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Meet Some of this Year's MacArthur Fellows

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As part of the honor, the 20 fellows – selected and recognized for their groundbreak work and potential – will each receive an $800,000 ‘genius grant,’ issued quarterly over five years. Since joining the field in about 2007, I felt that there are certain aspects of the world and its problems that were largely neglected.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. Rainbow cords are distributed that students are welcome to wear at the campus-wide graduation.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nurturing she received as a student motivated her to pursue a career in science and fueled her desire to return to the university in 2007 and give the same to students. Williams is also involved in curriculum development and recently received a $600,000 grant focused on food allergies research in education. He says N.C.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites. I invite you to come with me on the journey my why has taken, as it has grown from seed to sapling to sturdy tree.

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How I’m Powered by Orange

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

I spent 2006 to 2007 working as a higher education technology consultant. I applied for an academic advising job at OSU in the summer of 2007. With almost 3,000 undergraduate students in the College of Health and Human Sciences, I have gotten to know, respect, and cherish the students who I have had the privilege to advise.

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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Mandy K. Further, rates of death by suicide for Black youth have risen since 2007 at a rate that is faster than any other racial/ethnic group. Mims is an Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University Dr. Paul C.

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Student Loan Forgiveness: Programs for Relief, Plus the Latest on Mass Forgiveness

Student Loan Hero

The big news on the student loan forgiveness front is that the federal government plans to forgive up to $10,000 in federally held student debt, or up to $20,000 if you previously received a Pell Grant. ( Talk to your current or prospective agency’s human resources department. 1, 2007, with a direct loan disbursement after Oct.