Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

A different form of “carpool” system will be needed for the proposed boycott of Black student-athletes going to Florida public colleges and universities to move from proclamation to implementation. Collectives have become major players in the world of college athletics overall and recruiting specifically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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University Business

MAY 25, 2023

First-generation college students are among higher education’s most prominent yet precarious student demographics. Despite first-generation college students making up one-third of today’s students, only 27% graduate in four years, according to NASPA’s Center for First Generation Student Success.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions.

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University Business

JULY 17, 2023

Increasing student social mobility like none other Colleges like Harvard announced how the decision on affirmative action would not waver its commitment to diversity. However, Politico illuminated how it is one of the 38 colleges to admit more students from the top 1% than the bottom 60%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Historically Black Colleges and Universities could be considered physical manifestations of both the American dream and the American dilemma. After noting that each college and university is unique and distinctive in its own way, I then add that, just like PWIs, HBCUs range in quality and reputation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Hunt Institute, an affiliate of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy focused on improving student success outcomes, released two new briefs that explore how different states have sought to address the historic underfunding of historically Black colleges and universities. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

ATSU signed a memorandum of understanding with Saint Augustine’s University and North Carolina Central University to increase access for students of these historically Black colleges and universities. Elevating DEI Leadership — Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine . Advancing DEI Principals — Medical College of Wisconsin.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Earlier that day, Malone had given her keynote speech, Radical Hope and Authentic Healing , touching on the collective responsibility of community to advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. This feeds back into your diversity, equity, and inclusion statements. Do you speak up for them and are you advocating for them as well?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Dr. Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. We should understand that affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing higher education, now and into the future, as evidenced by increasing student loan debt,” said Dr. Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. Federal Reserve. “On

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

King’s alma mater, Morehouse College, an all-male Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Atlanta, GA, is hosting several events between Jan. Crawford, director of The King Collection at Morehouse College. This commemoration holds a lot of value for us at the college. Dr. Vicki L.

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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 Wood has a long tenure in higher education as a proponent of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. I was honored to serve with Sr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Fedrick’s departure is just the latest in a series of presidential or leadership turnovers across the nation’s 105 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 2023, the American Council on Education (ACE) released their study of over 1,000 college presidents, which revealed the tenure of the presidency has diminished.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Bias Education and Support Team at Augustana College was recently restructured to include a broader representation of professionals from various campus departments and offices. Florida International University (FIU) developed a mentorship program with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami to expand college pathways for at-risk high schoolers.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes (short for “quick response”) are square-shaped codes that many of us use for restaurant menus, concert tickets, and church donations. Why are professors not using them in their college classrooms? What are some equity, accessibility, and security issues? The New College Classroom. Random House. Educause Review.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 1, 2023

One rationale for increasing wraparound services stems from the challenge postsecondary institutions face to expand equity and increase accountability. As such, colleges and universities nationwide have opted to implement a myriad of these programs. This has caused the academy to re-imagine ways to facilitate learner success.

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idfive agency

APRIL 8, 2022

But if there’s one good thing that’s come out of all the trouble, it’s been a renaissance in public awareness of problems around social justice, equity, and inclusion. Others are taking notice: in 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donated nearly $7 million dollars to replicate the Myerhoff Scholars program at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

APRIL 18, 2022

This fund relies on donations and it there is always a need for just a little more. Whether those challenges are driven by financial constraints or by uncertainty about college overall, the fact that students overcome them should be recognized and celebrated. It is these choices that jeopardize semester or degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

And just this week, Cabrillo College in California announced it would change its name to distance itself from Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, an explorer who used slave labor and whose expeditions “set the stage for colonial conquest of California,” according to a report by the committee that studied the name. Disqualifying Factor.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 2, 2023

This is just one finding from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse’s recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates about navigating their academic paths. One Student’s Experience Ariadne Farina, who is studying studio art at Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York, plans to graduate this term.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Young people in Virginia Tech's Center for the Enhancement of Engi- neering Diversity take part in pre-college STEM activities. It is now called Imagination.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 31, 2022

. • Sharon Perry Fantini , Vice Provost for Equity Access and Opportunity at Iowa State University. • Kim Cook , CEO of the National College Attainment Network (NCAN). Completion grants are an emerging financial strategy for helping under-resourced college seniors complete their degree. The Need for Completion Grants.

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

“The ruling, which the public views favorably and aligns with prior views on using race as a factor in college admissions, is now settled law. While the everyday American may be more optimistic about the end of affirmative action, the two surveys point to similarities they share with college administrators.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

5 ways a data management platform can benefit your college To anyone who doesn’t work with raw data directly, data management might seem esoteric. Explore the University of Montana’s Data for Student Equity work At a macro level, accurately tracking demographic data such as race and ethnicity is critically important to measure equity goals.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She says she hopes to be able to donate some of the money back to UT Southwestern, to fund transparent, criteria-driven programs for off-boarding senior faculty members, and that negotiations to this end are ongoing. Vitetta says she can’t reveal details of the settlement but that she is pleased.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: The administrative building at Connecticut College is finally quiet, emptied of the students who gathered to protest President Katherine Bergeron. Neither Bergeron nor any college trustee was willing to provide comment to Inside Higher Ed. A new group quickly formed in the aftermath of the incident: Student Voices for Equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

Whether that was true action statements, donations, or implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, everyone was scrambling around, trying to be reactive change agents. I’m concerned that young college adults will be deprived of identity exploration and comfort in who they are in this world.”

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

has donated just 38 of the vaunted HIMARS rocket launchers out of an arsenal of around 400 — and these are operating without the air support they were designed to work with. Graff, an expert on literacy who also writes widely on colleges and universities. As one of the writers I follow, Noah Smith, writes: “the U.S

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These are public institutions that rely overwhelmingly on the largess of wealthy philanthropists (at least some of whom use donations to launder their reputations) and profit-making corporations. Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The institute will be housed in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with collaboration extending throughout the university. The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is working on complementary efforts to enhance religious inclusion and interfaith engagement across campus.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Image: Even as conservative lawmakers have ratcheted up attacks on DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion—in higher education, another acronym has begun to attract their attention: ESG. Many endowments invest in private equity and riskier assets and it would be quite unfair to argue that applying an ESG lens adds more risk.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Advocates Continue to Fight Proposed Anti-DEI Legislation Proposed laws targeting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives and curriculum in higher education are widespread throughout the country. One of seven proposed Texas laws would eliminate DEI offices and positions altogether at the state’s public colleges.

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University Business

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As fighting intensifies, tension across college campuses shows no signs of letting up. Among the most recent developments of conflict across the nation’s colleges and universities, college leaders are increasingly stepping away from maintaining neutrality and instead opting to denounce Hamas’ Oct. Marco Rubio (Fla.)

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