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Doing More with Less: HSIs and the Recipe for Upward Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) offer more upward mobility for their students when compared to Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), despite having fewer resources. Institutions should really take a look at the strategies that HSIs are using to support low-income, high-needs student groups,” said Gasman.

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Representatives Create Predominantly Black Institutions Caucus

Insight Into Diversity

A group of Black representatives recently established a new congressional caucus to educate policymakers and develop public policy that supports and addresses the needs of Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). announced the news on October 26. PBIs are mostly public two-year institutions that serve 6.8

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. It’s especially thrilling to see a variety of positions and institutions represented in this section of each semi-monthly edition.

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Virginia Tech fosters collaboration, diversity in higher education at HBCU/MSI Research Summit

University Business

The Pamplin College of Business welcomed 25 visiting faculty members and students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) for the annual HBCU/MSI Research Summit. Read more from VT News.

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Report Shows the Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women and underrepresented minorities held part-time appointments in greater proportions than men and non-underrepresented minorities. Hesaid the report serves three purposes. Third, it introduces AAUP’s new website. “If That puts institutions in a difficult place.” First, it brings the numbers up to date.

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How campus climate and student services interactions connect (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges and universities don’t like to think of themselves as serving customers, but as enrollment challenges persist, many campuses have adopted a “serving the customer” mind-set with the goal of helping students matriculate and thrive. Persistence and thriving start with a sense of belonging on campus.

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NSF to Fund Technology Innovation Capacity at MSIs, Community Colleges

Insight Into Diversity

National Science Foundation (NSF), will work to expand the capacity for research, innovation, and career opportunities in technology fields at community colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). research and innovation enterprise.”