Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. The consequence of that is that it reduces access to the very populations that we're committed to serving."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. The report details just some of the efforts at five institutions, showing how leadership has found a way to dig in and continue to serve their students. Between 2010 and 2020, U.S. Census tracked an 11.8%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

An additional four million residents arrived between 2010 and 2020, mostly in communities of color. Ensuring access to all student populations across the state will always remain a focus,” Martinez says. We built the outcomes funding prototype and pitched it to political leadership,” says Deaton. “It Dr. Karen A.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Wilkerson wrote The New York Times bestselling book, “ The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration ,” which was published in 2010. Her 2020 book, “ Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent ,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. Both texts were the subject of her keynote speech.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

More recently, EAB completed a series of acquisitions (including YouVisit , Cappex , Wisr , and Concourse Global ) that help colleges use technology to improve college access and expand how they engage with students looking to attend college. We believe that ALL people deserve equal access to the future. Learn more at eab.com.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. You think that everybody is happy to see you there.

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MAY 30, 2023

percent since 2010, college-going rates declined by 5.4 In addition, more students may be open to nontraditional pathways to access postsecondary knowledge. percent for 16- to 24-year-olds, 7 demonstrating that young adults are gaining access to better paying jobs, which can press pause on their college-going plans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Oliver's legacy will continue to inspire our center as we expand access to public service as a profession and promote research and public policy that confronts systemic inequalities,” said Dr. James Jones, a sociology and Africana Studies professor at Rutgers-Newark and co-director of the Sheila Y. Oliver , who died while in office Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Over the past decade, Black college and university enrollment has been dropping at alarming rates, declining 22% from 2010 and 2020. As the country’s largest champion of the Black college community, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has awarded more than $500 million in scholarships and leadership development to HBCU students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Developing a plan The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has encouraged DEI programming since 2010, and it even offers a framework for institutions to build supportive environments for their athletes. Dr. Ezinne Ofoegbu, an assistant professor of educational leadership at Santa Clara University, California, agrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Casteen III, a transformative leader who dramatically expanded educational access and diversity during his 20-year tenure, died last week following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. This personal experience informed his passionate advocacy for educational access throughout his career.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Sara Guillermo, CEO of IGNITE A recent survey by IGNITE , an organization dedicated to empowering young people in political leadership, shows that job security and employment are top concerns for Gen Z voters. Other organizations like Black Voters Matter have targeted minority students in an effort to increase their engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

According to Robert Maxim, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, Native American student enrollment has dropped by 40% since the 2010-2011 school year. The statistic highlights the urgency needed in addressing the educational crisis for Native communities. Its not realistic to think we can do this alone.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

"We have a responsibility to be accessible advocates for higher education as a public good,” she said. Hotchkins, an associate professor of higher education in the department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, & Counseling at Texas Tech University, has been coming to the annual conference since 2010. “It Dr. Bryan K.

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