Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Having served as vice president for student affairs at Cal State, Fullerton, from 2012–19, Eanes was familiar with the Cal State system.
Creating Academic Platforms for LGBTQ Studies
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JUNE 4, 2025
Laura Westengard, a professor of English at the City University of New York (CUNY) City College of Technology (City Tech), a senior college in downtown Brooklyn, where she has taught since 2012. Among her duties has been serving as the faculty advisor for the colleges PRIDE Club, which is both challenging and rewarding.
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Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Southwestern Oregon Community College, an ATD member since 2012, has distinguished itself through its targeted support of adult learners and first-generation students. The college's focus on gateway courses has yielded particular success, with math completion rates increasing by 11 percentage points and English completion rates surging by 17.2
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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.
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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
2015; Harper & Davis, III, 2012). Additionally, Dr. Whitaker is an inaugural faculty fellow at Vanderbilt University for the Initiative for Race, Research, and Justice. It is imperative to view Black males as capable achievers whose success is indispensable to a healthy and diverse educational landscape (Goings et al.,
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Arrest of Dreamers Highlights Plight of Undocumented Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2025
since 2012. After a bond hearing on June 18, she was expected to be released. The term Dreamers refers to undocumented individuals brought to the U.S. as children. Goncalves has been in the U.S.
Georgetown University's President to Step Down, Following Health Challenges
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
He will hold the title of President Emeritus and will rejoin the faculty. Professor in the Math and Statistics Department, with a secondary appointment in the Sociology department, has been Provost since 2012. “In Groves, who also holds the Gerard J. Campbell, S.J.
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Contract of Brown University President Christina H. Paxson Extended
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 27, 2025
Paxson has served as president of Brown since 2012. The uncertainty of the times we are in, while challenging, has reaffirmed my belief in our mission and the dedication of Brown faculty, students and staff to serve the community, the nation and the world with distinction, Paxson said in a statement.
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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’
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JUNE 21, 2024
I like being able to work with students, faculty, and colleagues in a different kind of way [that] made me more aware of the community of higher education and not just a department, class, or advising relationship with a student. From 2012 to 2018, Meredith also carried out its largest fundraising campaign yet, raising more than $90 million.
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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president.
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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 20, 2023
Dillon – a Whittier Board member from 1994-2012 and chair of its Enrollment and Student Life Committee from 2002-2012 – rejoined the board earlier this year. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in economics of higher education from Claremont Graduate University, a master’s in education also from Claremont, and a B.A. in English from Whittier.
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Student-Athlete Health and Wellness Study Findings Revealed at NCAA Convention
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 11, 2024
In the aftermath of the pandemic, the student-athlete survey, which was administered by NCAA faculty athletic representatives (FAR), reveal the attitudes of more than 23,000 student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions. That number—up from 63% in 2012 — is deeply encouraging, said Bell.
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Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed Dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2023
She retired from the Supreme Court in 2012. Patricia Timmons-Goodson Timmons-Goodson is a retired North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice, the fourth woman and the first African American woman in the role. She is currently a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and co-chair of the board of the NC Justice Center.
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Medaille University Announces Coming Closure on Aug. 31 After Plan for Acquisition by Trocaire College Falls Through
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MAY 16, 2023
In Fall 2012, it had 2,600 students. The school will work to help students transfer and help faculty and staff find new employment. Neither school can share details on why the plan for Trocaire to acquire Medaille's assets and keep its programs alive fell through, Quigley said.
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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 7, 2023
There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015).
Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students
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JULY 29, 2024
While total enrollment in KCTCS has declined since 2012, URM enrollment has increased. From there, she began to work with representatives — faculty and staff — from both two-year and four-year institutions. This model has learning objectives and content that were agreed upon by faculty and staff across the state,” says Offutt.
Dismantling Global Injustices
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JANUARY 17, 2024
Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H.
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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark
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JANUARY 25, 2024
Clark, Binghamton University as well as so many others who have supported and helped me along the way Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Most things can wait. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H.
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Langston University President Dr. Kent J. Smith to Retire at End of Spring Semester
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APRIL 9, 2023
Dr. Kent Smith “We appreciate Dr. Kent Smith’s unwavering commitment to Langston University since he became President in 2012,” said Jarold Callahan, chair of the Oklahoma A&M System Board of Regents. “As Smith, the leader of Oklahoma's only historically Black college and university (HBCU), has announced his retirement, KOSU reported.
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Fuentes Earns the AAHHE Mildred García Founders' Award
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FEBRUARY 26, 2024
David Fuentes Fuentes is associate dean in the College of Education at William Paterson University, where he began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of teacher education in 2012. He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.
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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater
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OCTOBER 6, 2024
Patterson-Stephens guided the development of CMU’s first strategic plan for diversity since 2012 and reinstated the Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance, which had remained inoperable since 2013. The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university.
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Examples of Excelencia
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OCTOBER 15, 2024
Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates. are Hispanic.
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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers
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AUGUST 1, 2023
programs between 2004 and 2012, following their enrollment status through 2020. They also suggested that these institutions create direct interventions, adding that more diverse classrooms and faculty lead to a greater sense of belonging for Black students. The study assessed attrition rates among students who enrolled in M.D.-Ph.D.
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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good
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NOVEMBER 1, 2022
“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. She concluded the fellowship and joined the faculty of John Jay.
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2023 Seal of Excelencia
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OCTOBER 9, 2023
“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.
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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership
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JANUARY 12, 2023
The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains. And in 2022, women make up 67% of faculty. So women in leadership is not new to our institution by any stretch of the imagination. And because it's already built into the culture, students are expecting that dynamic. They expect women to be leaders."
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An Activist-Scholar
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JANUARY 17, 2024
Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California; Dr. Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University; and Dr. Sue Zaeske, University of Wisconsin-Madison Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Enjoy every stage of your academic career. I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I After she earned her Ph.D.
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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 2, 2023
There is the possibility of increasing enrollment with high-demand programs like nursing and other areas of healthcare, said Lee, but such programs are costly in order to ensure adequate skills labs and faculty. Lee said funding needs to be cultivated from hospital systems desirous of building their nursing workforce.
A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora
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OCTOBER 9, 2024
Brooks met Naomi Hodge-Muse, co-author of Tales of Koehler Hollow , in 2012. Well, to my amazement, there was and is a very long-standing and pronounced African American presence throughout the history of Appalachia.”
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E-Communication Skills: Bridging a Gap
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Dr. Dan Florell “We were both at a loss for how to respond,” wrote Eastern Kentucky University professors Dr. Steffen Wilson and Dr. Dan Florell in a 2012 essay titled, “What Can We Do About Student E-mails?” Faculty perspectives on the matter as well as its frequency and seriousness vary greatly. How serious is it?
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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering
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JANUARY 31, 2024
The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role. Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” That rose to 61.2% for students who entered in 2017.
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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Gray began conducting youth programs when he arrived at North Carolina State as a professor in 2012. “From the more localized view, I’ve learned how to serve students that go to urban and predominantly Black and Latino schools,” he says. These schools feel like home to me.”
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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball
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OCTOBER 31, 2023
Burgos arrived at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where he earned tenure as an associate professor in 2007 and rose to full professor in 2012. Burgos has written two books, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line, which examines the U.S.’s He is also a curator of ¡Pleibol!
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Leveraging Diversity to Fuel the Creative Arts
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 7, 2023
Students and faculty find a way to produce creatively, even if it’s not formal,” said Akbar. At Fort Valley State, Akbar is the faculty advisor and producing director of the Joseph Adkins Players, the official student drama organization on campus, and she has produced an anti-lynching play series since 2012. “In
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Valarie Greene King
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OCTOBER 21, 2022
When the University of Central Florida (UCF) struggled to diversify its predominately White student and faculty demographics, it turned Dr. Valarie Greene King, an Army-trained clinical psychologist, to help drive the diversity agenda. That was 20 years ago and she’s never looked back.
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Dr. Barbee Oakes
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OCTOBER 20, 2022
But as the architect of Wake Forest University’s first strategic plan for diversity and inclusion, Oakes has made the work of fostering and maintaining cultural competence on campus, a shared experience among faculty, staff and students. Oakes, who has the distinction of being the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D.
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Dr. Lucy J. Reuben
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OCTOBER 22, 2022
Pipeline Opportunity Program she founded, working with a network of other business faculty to increase diversity within their ranks. Now in its second year, Reuben directs the Ph.D. Reuben earned a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a master’s and Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Michigan.
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Why Data Quality Matters & 5 Steps to Improve It
Civitas Learning
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Longstanding methods of managing data in silos make it difficult for faculty and administrators to agree on common data sources and shared dashboards. Their data-driven student support ecosystem has led to significant improvements in retention, with a 16% increase from 2012 to 2022.
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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3
EAB
JANUARY 30, 2023
Although these requirements are unavoidable burdens, I worked with faculty committees to identify data that would also be usable by them as they educated students. As the institutional research executive, I have frequently attended faculty senate to hear the frustrations, obstacles, and opportunities encountered by the faculty.
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Mental Health is Gen Z’s Top New Year’s Resolution
Timely MD
JANUARY 18, 2023
Born between 1997 and 2012, they’re now 11 to 26 years old. Developing sustainable well-being strategies takes time, effort, and collaboration among staff, faculty, and students. Educate and train faculty and staff. Faculty members with 10 to 15 years of experience are the least comfortable. population.
Strategic Decision-Making and Planning: Step One to a Fiscally Sustainable Student Success Model
Civitas Learning
MAY 11, 2023
From 2012 to 2022, they achieved a 16 percentage point increase in first-year student retention and a 14 percentage point increase in six-year graduation rates. Consequently, the institution is increasingly proactive in responding to students’ needs, and UTSA’s student success outcomes reflect this success.
2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving
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FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. Over 250,000 higher ed leaders, staff, faculty and advocates watch each episode across our audiences. The number of annual graduates from low-income backgrounds has increased by 50%. They are the future of our sector.
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Mental Health is Gen Z’s Top New Year’s Resolution
Timely MD
JANUARY 18, 2023
Born between 1997 and 2012, they’re now 11 to 26 years old. How higher education can help students prioritize mental health Developing sustainable well-being strategies takes time, effort, and collaboration among staff, faculty, and students. Faculty members with 10 to 15 years of experience are the least comfortable.
Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities
EAB
JANUARY 30, 2023
Understanding the challenge According to a 2012 National Institute of Mental Health survey , around 4.25% of U.S. Concerns over negative perceptions among peers and faculty, as well as a desire for self-sufficiency, often prevent adult learners from seeking out existing accommodations.
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