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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs. It's about building strong institutions with strong leadership, sustainable financial models, and effective governance. At the end of the day, UNITE isn't just a conference; it's a movement.

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Dr. Robert Scott Named Finalist for Albany State University Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

would bring a diverse background that spans higher education and corporate leadership to ASU if confirmed. I'm deeply committed to advancing Albany State's mission of fostering educational excellence and serving as a catalyst for economic growth in Southwest Georgia," Scott said in a statement following the announcement. "I'm

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Panelists Debate Solutions for Nigerian Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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