Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Dear INSIGHT Readers, As we approach 2024, we are celebrating 50 years of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine! To that end, we created the annual INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award , now in its 12th year.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 19, 2023

Image: Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs. Plans for Presentation College Presentation College has been a fixture in the small town of Aberdeen, S.D.—population

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The first time I stepped into the offices of Diverse Issues In Higher Education , I was with Dr. Orlando Taylor. He took me there to meet his long-time colleague and co-founder of the magazine, Dr. Bill Cox. Dr. Katrina Rogers In our long association, I traversed the field of higher education with Dr. Taylor.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Image: Efforts to improve college access and support for foster youth have spurred new laws in multiple states, with legislators from both major parties heeding calls to do more for a group of students often without family to call on for help. “Everyone knows education is the ticket to independence and success.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Army War College professors are speaking out against Republican Doug Mastriano’s controversial bid to become the next governor of Pennsylvania—a campaign in which Mastriano’s higher education credentials from a Canadian university also have been called into question, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The Biden administration’s $90 billion plan to provide free community college likely won’t make it through Congress, but supporters of the effort say the request shows it’s a priority for the administration and helps to continue the national conversation about the policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” In response to the decision, the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

The success of an innovative pilot program in New Jersey that helps to bridge equity gaps in higher education and fuel economic and workforce growth in high-need industries such as health care, clean energy, and information technology is leading to renewed funding. million in state funding for 2024. “We Utilizing $12.5

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: Florida governor Ron DeSantis promised sweeping reforms earlier this year to, he claims, rescue higher education in his state from “woke activism.” Chris Rufo, an anti-DEI activist whom DeSantis appointed a trustee in a conservative takeover of the New College of Florida, cheered the move on Twitter last week.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

While comfort dogs are not an unusual sight on college campuses, they’re most likely to make an occasional appearance, such as during stressful exam weeks. As a higher education professional, Bear is a lifelong learner who is training to become a therapy dog, with the goal of earning certification by his second birthday in May 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

She didn’t buy the book for me as a young aspiring journalist who was still in college at the time, although I’m sure she would have. I make this observation as a veteran Black journalist who has written for some of America’s top newspapers and magazines. Jamaal Abdul-Alim is a former reporter for Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: The Ron DeSantis takeover of Florida higher education was on full display Tuesday. First the Republican governor announced plans to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at state colleges and universities.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In recent months, college and university accrediting agencies have come under attack by leading conservative figures who claim the agencies are bastions of far-left political beliefs and responsible for infusing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) standards into higher education. Department of Education.” Jamienne S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Defenders of anti-racism in higher education have had a hellacious year. Between 2022 and 2023, government entities introduced 57 measures to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in colleges and universities. Supreme Court gutted the use of affirmative action in college admissions. And the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Image: Though the 2024 presidential election is still more than 600 days away, a handful of well-known Republicans have already entered the primary race. Higher Ed in the Cross Hairs DeSantis has maintained a ubiquitous media presence in recent months. Higher education has been central to that agenda.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. ” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Census Bureau employment data.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For the uninitiated, esports are mind-numbing, video games that have no place in education. And the evidence was on show at Bett 2024 in London, where it took up one of the busiest sections of the exhibition floor. And the opportunity has already been picked up by international education. In Canada, St.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

“The merging of these two universities will be very drastic and epoch-making in Japanese higher education if it happens,” he said. The fund will be opened to universities beginning in 2024, according to reports. Global Editorial Tags: Times Higher Ed Is this diversity newsletter?: Oberlin University.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now, in a world of higher education where mergers are becoming increasingly common , Indiana and Purdue will break programs apart at IUPUI, with each institution operating independently. The expected completion for the realignment is fall 2024, according to joint statements. The Announcement. The Reactions.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Chaka Cummings The University of Kentucky (UK) College of Education’s PhD in studies in higher education with a specialization in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has presented its inaugural INSIGHT Into Diversity Champion Award to Chaka Cummings. The winner receives a $2,500 stipend to supplement their work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

Smith University (JCSU) in January 2018, he brought his experience in law and investment banking as well as his experience in education that encompassed both K–12 and higher education. More recently, two of his five children have graduated from HBCU institutions, Spelman College, and North Carolina Central University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Image: After a long period of funding cuts and stagnation , public higher education in New York state got an infusion of hope last year when Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a historic funding increase, allocating $8.5 In her latest budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, the Democratic governor pledged $7.5

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Department of Education, higher education lobbyists and policy experts say. “Their priorities are going to be much more about building a record with an eye toward 2024,” said Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies for the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

However, higher education lobbyists and policy experts expect to see lawsuits challenging student loan forgiveness from the new GOP majority and stepped-up oversight of the U.S. Department of Education with a goal of setting up the Republican Party to win in 2024. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Ron DeSantis’ recently announced proposal to reform higher education in Florida employs some of the ideas that Manhattan Institute fellows highlighted in our issue brief. Weeks later, student protesters shouted Shapiro down at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, where he was scheduled to speak.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the world of higher education, rankings play a pivotal role in helping students and parents make informed decisions about which college or university to choose. In 2024, the U.S. News added a separate category for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Southern University and A&M College 30.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Since its inception 21 years ago, the Point Foundation has become the largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ+ college students in the country. This year, that number has risen to 552 and is expected to exceed 570 in 2023-2024. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the organization awarded scholarships to 98 students.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the past year, 41% of over 75,000 surveyed college students reported having major or minor depression, 36% reported having an anxiety disorder, and 14% experienced suicidal ideation. This past fall at Dartmouth College, the Geisel School of Medicine and the C.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

One of the most significant transitions in the lives of young people is moving from high school to college, partly because it’s often the first time they take on financial responsibilities. Similar legislation, set to take effect in the 2024-2025 school year, has also been mandated in Georgia and Michigan. Many are unprepared.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

While caveats apply, established universities must now conduct research at “world standard” in at least half the broad fields of education they teach. The body charged with enforcing this obligation is the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the brainchild of late higher education reviewer Denise Bradley.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. Families that make less than $60,000 won’t have to answer questions about assets.)

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Political leaders, organizations, and campus communities are calling on college and university officials to assess and find ways to improve the campus climate and protect students from antisemitism and Islamophobia amid a rise in tensions during the Israel-Hamas war. Violent attacks on college campuses are also making national headlines.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

“It certainly is a tough job market out there in any way, shape or form, and we always want to make sure that we are an attractive option for people who are looking for employment in higher education,” said university spokesman Christian Basi. The new PTO system would not go into effect until 2024.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

has plans to start construction on a new traditional dormitory with 330 extra beds by 2024. Often colleges and universities that overenroll rent out hotels for students while new units are being built. So the college secured enough used, refurbished shipping containers to build two three-story buildings. student housing market.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

CDU joins Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., For years, the nationwide percentage of practicing Black physicians has remained stubbornly low at about 6%, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), compared to 13.6% Dr. John W.

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