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9 Grad Students Honored with K. Patricia Cross Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Association of Colleges and Universities ( AAC&U ) has announced the 2024 recipients of the annual K. A past annual conference hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Patricia Cross Award — in honor of the legacy of distinguished university administrator, researcher, and teacher K.

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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dominique Turner Institution: Morgan State University Graduate Program: Higher Education Administration Education: B.S., Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev.

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Biden Admin Issues Guidance after Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin. Indeed, colleges and universities are not required to ignore race and ethnicity at all. The departments also emphasized that the Supreme Court’s decision only addressed admissions programs—not racially or ethnically-based scholarships and hiring.

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Generation Hope Kicks Off First National Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A senior at the University of New Orleans (UNO), she will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies and has aspirations of pursuing an MBA. She applied, received a scholarship, and “was introduced to a community of young moms like me.” In 2018 at the age of 17, Lopez learned that she was pregnant. “The

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Fourth-Year Grad Student Sets Sights on Collegiate Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Frimpomaa Ampaw, chair of the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy in the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University. “I Virginia Byrne, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Morgan State. “He I don’t even know if he sees it for himself, but I see it for him.”

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty.

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Degrees and Certifications Help Inform the Future of DEI Leadership

Insight Into Diversity

Programs at the University of Kentucky (UK), Cornell University, Tufts University, Purdue University, and State University of New York (SUNY) at Old Westbury, which range from professional certifications to doctoral degrees, are just a few examples of the emerging field of DEI education.