University Business

JANUARY 19, 2024

This year marks 100 since Spelman Baptist Seminary became Spelman College, the all-women HBCU in the heart of Atlanta, Ga., ” Three-quarters of the donation will go directly toward scholarships. Spelman College is just one of the several prestigious HBCUs in Atlanta. Who are Spelman College’s donors?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Before López’s current appointment, she served in a similar role as an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Houston. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. Dr. Ruth M.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 26, 2024

Dartmouth College is boosting financial aid significantly for middle-income students, thanks to a $150 million donation—the largest scholarship gift in the college’s history.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College, a private women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, has received the largest single donation ever awarded to an HBCU (historically Black college or university). We are invigorated and inspired by this incredible act of generosity,” said Helene Gayle, president of Spelman College.

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IHEP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Department of Education’s 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) underscores a disconcerting reality: most students face a gap between what their families can afford and what they must pay to attend college. Our findings reveal major differences in college affordability by race and ethnicity and by income.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. Most universities and colleges continue to occupy large land bases and are maintained by taxing those stolen lands.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. Worse yet, from the professional historians’ vantage point, the popularizers too often failed to take into account relevant, up-to-date scholarship.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the latest entity to dismiss standardized testing as a core requirement for student-athletic scholarships. For DI, ten of those credits have to be completed before a student’s seventh semester.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

candidate—and became one of the many Ukrainian students currently benefiting from scholarships offered by U.S. colleges and universities. Joseph University , a Catholic institution of about 2,000 students in Cincinnati. Joseph University , a Catholic institution of about 2,000 students in Cincinnati.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Rhodes College will receive an $800,000 grant to expand their research on racial equity, discrimination, and justice in the Memphis and Mid-South region. We are grateful for support from the Mellon Foundation,” said Dr. Jennifer Collins, president of Rhodes Colleges. According to the US Census, the city's population is 64% Black.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

A special kind of energy comes with doing something no one else has, and it’s buzzing around California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), this spring as early applications are being reviewed for the inaugural cohort of 70 students who will enroll in the trailblazing Black Honors College (BHC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Esdaile complained about the book, Yale and Slavery: A History , published alongside Yale’s apology.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Boosting student financial literacy skills is a key to their wellness , and financial aid officers agree it should be an effort the whole campus community gets involved in. Educators and higher education professionals can equip and encourage financial literacy among students using online education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

“Amid a nationwide effort to undermine the very concept of diversity and inclusion, the new graduate program in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies (BRES) will provide a much-needed resource to drive social change, open new avenues of opportunity for our students, and sustain CUNY’s mission to uplift New York’s most underserved communities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. The search committee included two student representatives. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

At Generations College, nestled in the heart of Chicago, we have witnessed firsthand the life-changing power of education for single parents. In 2019, we proudly launched the Single Parent Scholarship initiative, which provides financial assistance and support services to single parents who aspire to earn a college degree.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 16, 2024

Morgan Price, a gymnast hailing from Fisk University in Nashville, recently became the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) student to win a national collegiate gymnastics championship. That was a huge leap of faith,” Tarver told a Dallas news station in 2022. “It It really was.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. However, David Coleman, head of The College Board, insists that the changes were not due to political pressure. principles."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Fairfax is a passionate legal educator whose extensive scholarship and commitment to criminal justice reform are deeply aligned with the law school’s mission,” said Howard President Dr. Ben Vinson III, who announced the appointment effective July 1, 2024. Fairfax Jr. has been tapped to become dean of the Howard University School of Law.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. “I ended up picking Temple University, but JEVS will continue on after a disabled student graduates from Temple” and help them find housing and employment, she said.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Image: A program at the University of California, Irvine, ensures first-generation or underprivileged students are prepared for their lives after college, with a 100 percent graduation rate among its 630 scholars in the program’s 24-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Proctor Institute – housed in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Graduate School of Education – hosted the event in honor of Black History Month. Sullivan discussed his latest book, We’ll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity, which chronicles the history and impacts of AMHPS.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On Wednesday, Charles Robinson was named chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, making history for the flagship campus for appointing its first Black leader. Robinson has been serving the 31,000-student campus as interim chancellor since August of last year.

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Coursera blog

MARCH 8, 2024

OLAY will award $2 million worth of scholarships for learners interested in cosmetic sciences By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer , Coursera Today, OLAY is launching a new Specialization, Introduction to Cosmetic Science and Ingredients , on Coursera. Scholarships are open to all, but women are encouraged to apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher Education and Student Affairs Education:   M.Ed., Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, University of Southern California; M.A., and Jorge Estrada, writing in the Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2019). Applied Gender Studies, Claremont Graduate University B.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Reading Time: 11 minutes A lot of thought goes into choosing a college or university, particularly as prospective students prepare to begin a new chapter in their lives. By understanding the top factors students consider when choosing a college, you can help your school develop a competitive advantage and attract new prospects. .

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. Ron DeSantis have imposed significant limitations on spending funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at colleges and universities in his state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Further, her commitment to a student-centric approach to legal education and focus on civically engaged and experiential learning aligns well with the values of Rutgers-Camden. She has also been awarded the Lewis Prize for Excellence in Legal Scholarship and the Ethan Allen Faculty Award for Scholarship. Bond holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It’s an inspirational message from an inspirational woman who will go down in history as one of the most transformative leaders in higher education. Dr. Ruth J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. We really have to be flexible.

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