Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Before then, she held a faculty appointment as a research associate in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. A&T’s College of Science and Technology, successfully secured the grant. She was awarded the highly competitive two-year National Institutes of Health Ruth L.

Social Justice 312

Social Justice Support Services Research Faculty 312

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

Central to this national transformation is the innovative Eagle Achievement Center, a comprehensive student success hub located in the schools library that provides integrated academic support, career guidance, and personal development resources.

Career Counseling 354

Career Counseling Academic Advising Health Services Healthcare 354

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. It's not why they chose the online education in the first place.”

Faculty 289

Faculty Support Services Insurance Health Services 289

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

African American males and collegiate sports continue to be a topic of debate in higher education. Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Seek out support services. Practice time management.

Faculty 246

Faculty Community College Support Services Student Services 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

Nonprofit Organizations 278

Nonprofit Organizations Financial Aid Support Services Student Services 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all higher education institutions. Institutions of higher education budgets should be value statements and represent the needs of our students.

Community College 316

Community College Social Justice Transportation Higher Education 316

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

In the realm of higher education, the system's implicit message is clear: conform to the oppressive culture and align with the ideals of the white majority. Administrators and faculty members are responsible for confronting these unjust behaviors head-on. They are warriors in the truest sense, battling against unimaginable odds.

Support Services 317

Support Services Higher Education Faculty Research 317

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

Development and Fund Raising 299

Development and Fund Raising Higher Education Support Services Community College 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Students benefit tremendously from seeing themselves reflected in the faculty, staff, and student peers who make up the campus community.

Food 312

Food Academic Advising Higher Education Support Services 312

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Similarly, the higher education reforms signed into law by Florida Gov. This new legislation presents a formidable barrier that hampers the ability of Black people (students, faculty, and staff) to flourish and thrive in their academic pursuits. What does it mean for Black students to thrive and flourish in higher education?

Higher Education 264

Higher Education Faculty DEI Support Services 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Faculty play a key role in understanding and responding to student needs, the report authors wrote.

Community College 312

Community College Faculty Food Support Services 312

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

Development and Fund Raising 321

Development and Fund Raising DEI Nonprofit Organizations Faculty 321

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Every Learner Everywhere Every Learner Everywhere is a network of organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, scaling, and measuring the efficacy of education technologies, curriculum and course design strategies, teaching practices, and support services in blended and online learning environments.

Support Services 274

Support Services Student Engagement Management Faculty 274

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To do so, she focused on long-standing issues like program development and student support services, and by the time the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees approved her permanent position, progress was tangible. Randall says faculty training in online teaching is a priority this year.

Healthcare 289

Healthcare Community College Financial Aid Faculty 289

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. For faculty, staff, and deans, they felt like academic probation was a process by which students are given a warning, an alert,” Jez said.

Financial Aid 299

Financial Aid Libraries Finance Support Services 299

The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 3, 2025

Higher education in the United States stands at a pivotal juncture, confronting a profound crisis in public confidence amid significant drops in enrollment. Once perceived as a direct path to economic and social stability, college education is increasingly viewed with skepticism.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Marketing and Communication Services IT Education 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

Marketing and Communication Services 336

Marketing and Communication Services Financial Aid Faculty Recruitment 336

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Currently, students are more immediately aware of the return on interest (ROI), and they want to know —up front — the lasting impact of their choices of when and how they engage in higher education. The pressure to publish is not part of the air that faculty breathe, and as a result, many are able to be more available.

Community College 279

Community College Higher Education Support Services Admissions 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways.

Food 279

Food Community College Higher Education DEI 279

Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education. Shifts in demography, the economy and cultural values have far greater influence than the stories that dot the higher ed press. What were the most important events in higher education in 2022? How about the defunding of higher education?

Higher Education 119

Higher Education Education Development and Fund Raising Admissions 119

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A.

Development and Fund Raising 321

Development and Fund Raising Professional Development Faculty Community College 321

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Through Caring Campus , the IEBC has developed ways that faculty and professional staff can help make this essential connection with students right away. They should also support students to complete all of the necessary paperwork before the term begins. Connections with faculty are important.

IT 290

IT Community College Faculty Research 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Amanda DiDonato, senior associate director of academic support services at Seton Hall University, a Division I institution that is not in either NCAA tournament this year but has previously sent teams to both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, said the school utilizes a structured study hall for freshmen and transfers.

Support Services 59

Support Services Academic Advising Utilities Recruitment 59

University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They participate in department and faculty meetings and go above and beyond staying for office hours. And as they increasingly make up the majority of your institution’s faculty workforce , their pay, benefits and job security continue to sour. Nearly two-thirds of faculty wish they were full-time.

Faculty 98

Faculty Healthcare Support Services Higher Education 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

At the median, selective institutions spend more than twice as much on student services and academic support per student and have more full-time faculty per student than open-access colleges,” said Nyhof. These factors contribute to higher graduation rates and better opportunities for their graduates.”

Support Services 290

Support Services Engineering Admissions Student Services 290

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2025

Strategies for Each Stage of the Enrollment Journey Higher education institutions face many challenges in their efforts to engage with potential students and keep them motivated while they navigate the enrollment process. To learn more, check out the infographic below, created by the Higher Education Marketing Journal.

Marketing and Communication Services 59

Marketing and Communication Services Financial Aid Admissions Higher Education 59

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

One suggestion is for student support services to work closely with instructors, such as including information about student support along with a course syllabus. Another possibility is for faculty to invite advisors to their courses, said Garcia. This report is about the entering student experience,” said Garcia.

Community College 306

Community College Student Engagement Support Services Faculty 306

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Shes known for her transformational work in higher education, says Dr. Theresa B. Its not just the classroom; you need to have the support services, she says. At the same time, the deans are talking to their faculty about the data in the classroom that faculty are using.

Community College 278

Community College Faculty Enrollment Management Utilities 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Online-only students were also less likely to use support services like tutoring or skill labs and were less likely to have engaged in service-learning activities or field experiences. What resources are we presenting [faculty] with to better connect with students? The way engagement happens has to be really thoughtful.

Student Engagement 189

Student Engagement Community College Faculty Research 189

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association.

Enrollment Management 264

Enrollment Management Support Services Engineering Community College 264

EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. To get the word out about an institution's services, leaders should consider targeted marketing and communication efforts.

Higher Education 97

Higher Education Marketing and Communication Services Education Financial Aid 97

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits).

Higher Education 111

Higher Education Development and Fund Raising Fundraising Education 111

Blackboard Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2022

The past few years have seen a complete shift in not only the delivery of higher education courses, but also student services. This has been notably hard for students, as well as faculty and staff members. Clarity on data to drive improvements in service.

Support Services 52

Support Services Financial Aid Student Financial Aid Student Services 52

University Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every higher education institution shapes the student experience by applying a storied history to its own unique traditions. It’s making waves in higher education because of its universal impact on the skills students need to have when they make their way into a professional work environment.

Higher Education 98

Higher Education Education Support Services Management 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Santiago argued that HSIs should endeavor to hire faculty that look like the students they teach. You can have identity as an HSI in your C-suite, but if it doesn’t permeate to faculty and students, then it doesn’t resonate, it doesn’t sustain,” she said. It’s made it challenging to know what’s impactful,” said Santiago.

Faculty 264

Faculty Support Services Institutional Research Management 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role. Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” Growing the diversity of the faculty is among the institution’s priorities, and CEED’s graduate student programming contributes candidates.

Engineering 290

Engineering Development and Fund Raising Computers and Informational Technology Recruitment 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

For ACC, those strategies include its Ascendor program, which provides mentorship, community events, and other culturally relevant support services to first-year students hoping to earn a bachelor’s degree. They are taking a hard look at the diversity of their faculty, staff, and curricula.

Support Services 243

Support Services Community College Administration Faculty 243