved education attainment after high school has increased from 38% to 55%. We had to rethink how education creates opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has published a report based on a qualitative survey examining higher education boards’ efforts to expand the diversity of their compositions. Diversifying the Governing Board: An AGB Report found that: 1.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. This was cool.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College have been added to the American Association of University Professors ’ list of institutions sanctioned for substantial noncompliance with widely accepted standards of academic government. AAUP’s Governing Council voted on the measure Feb.

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MARCH 5, 2025

By: Scott Yenor In 1982, President Ronald Reagan proposed dismantling the Department of Education, an agency barely two years old. Americans were not accustomed to such a massive role for the federal government in education, which had always Continue Reading The post Education: Whose Job Is It?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

A CEOs ability to ensure commensurate educational outcomes for all students and create a working/learning environment where every person is valued, supported, and expected to reach their full potential is the most important standard by which ones success is measured.

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APRIL 3, 2025

"We are committed to fighting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the government in combating antisemitism," Eisgruber wrote in a campus-wide message. Princeton was among 60 universities that received warning letters from the Education Department in March regarding accusations of antisemitism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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APRIL 13, 2025

Often missing is educators having compassion and understanding the root cause of students actions that shifted to them being disciplined to implementing restorative justice measures. In this practice, educators are committed to the success of historically marginalized student subgroups by countering oppressive pedagogies.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

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APRIL 4, 2025

As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Government Accountability Office. Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A new study from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reveals that Black student parents at community colleges face significant barriers in accessing critical childcare support, potentially hindering their educational progress and economic mobility.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sacramento State has announced the creation of the Sacramento State Native American College —a new university initiative aimed at advancing Native-based education and creating pathways for academic and professional service.

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APRIL 22, 2025

The first of those criticised (OfS Condition E1) concerns the duty to protect freedom of speech and academic freedom: The provider’s governing documents must uphold the public interest governance principles that are applicable to the provider. The Higher Education and Research Act (2017) s.3(8)(a)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts. Its not innate for everyone, says Trent.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

A webinar series designed to address key governance challenges, and opportunities, confronting Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) kicks off Oct. The webinars will be broadcast over a two-year period, focusing on various aspects of board governance, leadership dynamics, and relationship management. 1, 2026.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Board of Education decision. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in May 1954 that separate educational facilities between Black students and white students was “inherently unequal," dismissing the concept of “separate but equal” in public education, the nation began the task of desegregating its schools. Seven decades ago, U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

There is little doubt that education will prove crucial to the economic development of Nigeria, a country where 63% of residents live with some form of deprivation. However, exactly what needs to be done for the educational system to reach its full potential is far less certain. Panelists at the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Forum.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The institute's research agenda is ambitious, targeting persistent inequities across multiple sectors including technology, healthcare, education, environmental issues, economics, governance, and the criminal legal system. Board of Education decision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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MARCH 6, 2025

Yolanda Watson Spivas 25+ year career in postsecondary education spans a range of executive leadership, general management, federal government, public affairs, operations and academic officer positions. Department of Education in Washington, DC, and Atlanta, GA. Watson Spiva has also held various positions with the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Department of Education projects that the number of Asian American and NHPI students enrolling in college will grow by 12% in the next four years. Staying committed to a “race-blind” agenda, is turning a blind eye to the fact that over 70% of NHPI adults in the U.S.

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JULY 30, 2024

That’s according to a new report by the Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. " The Future of Good Jobs: Projections through 2031 " reminds readers that higher education has a critical role to play in the future earnings of their students and the stability of the American economy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Secretary of Education under President Obama, will become the 15th chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), effective January 2023. King is currently president of nonprofit The Education Trust. Earlier in his career, he was New York State’s first African American and first Puerto Rican education commissioner.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). In June 2023, the U. Dr. Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend. What if the success of pantries and other basic needs services was measured by how students’ opportunities for and experiences in education were changed? In many ways, it’s a sign of progress. But that is all the more reason to recognize that hope is a strategy.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A California native, legislator, father and lifelong advocate for equity and education, Gipson has committed years to ensuring Black and historically marginalized students have the resources they need. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts. Garcia asked. Its an equity issue, she added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Department of Education is deeply troubling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Todd said technical careers can get more students on the track toward social and economic mobility, and experts agree that higher education can also play a crucial role in diversifying fields that are overwhelmingly white and male. Of the half a million electricians employed in the U.S.,

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JUNE 20, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has announced it’s considering expanding Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to early childhood education (ECE) workers employed at for-profit businesses. Early childhood educators help young children learn, grow, and thrive. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Young PEN America The report, " America’s Censored Classrooms 2023 " lists 110 new educational gag orders introduced in 2023. Of those 110, 39 would restrict how educators teach and discuss sexual orientation and gender identity – most of them are modeled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Dr. Jeremy C.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

During the ensuing years, HBCUs received what most consider unprecedented levels of funding from the federal government as well as a groundswell of support from donors. Together, we must hold our country’s leaders accountable and demand equity in education.

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JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. Dr. Hamilton Raymond The findings reveal the historical and societal context of the pursuit of higher education in America.

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APRIL 9, 2025

It's about equipping institutions with the tools to drive change on their campuses, fostering cross-campus collaboration, and ensuring that HBCUs are setting an agenda for higher education innovation, not just responding to it. When we set out to build that digital learning network, we weren't just thinking about online education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

McNaughton examines why board independence is critical for institutional sustainability, particularly in today's challenging higher education environment. What you'll gain from reading this post: Beyond Basic Duties: Why traditional fiduciary training often falls short of addressing key governance challenges.

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