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The California Community Colleges system is rolling out an ambitious new project aimed at making higher education more Dr. Rowena M. By making higher education more adaptable to the complex lives of today's students, the system hopes to improve completion rates and address persistent equity gaps.

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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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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With higher education costs rising since the turn of the century, some question whether a college degree has the value it once did. In a recent Gallup poll, only 36% of adults expressed confidence in higher education. However, a quick look over the data confirms there is still great value in higher education.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

These institutions are vital engines of opportunity, resilience and innovation," said UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. At the UNITE Summit, we will provide a platform to advance strategic initiatives, enhance institutional effectiveness, and collaboratively shape the future of higher education."

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Engineering graduates continue to command the highest starting salaries, with projections up 2.6% Within engineering disciplines, computer engineering ($82,565) and software engineering ($82,536) top the list with projected increases of 6.5% to an average of $78,731. and 5.8%, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Lomax UNCF’s new research report, Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs , offers empirical evidence of the profound impact HBCUs have on the success of students, communities and the nation as a whole. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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MAY 1, 2025

Yet in this challenging moment for higher education, their shared identity as value entrepreneurs offers a powerful foundation for cooperation. Second, cross-institutional innovation hubs could become powerful engines for collective problem-solving. What might this look like in practice?

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JULY 5, 2023

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Dr. Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Move it forward—disrupt it. Our discipline is hard.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This group, smaller in number, comprised almost exclusively Black and brown graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. That early intellectual curiosity was the impetus for my brand-new “Black Males in Engineering” (BME) project. Even more, I wondered, “What are they retaining each other from?”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

million to grow diversity initiatives in STEM and aerospace-related engineering fields and address barriers to access and success for historically underserved and underrepresented students. Henderson, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH and the project’s principal investigator.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. In 2015, it received The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics’ Bright Spot in Hispanic Education honor. She gladly agreed.

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JULY 13, 2023

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As former provost, Fleming spoke at length about how tuition is the grease that spins the wheels of higher education. I am prepared to call elite higher education a ‘luxury good,’ and we’re in this world where we want it to be accessible.” Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences.

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APRIL 17, 2025

The college has achieved these results while serving many lower-income students, showing how intentional support systems can close equity gaps in higher education.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

While women have achieved parity in some STEM fields, such as biological sciences, they remain underrepresented in high-paying and high-demand areas like engineering and computer science. Early exposure to rigorous STEM concepts and tailored support prepares students for higher education.

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MAY 9, 2024

A new study measures “return on investment” in California higher education for low- and moderate-income learners and analyzes whether they can quickly recoup their costs of attending. The report seeks to inform the state and nation’s approach to ensuring that higher education delivers on its promise for students of all backgrounds.

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APRIL 11, 2024

What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? Daniels Of course, I was not reading academic journals and higher education publications then. Over the years, I’ve observed at least seven (7) best practices in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education that other media outlets might be well-served to emulate: 1.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division (NAD), signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) program management plan April 6. We need people who can relate and have the engineering background to solve problems in all types of communities. Lloyd, commander of the U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2025

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.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Acoff is Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. She is also a professor of Mechanical Engineering, and she serves on the Board of Directors for Carpenter Technology Corporation and the Board of Trustees for the Four Little Girls Memorial Fund.

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JULY 19, 2023

However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida. He wasn’t surrounded by college graduates or even friends who were planning to enroll. Fast forward to 2023.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Muhammad, a cybersecurity engineering major, is the youngest first year student in the schools history. The growing interest in Coppin, Jenkins says, has elevated its national recognition, including being listed as a top producer of HBCU students by Diverse. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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MAY 8, 2025

Despite this compelling evidence, similar strategies have been underexplored in higher education. So, if students are themselves noticing a need for academic language, why are we so behind in the higher education context? In contrast, in science courses such as biology or engineering, it was more common to use how?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brian A. Dr. Brian A.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Higher education “can and must renew American democracy.” Higher education plays a critical role in civic engagement and safeguarding democracy, a new white paper from Complete College America suggests. Higher education offers hope that civil learning remains a priority, rather than an option.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Luster-Teasley Pass holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina A&T as well as a master’s in chemical engineering and Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Whites make up more than 75% of all professionals in higher education. More than 80% were white.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A&T as an engineering professor, Martin subsequently stepped into the roles of college dean and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Martin holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from N.C. in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech. Joining N.C. A&T and a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Data informs decisions across key areas and workforce preparation for high-demand, high wage fields like IT, nursing and engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Broadening Black males’ participation in science and engineering extends our country’s ability to solve our — and the world’s — grand challenges. Dr. Brian A.

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JUNE 6, 2024

She previously served as assistant vice provost at North Carolina State University, as a program assessment consultant in the university’s Department of Chemical Engineering, and as an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education at North Carolina State.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Steel Dean of Engineering in Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at The Citadel and a master’s and doctorate in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. Martin serves as vice chancellor of STEM Innovation and Research at the University of Pittsburgh.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Jefferson “I am excited to collaborate with the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and the broader community to shape this esteemed institution's next chapter of success,” said Jefferson, whose unanimous board nomination was recently approved by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. “I

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