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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. Yet, there are still large disparities in postsecondary degree attainment for Black males (Espinosa et al.,

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In school counseling and mental health counseling, counselor educators get extensive preparation in socio-emotional learning (SEL). This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. Gifted and talented under-referrals and underrepresentation. Dr. Donna Y.

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Enhancing Understanding of Urban Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“In an era when so many faculty and young scholars are trying to just focus on their scholarship or focus on writing the book, Everrett is that rare individual who can bring it all together.” As access institutions, community colleges have the opportunity to address the postsecondary educational needs of students and their families.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Emerging HSIs have a Latinx undergraduate enrollment rate between 15% and 24.9%.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

. · AAU – Association of American Universities – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; this is the organization of leading research universities, 2 Canadian and 60 from the U.S. They work on policies and best practices for research and scholarship in higher education. Department of Education.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. Through partnerships with organizations such as the aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, EPW is able to offer internships and research opportunities.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Our newly approved vision as a university, part of our NAU Charter, calls on us to become the nation’s pre-eminent engine of opportunity, vehicle of economic mobility and driver of social impact by delivering equitable postsecondary value to the people of Arizona and beyond. That gave us a different way to think about it.

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