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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re rethinking financial aid and student loans in new and innovative ways. Even though segregation was still a reality there, I was inspired to pursue higher education after visiting a historically black college. New models are emerging that place students at the center of all we do. Others are much more pessimistic.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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Emerging Scholars Express Hope, Validation, and Drive During Webinar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education's 2024 Emerging Scholars shared sentiments of drive, hope, community, and validation during a webinar Thursday. To accompany the release of its 2024 Emerging Scholars magazine edition, Diverse hosted its first-ever panel for the 15 outstanding scholars it recognized this year. Jamal Watson.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education is one of the most powerful assets our state has to uplift families, support businesses, and create prosperity. A credential earned after high school changes an individual’s career trajectory and typically leads to higher wages and more stable employment. And it is not just about a job.

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Top Innovators Recognized at Annual Community College Futures Assembly

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The consortium invites select higher education leaders to serve as judges who evaluate a national pool of 30 highly successful programs deemed Bellwether Finalists and choose three Bellwether Award winners. The Futures Assembly, a competitive three-day gathering, serves as the finale of a rigorous two-round evaluation process.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ray Martinez III To build the new model, Martinez says Texas’s higher education stakeholders and policy makers have come together to ask, “What do we need to do as a matter of state policy to ensure that students have the support they need, the scaffolding to ensure they can be successful in completing a post-secondary credential?”

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. in higher education and student affairs from CGU. in higher education and student affairs from CGU. Carter holds a B.S. in psychology from Tuskegee University, an M.S. Carter holds a B.S.