Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming (UW) and five community colleges in the state are building a faculty network to share best practices and make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education more inclusive. This article was published in our March 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have been in existence for over 50 years, serving not only Native American and Alaskan Native students but anyone from the rural communities where they reside. train future teachers, nurses, engineers, and more. The 35 TCUs in the U.S. and improve American lives with progressive ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Berencea Johnson Eanes has been named the next president of California State University, Los Angeles. Eanes currently serves as president of York College, City University of New York. “I am honored to join this outstanding university and its vibrant and diverse campus community,” Eanes said. "I

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. Many aspire to transfer to a four-year college or university. Now that we can look at data from the fall 2017 cohort, we see just three percent of community college transfer students enrolled at selective schools.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B. Read about them here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Minority Male Initiative, an annual conference aimed at helping shape the futures of high school juniors, seniors, and current Brookdale Community College students will take place next week at the New Jersey institution. It also offers scholarships, internships, and career opportunities. mainframe computing communications media; 3.)

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The post College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Federal support, funding opportunities, and advice were the topics of discussion at a Virginia Union University (VUU) webinar about STEM research at Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs). At Tuskegee University, they're conducting integrated STEM research and makerspaces. Dr. James L. Dr. James L.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 6, 2023

Personal stories shared by more than 50 Black alumni of Drexel University are featured in the book “A Legacy to Share: Navigating Life’s Challenges and Celebrating Our Greatest Achievements.” Howland, a mechanical engineer, graduated from Drexel in 1976, and again in 1983 with a master’s degree in engineering management.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A new study examines which college towns are the best places for students on a budget, The New York Times reported. Kansas colleges fared well. home to Kansas State University, followed by Lawrence, Kan., home to the University of Kansas. At the top of the list was Manhattan, Kan., Hide by line?:

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Alabama A&M University and HBCUs at large are some of the most underfunded state universities in the nation, fighting year after year for supplemental grants, scholarships and business partnerships to keep their students competitive in the workforce. The largest HBCU in Alabama is no novice to adversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Under the University of Vermont’s (UVM) new open-access academic press, authors and readers will not have to pay fees to publish or access published materials. This endeavor was announced last week, with its first publication, The Journal of Ecological Engineering Design, released that week as well. "It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Steve Bumbaugh, senior vice president of College and Career Access at the College Board, sits in conversation with Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard University and leading researcher behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Kizzmekia S.

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The PIE News

APRIL 3, 2024

“Apart from Ireland being an English-speaking country and in the EU, the government of Ireland’s GOIS Scholarships, economical fee/ visa process also appeal to many students,” its director Osamah Qureshi told The PIE. “The major issue with Ireland is its brand awareness among students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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The PIE News

MAY 16, 2024

Student interest in MAs is growing across all disciplines, with a notable interest in business & management US masters growing by over 20% in the last 12 months, compared to 2.7%

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Image: Colorado could soon pass a law that would effectively allow public colleges and universities to admit more out-of-state students—if they also recruit more high-achieving state residents. Colorado law currently allows no more than 45 percent of each public institution’s incoming freshmen to come from out of state.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

That’s why Saleema, a young Afghan woman studying at University of the People , now presents as Madison from California in her online Principles of Business Management course. Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college.

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ACRLog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Nery Alcivar-Estrella, Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Northridge, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2023-2024 year here at ACRLog. She asks, “How are we decentering, decolonizing, diversifying research practices?”

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This can range from using STEM skills to create solutions for issues around climate change, in the fields of medicine and engineering, or in the productive use of artificial intelligence – to the societal and economic challenges of a globalised society, where world conflict and economic distress can be felt across borders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Recommendations for Nurturing the Brilliance of Black Males Ensure that Black male voices are centered in conversations on academic and college support (Harper, 2012).

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Colleges and universities nationwide have incrementally ramped up initiatives around their campuses to help their LGBTQ+ students feel seen, heard and supported. Efforts have ranged from providing LGBTQ+-inclusive housing to scholarships and sports teams. population. as of 2022, double the rate it was a decade prior. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. The career academy as a vehicle to promote Black male student interest in STEM college and career pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are safe spaces for personal development. The Supreme Court decision to remove race as a consideration in college admissions is an unfortunate step backward in the journey to create equal opportunity for everyone in America.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The six judges in favor of eliminating affirmative action argued that considering race in college admissions is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment. But Wesleyan University President Michael S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In my view, a college education shouldn’t just cultivate students’ cognitive, analytic and problem-solving abilities or expand their content knowledge or merely instill the cultural literacies that we associate with a rich liberal arts education. I find this idea of educating the whole person inspiring. Academic Development.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent. The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. ambassador’s house. ambassador’s house.

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University Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Federal officials discovered that land-grant HBCUs in 16 states have been underfunded compared to their neighboring, predominantly white research universities by more than $12 billion since 1987. The University of South Florida joined the network in September. However, there are other sources for HBCUs to explore.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz “‘You’re too loud,’” Vargas-Muñiz, a Southern Illinois University molecular geneticist and microbiologist, recalled another of those years-old warnings.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars. ” She argues that major research universities need to combat their elitist, exclusionary, and ivory tower reputation. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

In 2020, as the nation contended with the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests across the country, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an uptick in interest and applications. The number of applications to FAMU from first-time college students increased 87% from 2021 to 2022.

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Helix Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Jon Gregory One such institution, Cornell University, has been a power user of the RNL ScaleFunder Crowdfunding platform since 2013, raising more than $5 million in support of a wide variety of projects. These crowdfunding donors are then rolled into university and applicable college and unit annual fund appeals.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Howard Community College in Maryland opened its first family-friendly study space on campus earlier this month. How it happened: Howard president Daria Willis got the idea for the space when she toured the library last year upon beginning her tenure at the college. Nationally, about one in five college students is a parent.

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University Business

JULY 14, 2023

Colleges may be leaving a lot of money on the table if their website, today’s first point of contact for many tech-savvy students, falls below expectations, according to a new report by Modern Campus. Similarly, college websites lack personalization features, which prospects are growing to expect.

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