Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

California adults with some college, no degree (SCND) are about to receive a leg up. Four higher education organizations have come together to target and return SCND students, helping them complete their degrees and keep California on track to economic success. Dr. Su Jin Jez, executive director of California Completes. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The governor has proposed some bold new investments in higher education and a comprehensive approach that will pay dividends for years to come,” he said. “The The governor has proposed some bold new investments in higher education and a comprehensive approach that will pay dividends for years to come,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

In a precedent-setting career in higher education, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. His own journey in higher education began at Laredo Junior College. from the Community College Leadership Program.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2024

There is nothing novel about the current approaches to improving access, quality and equity in higher education. Yet, this developing flexibility is underdeveloped in many community colleges where technical and in-person training is staunchly preserved.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Stakeholders have long called for the US government to introduce a national strategy for international education. It was chaired by Jing Luan, Provost Emeritus at the San Mateo Colleges of the Silicon Valley, who has previously lauded the opportunities at community colleges offering unique transfer agreements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

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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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Completing my college degree was the path to a better way of life, and I was determined to graduate to experience the socioeconomic benefits a college degree would afford my family. I was a Pell Grant recipient and the first person in my family to attend college, and I knew college graduation was key to providing for my new family.

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AACC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

September 23, 2022 | Issue # 220 This week, 73 community college representatives were in Washington, DC, for AACC’s Advocates in Action meeting. They also gained insight into how Washington formulates higher education policy. Advocacy at the local, state, and federal level […].

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

Supreme Court eliminated race-conscious admissions policies at the end of June, colleges and universities began preparing for the inevitable blow to their on-campus diversity. Dr. Julie Posselt, an associate professor of higher education in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, agreed.

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IHEP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Like many students across the country, Coleen began her journey to a four-year degree at a community college. When I was 18, I realized that I was going to be paying for college on my own and it hadn’t really hit me before, like exactly how much it costs,” Coleen explained. FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS. ix x .

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2023

college or university say their barriers have been to finishing their education over three years. Courtney Brown of the Lumina Foundation Higher ed leaders can learn what 6,000 current students, 3,000 people who stopped out, and 3,000 more who never enrolled in a U.S. Courtney, welcome to the program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

This finding came as a surprise, said report co-author Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy for the CEW. Having a higher degree than an associate’s just doesn’t pay as well in rural work, the report noted. That being said, higher educational attainment still presents promise, researchers pointed out.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

Although 80% of students who enroll in community colleges plan on getting a bachelor’s degree, only around 15% do so within six years. You need to have really clear lines of communication [and] consistent understanding of policies and processes to do everything that we wanted to do,” said Roberson.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. They’re less likely to have consistent office space on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. And I don't think that that is the implication of this decision."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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IHEP

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s also when college access and success advocates step up efforts to ensure the programs that improve college affordability and student outcomes get the support they need. President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal included several much-needed increases in higher education funding.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

” For-profit institutions are required to bring in 10 percent of their revenue from nonfederal sources—a market viability test stemming from the 1992 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. service members and veterans,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The study draws on responses from 11 focus groups and an online survey of 1,675 people between the ages of 18 and 30 who decided not to go to college or stopped out of a college program. “What’s making people choose something other than college?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. The national share of working-age Americans who hold college degrees increased across racial and ethnic groups and rose in all states between 2019 and 2021. adults show both good and bad news. ” The U.S.

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ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

Her research has been featured in many academic journals including Online Learning and the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning , and at academic conferences including the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Education works to fix the broken system, it’s time for community college leaders to remind Americans that these important institutions exist. All is not lost if only we embrace the expansive and flexible opportunities offered by our community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

A new study by EAB highlights a trend among students who feel unsure about their commitment to college due to growing concerns about affordability, academic success, and mental health preparedness. According to the survey, more than one in five students (22 percent) have decided to opt out of college because they are not mentally ready.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan —though temporarily blocked by a federal court —is a logical starting place for addressing the nation’s crisis of college affordability. Consider the data: no state has a public higher education system with a student body that reflects its demographic profile.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. In this podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with the person who generated and crunched these numbers, Michael Itzkowitz , president of the HEA Group and former director of the College Scorecard under President Obama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

The report is based on data from a survey of nearly 900 US colleges and institutions, who provided information on more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. Colleges let short-term employees go to save money during the pandemic, and many of their courses were absorbed by other faculty members, he said.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. All too often, however, the question of how to capture these data and use them to positively affect the institution remains.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Wednesday for the National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education to plot next steps after the Supreme Court’s decision against race-conscious admissions. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Most prominent among them was Secretary of Education Dr. Most prominent among them was Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

Now, a new study from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University has shown that summer Pell has had meaningful benefits, improving retention, attainment, and even earnings up to nine years after college entry for students who received it.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2023

I’ve been working on finalizing my spring course—Current Issues in Higher Education: Policy and Practice—and I’m really excited about focusing on the following big issues: Concurrent enrollment/dual enrollment/early college. Free community college movement. Basic needs (in)security.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But the world of higher education will be listening carefully for what Biden may say about the many issues America’s colleges and universities are facing, several of which have assumed national prominence in recent months. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, by email.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Cooper will lead the development and execution of state and federal policy initiatives that advance the foundation’s efforts to support students at community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. At the front end of the higher ed pipeline, the US is not producing enough domestic students with the resources or skills to succeed in college and beyond. In many cases it has been horrifying.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Departments of Education and Justice have published their guidance on the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ruling, offering clarity to colleges and applicants about the post-affirmative action landscape. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: As recently as 2015, the University of Phoenix enrolled more than 400,000 learners, making it not only the center of the for-profit higher education universe but the biggest university in the United States by far. Phoenix wasn’t just synonymous with for-profit higher education. I love community colleges.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

Colleges or universities shouldn’t just try to increase the diversity of the student body but of their faculty and administration. If a college were located in a state that allowed greater access to reproductive rights, 81% of all enrolled and 85% of unenrolled said they would be more likely to enroll or stay enrolled.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Over all, experts say this plan has the potential to remake how higher education is financed in America—though that depends on whether borrowers take advantage of it. Delisle, a senior policy fellow at the Urban Institute’s Center on Education Data and Policy.

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