Share of Hispanic College Students Has Nearly Doubled Since 2005
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 11, 2023
By Dan Bauman The rise correlates with a rapidly growing number of Hispanic-serving institutions, which has tripled since the 1990s.
JAMES T. OVERTON
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 8, 2024
This is his second time serving in the role, initially from 2005 to 2011. Overton holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Delaware State and a master’s degree in human resource management from Wilmington College in Delaware. Overton has been named chief of the police department at Delaware State University.
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Hispanic College Enrollment is Growing, but More Needs to be Done
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The number of Hispanic people ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college has doubled since 2005. With the recent repeal of affirmative action in college admissions processes, Santiago-Rivera expects a negative impact in recruitment efforts at most public institutions. million in 1980 to 62.1 million in 2021 — according to the U.S.
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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. That allowed the college to build out new majors, which in turn brought in students and revenue. Rize was founded in 2019, and Adrian began using the platform the following year.
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C2YC Past Award Recipients
ACPA
MARCH 14, 2024
Dariel “DT” Henry, Bristol Community College 2013 – Lisa S. Kelsay, Moraine Valley Community College 2012 – Darl Drummond, College of Lake County 2011 – Deborah Casey-Powell, Green River Community College 2010 – Randy L. Dean, Richard Bland College 2009 – Nancy W.
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
ACPA
JUNE 30, 2023
ACPA College Student Educators International vehemently opposes the U.S. President and Fellows of Harvard College , and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., We remain concerned about college access as highlighted in our position statement on Affordability and Accessibility. University of North Carolina. As seen in U.S.
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‘The Impact of College Diversity’ - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 20, 2023
Author who first explored the impact of diversity on undergraduates in 2005 returns to her subjects as they reach 30 and finds new evidence of success of affirmative action. The results appear in The Impact of College Diversity: Struggles and Successes at Age 30, also published by Temple.
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Making Equity a Priority
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2024
Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. It’s a testament that the college is thriving, thanks in large part to Curry, who has been the school’s most vocal cheerleader.
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Here are the top 10 for-profit colleges in the U.S.
University Business
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
When seeking a degree, students should embrace a healthy level of skepticism if they’re looking into a for-profit college. Averaging the scores of for-profit college rankings from U.S. Academy of Art University, for example, has participated in New York Fashion Week since 2005. Berkeley College New York 33 $28,600 9.
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$2.1M Grant Aims to Diversify Geosciences
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 7, 2024
The percentage of Black environmental scientists and geoscientists fluctuated between 1% and 7.8%, from 2005 to 2019. Vlahovic said that economic stability may be a factor for first-generation college students as they may not see the geosciences as a field that they can build a career on.
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New Oregon college scholarships leave some Indigenous students out
University Business
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Rachel Cushman was on the cusp of what she thought was financial security for college when the floor fell from underneath her. The year was 2005 and Cushman, 18, had set her sights on becoming the first person in her family to attend college. Read more on Oregon Live.
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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 21, 2024
“As president, I look forward to strengthening relationships across the industry, promoting the value and impact of student affairs for key audiences, and pursuing strategies that enhance the college student experience.” From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.
NWA EDITORIAL | Community college tax hike rejected by taxpayers who were unconvinced of the need
Economics and Change in Higher Education
MAY 21, 2023
As much as the college has changed in its 34-year history, there also might be a concern that its relationship to the communities that created has shifted a bit. In 1997 and 2005, NWACC's rates were thus automatically reduced, although left at levels that ensured the college still gained additional dollars annually.
About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years
University Business
JULY 13, 2023
When College Promise first set out to make postsecondary education as affordable and accessible as public high schools, it started with 53 programs. Today, free college programs have proliferated to 425 different initiatives, spanning all 50 states.
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Reddit IPO Implications for Higher Ed Leaders Seeking to Rebuild Trust
Campus Sonar
MARCH 7, 2024
Founded in 2005, Reddit is the last of the 2000s era social media companies to go public. This demographic—which extends beyond traditional-aged college students—is more likely to use Reddit than LinkedIn. The AI tools prospective students will use to get information about college will be trained on Reddit data.
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New Report: Faculty Remain Stubbornly White
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. The results, for many colleges, were not pretty. Only 13% of colleges received the highest possible grade when it came to African Americans, and only 7% received top marks for Latinx diversity. Dr. Kimberly A.
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Probing the Value of Online Student-Student Interaction
Faculty Focus
JULY 4, 2023
In 2005, Marks, Sibley, and Arbaugh published a study to evaluate the impacts of all three forms of course interaction through a student survey. Miriam Bowers-Abbott, MA, is an associate professor and faculty fellow at Mount Carmel College of Nursing. References Chang, S. H., & Smith, R. link] Marks, R.
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President moves: A historic hire, a retirement and 1 leader on leave
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
She will be stepping in for Robert Clark, who had led the university for 13 years, the longest tenure across Main’s four-year colleges and universities. With a blueprint that Clark helped set, Coy-Ogan’s main objective is erasing college enrollment declines, Bangor Daily News reports.
Probing the Value of Online Student-Student Interaction
Faculty Focus
JULY 4, 2023
In 2005, Marks, Sibley, and Arbaugh published a study to evaluate the impacts of all three forms of course interaction through a student survey. Miriam Bowers-Abbott, MA, is an associate professor and faculty fellow at Mount Carmel College of Nursing. References Chang, S. H., & Smith, R. link] Marks, R.
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Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2023
Since 2005, schools and colleges in the U.S. have incurred 2,691 data breaches, leading to leaks of at least 32 million individual records, according to an April report by Comparitech, a website that reviews and analyzes products improving cybersecurity and online privacy. million records, Comparitech said.
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LGBTQ+ attacks mount as students, allies rally to defend rights
University Business
JULY 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis requested from its colleges and universities the medical records of students who sought or received gender dysphoria treatment, sparking a statewide student walkout. Initiatives to establish a center have been bubbling under the radar since at least 2005, according to student newspaper records —a two-decade uphill battle.
A Continued Commitment to Community
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Panel Dives into Social Mobility
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
RIVERSIDE, Calif-- As Americans express increasing skepticism about the value of higher education, how much colleges contribute to social mobility has come into the spotlight. He noted that the founding documents of most colleges and universities list economic mobility as an important goal. In recent years, the U.S.
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From president "designee" to president in three years
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 30, 2023
Image: When a college president resigns or retires, the institution’s governing board usually announces the steps it will take to replace the outgoing leader. The Board of Trustees of Parkland College followed that script in 2019 when Thomas Ramage told board members he planned to retire in 2022.
President’s corner: Trust is the bedrock of progress at High Point University
University Business
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Few college presidents can casually mention being good friends with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, when discussing the implication of AI in higher education. But upon closer examination of the dynamic career of businessman, author, Toastmasters award winner and High Point University (N.C.) “I believe in this work.
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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
This year’s college freshmen were born in 2005. College seniors were born in the fall of 2001. 9/11] is just this mystical thing I’ve always heard about,” said Evangelica Alcantara, a first-year student at Riverside City College who was born in 2001. I don’t have very much connection to it.”
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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2023
About 30% of African American STEM professionals begin their higher education at a Historically Black College or University, according to the United Negro College Fund, but only around 1% of the Defense Department’s research funding is directed towards HBCUs and other minority serving institutions. This week, the U.S. Dr. Wayne A.
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Press Release: ACPA Renames Professional Development Event to the Paul Shang Institute for Aspiring SSAOs
ACPA
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
For his service and contributions, he was recognized with the ACPA Annuit Coeptis Senior Professional Award in 2004, was celebrated as a 2005 ACPA Diamond Honoree recipient, and received the ACPA Esther Lloyd-Jones Professional Service Award in 2016.
Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). Teachers College Record, 107 (3), 453-474. This kind of approach to education is challenging for autistic students. Currents, 1 (1). Ferri, B. & & Connor, D. Lombardo, M., Ne’eman, A.
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ELICOS facing highest visa rejection rate ever
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
“The difficulties experienced by students and our member colleges in recent months regarding visa rejections are certainly top of mind for English Australia,” English Australia CEO, Ian Aird, said. It comes after Australia announced additional student visa application scrutiny in its migration strategy launched in December.
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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces
Faculty Focus
APRIL 20, 2023
Value the linguistic capital of students’ home languages (Yosso, 2005). Teacher’s College Press. Realize that one type of language or dialect is not inherently superior to another. Each language/dialect has value (Palmer & Devereaux, 2019). Journal of Educators Online, 14(2). Oxford University Press. Devereaux, M. & Palmer, C.
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Why we must improve opportunity and accessibility for adult learners
University Business
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
As a college based in the UK, the choice and opportunity for adults reentering education tends to be limited. In 2021, 6.95% of Americans aged 25 to 29 were enrolled in college. between 2005 and 2021. Across the higher education landscape, the challenge of attracting adult learners to higher education has become universal.
Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 5, 2023
Over the past two decades, promise programs, in which recent high school graduates are offered free tuition to attend local colleges and universities, have become popular tools to bridge equity gaps in higher ed, with over 300 programs active in over 40 states. Students in college need support with the cost of living and food security.
The Faculty Resource Network of New York University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 14, 2023
My research at NYU, courtesy of the FRN, engendered invitations to speak at NYU as well.
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The regulation of student education: are the quality wars back?
HEPI
JANUARY 3, 2024
The polytechnics and colleges were subject to a dual regime of oversight by the Council for National Academic Awards (the CNAA, whose degrees and diplomas they offered) and inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (the latter’s judgements linked from 1990 to funding by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council).
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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). Teachers College Record, 107 (3), 453-474. This kind of approach to education is challenging for autistic students. Currents, 1 (1). Ferri, B. & & Connor, D. Lombardo, M., Ne’eman, A.
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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces
Faculty Focus
APRIL 20, 2023
Value the linguistic capital of students’ home languages (Yosso, 2005). Teacher’s College Press. Realize that one type of language or dialect is not inherently superior to another. Each language/dialect has value (Palmer & Devereaux, 2019). Journal of Educators Online, 14(2). Oxford University Press. Devereaux, M. & Palmer, C.
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Lifting As They Climb
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. Founded in 1916, it took 79 years before the association elected its first Black president, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, to the post in 1995-1996. Today, she is the president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E.
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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2023
Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy."
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President moves: Hired, fired, retired and one unexpected loss after a 19-year tenure
University Business
MAY 26, 2023
She oversaw the institution’s transition from a college to a university in 2019 and helped expand its academic offerings and shift its campus operations to one cohesive campus location. “I After the pandemic, Wagner helped navigate the college’s embrace of virtual and hybrid learning. I was honored to serve with Sr.
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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko
The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The Knights Commission proposes there should be one governing association for football called the National College Football Association that’s separate from the governing association. That said, the College Football Playoff does distribute the revenue back to the FBS conferences, which is then sent to the schools.
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The English Major. If Only.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
What was needed, they argued, were many, many English majors in the text, in all different occupations, who could share the perspective that English majors offer. Note, that I have not suggested every college student should, formally, be an English major, although more English majors at most colleges and universities would be welcomed.
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Report finds faculty diversity isn't meeting student needs
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The colleges and universities were given a score of zero to 100 based on faculty diversity, hiring equity and tenure equity. The colleges and universities examined didn’t fare much better on the other metrics. Numerical ratings were then translated to letter grades, with 60 being the threshold for failing (F).
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The English Major. If Only.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
What was needed, they argued, were many, many English majors in the text, in all different occupations, who could share the perspective that English majors offer. Note, that I have not suggested every college student should, formally, be an English major, although more English majors at most colleges and universities would be welcomed.
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