Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). In this new role, he is expected to guide policy research at the assessment organization with the goal of advancing equitable access to quality education and fair assessment for learners. Odis Johnson Jr. has been named the Edmund W.

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JULY 18, 2023

Rhodes College will receive an $800,000 grant to expand their research on racial equity, discrimination, and justice in the Memphis and Mid-South region. Rhodes College The three-year grant will provide funding for the research and documentation of Memphians stories who are often absent from the narratives about the city.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

“I knew that I wanted an undergraduate research lab,” Stoddard said. I knew I wanted to be in a space where both teaching was valued but also research was valued.” A biochemist by training, Stoddard said she does research under the umbrella of molecular interactions and recognition. “I’m

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. The goal is to release the Tracking Transfer 2.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Derrick Brooms will become executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College, effective Aug. Dr. Derrick Brooms Brooms is currently associate department head of Africana studies and professor of Africana studies and sociology at University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Then, as I observed them together celebrating and embracing each other, I wondered if their gatherings were an informal way of retaining one another. Burt From that gathering, and others that followed with the same group, I began to wonder why my peers in STEM gathered so much. Even more, I wondered, “What are they retaining each other from?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

AERA Fellows were announced on Thursday and a distinguished list of researchers topped the list including Dr. Jerlando F. Jackson, a professor and dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Education, is among 24 exemplary scholars selected by the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Jerlando F.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Phil Murphy will be receiving a media literacy bill from the New Jersey Senate to sign, a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to mandate information literacy education for all K-12 students. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3 Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

She researches race, gender, and informal economies in the Anglophone Caribbean. Brown-Glaude is the former chair of the Department of African American Studies, where she spearheaded the development of its major.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia. “I Congrats, colleagues!” He’s bringing innovative approaches.

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JULY 10, 2024

The research is a collaborative effort involving a research team from American Institutes for Research that was embedded at the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct the study alongside researchers from the Census Bureau and Veterans Affairs’ National Center for Veterans Analysis & Statistics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

“We have to continue to provide these types of resources for community colleges so they can have informed discussions with policy leaders about this topic.” Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Though confidence about the value of pursuing a two- or four-year college degree is higher among high schoolers than graduates who either dropped out or chose not to attend in the first place, neither demographic view such pursuits as the most valuable, according to a recent report from Edge Research, HCM Strategists, and D2 Strategies.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

The funding of two projects – one addressing postdoctoral researchers preparing for engineering/STEM education careers and one supporting youngsters - will build upon the community partnership between UH and Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, says university officials. Henderson, an assistant professor in the William A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Jeff Schiel ACT For the report, " High School Students’ Use and Impressions of AI Tools ", ACT researchers asked 4,006 10th to 12th-grade students nationally about their AI usage and their views on such tools. Students hold uncertainty about the tools, said Dr. Becky Bobek, principal research scientist at ACT and a co-author of the report.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Newly released research highlights policy reforms and institutional support systems that target student fathers, particularly Black and brown fathers, in higher education. Despite their presence, they [fathers] often lack visibility on campus and in research, leading to their voices and needs being overlooked,” she continued.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Obtain Your Unique FSA ID Anyone who is required to provide information on the FAFSA form needs a FSA ID which will be provided to you by filling out the required information on StudentAid.gov. inform the financial aid office about them. Be prepared to write a letter and provide documentary proof of these changes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2023

Colleges and universities generate vast amounts of data every day, spanning from the research findings of their scholars to the log-in times of their students to learning management systems. Borgman, distinguished research professor in information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of the study’s authors.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That's the findings from a new report , released by researchers at the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, in cooperation with The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). If the FAFSA-reported wealth threshold was set at a low of $500, 2.8

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

If we can find a way to start understanding that at the very beginning when students come to the campus for the first time…we can connect them to resources or inform them of resources…so they feel cared for, noticed and that someone believes in them.” We’ll provide psychological information. Garcia, executive director of CCCSE. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

According to research from UNCF (United Negro College Fund), HBCUs comprise 3% of the nation's colleges and universities, but enroll 10% of all Black students and produce almost 20% of all Black graduates in the United States, as mentioned in CCA’s report. Yolanda Watson Spiva, President of CCA, in an interview with Diverse. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It seeks to provide information about successful strategies, explore mentoring programs that enable the success of the young men, and to provide the latest research of the methods higher education institutions can employ to increase access, persistence, and retention and graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has published new research on digital leisure reading habits, suggesting a mostly nonexistent relationship between digital reading and improved reading comprehension with ‘slightly positive’ effects in higher ed. Lidia Altamura “ Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If these gaps are to shrink, policymakers, researchers, institutional leaders, equity advocates, families, and communities will need a better understanding of their causes.” Between White and Hispanic Americans, the bachelor’s degree gap has actually gotten worse: 38% of White adults have a BA, but just 21% of Hispanic adults do. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

She taught in the physics section for two years, leaving when she became immersed in her doctoral research. A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. During that time, the implementation of risk-informed, performance-based regulation became the norm. She called the physicist she met at the summer school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Yet a 2024 report by Community College Research Center, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, and National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that only about a third of 2015 community college entrants transferred and fewer than half of those who transferred earned a degree in six years. Dr. Linda L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Yet the research reveals insufficient data collection on graduate programs, thanks in large part to the need to protect the privacy of students in smaller programs. Artem Gulish, senior federal policy advisor at CEW and one of the authors of the report.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It’s a gap we have to fill for people when we come to these types of gatherings so that they can have the information that they need and so that they can be equipped to go forward as well.” People will travel to hear solutions and then work to implement solutions. And to have such a solutions-oriented conference is refreshing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Jaquion Gholston Jaquion Gholston has been appointed assistant vice president for Post Award and University Affiliated Research Center Operations at Howard University. Gholston holds a master’s in information management from Syracuse University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

“How can our empirical security address political forces that impact how we educate and serve students; or how we protect academic freedom or the livelihood of staff; or how we can inform legislation on access, affordability, and research integrity?” I am very big on resiliency research, HBCUs and mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The webinar allowed Diverse to inquire further about the scholars’ ongoing research and their views on a number of topics relevant to the current education landscape. Scholarly research should be made accessible and legible for people not in academia, the scholars agreed. "My My sisters and I joke that, somehow, she has an M.B.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

“Institutions should understand what the size or magnitude of that projected shortage in their local economy is, take stock of what their current credential production is and understand the constraints they are experiencing,” said Dr. Zack Mabel, research professor and director of research at CEW, co-author of the report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Mohler Peter “Ohio State’s newly elected Fellows represent a breadth of expertise in subjects ranging from cardiac disorders and marine life to STEM education and exoplanets,” said Dr. Peter Mohler, executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge at Ohio State. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

Research suggests that we send cues affecting underrepresented students’ aspirations, application, and enrollment decisions through three channels: public policies, admissions requirements, and recruitment and advising interactions. Take care with formal and informal advice-giving and mentoring. They don’t really care about diversity.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. These inform strategic decisions to address inequities and improve outcomes. … Santiago and Sarita E. Neufeldt, president of CSUSM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

million National Institutes of Health grant has been awarded to researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico to explore the link between infertility and long-term health issues among Hispanic women of Mexican heritage.

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