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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also highlighted new additions to the top risks list, including public safety (9th place) and a three-way tie for 10th place between general premises safety, Title IX compliance, and political and societal pressures.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's hard to believe that in 2022, 51 years after the passage of Title IX, for example, that only 40% of women's teams across all three divisions are coached by women and 50% of the assistant coaches of women's teams are women all these years later,” Lapchick said. “But

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She joined the task force, and over the next year, members laid out a program for recruiting and retaining minority students. I believed we’re going to live out Title IX,” she said. Within a year, the number of students of color increased exponentially. There was pressure to make the whole athletic program one division.

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Enrollment Remains Top Risk Cited by Colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Recruitment and hiring jumped from 14th place to third, and student mental health—broken out in the survey for the first time this year—ranked fifth. The risks of sexual misconduct lost urgency; Title IX fell to 10th place, down from third place in 2019–20 and eighth place last year.

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

University Business

Robinson has led several initiatives focused on student recruitment and success, such as a college preparation program for underrepresented student groups, restructuring the Division of Student Affairs and a $10 million scholarship for first-generation and low-income students.

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

These schools often lack the resources to aggressively recruit nontraditional students, such as adult learners, career changers, or international students, who could help offset declining numbers. For example, discussions around loan forgiveness, free community college, or changes to Title IX can directly impact institutional operations.

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What college leaders need to know about the career expectations for the class of ‘24

University Business

When employers embrace and focus on the elements of well-being in their recruiting, students are likely to respond with greater interest. Our conversations with students also include teaching them how to be nimbler amid changes in the workplace, such as when you work, where you work and even how you dress.