Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. Specifically, whether intentional or unintentional, harm has been done to students/learners. Combined and individually, curriculum and/or instruction can traumatize students, in this case Black students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

PHOENIX-- Overall drug use among student-athletes is down and a fewer number of student-athletes are reporting mental health concerns than they did several years ago during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, binge drinking has dropped to a historic low and tobacco use among student-athletes is also on the decline.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Opponents of the practice have argued that grade retention is punitive and can harm students socially and emotionally, Hwang said. As of 2019, 18 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

Previously, she was president of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE); dean of academic services and student affairs at Tufts University; and a senior leader in student affairs at the University of Southern California. “As Dillion is a senior adviser for Huron Consulting’s higher education practice. Dillon holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

First held in 2012, it is a community-building experience that brings together world-class scholars, high-impact practitioners, policy makers, funders, students, and concerned citizens across the globe. Diverse is a media partner. This year's theme is "Confronting Trauma in Education and Beyond."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

While the immediate college enrollment rate was generally unchanged between 2012 and 2022, the total number of undergraduates enrolled decreased by 13% over that decade, according to a new report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). million students) and decreased by 35% at two-year institutions (from 7.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. She enjoys being able to understand how higher ed works beyond just the academic parts. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. "To Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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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. “Her

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

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 We are blessed beyond measure to have been on this journey in service to our students and to the entire Langston University family."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

In addition to her service as AALS President, Testy served as a member of the AALS Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017 and on the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students from 2007 to 2009. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

An AERA fellow, she was elected to AERA’s Executive Board and Council from 2018 to 2021, has been liaison to AERA’s Graduate Student Council and International Relations Committee, and co-edited Review of Research in Education, an AERA peer-reviewed journal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

High school graduation rates for young Black men have improved in the last decade — since 2012, U.S. graduation rates increased overall by 4%, while Black students saw a 14% increase in graduation. In the places and spaces where Black males are performing at a higher level, all students are performing at a higher level.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

SUMMARY : Adaptable analytics empowers higher education leaders with real-time, actionable insights that evolve with changing circumstances, enabling smarter decisions, more effective planning, and stronger team collaboration to proactively support student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Students on track to complete required credit hours and graduate on or before Aug. Villa Maria College is among the schools looking to bring in closing school’s students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Dr. Brian McKenzie The report, Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2012 to 2022 , publishes the findings of the longstanding CGS/GRE Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees, which received usable responses from 558 colleges and universities this cycle and ran from November 2022 to May 2023. Latinx students saw a 5.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

But with DACA applications closed, more undocumented students are struggling to obtain workforce authorization and careers. and Golden Door Scholars, two scholarship organizations helping undocumented students access, persist, and succeed in postsecondary education. The Center for American Progress found that DACA households pay $6.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

I visited the African continent for the first time as a Fulbright doctoral student in 1985,” he says. Brooks met Naomi Hodge-Muse, co-author of Tales of Koehler Hollow , in 2012. “For example, I knew where the Zambezi River was along with the so-called ‘Zimbabwe ruins,’ now known as ‘Great Zimbabwe,’ in Masvingo.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Engaging with college students was regular from early on,” says Gray. At Black and Belonging, Gray co-constructs initiatives with students that show the world how to affirm them and show their teachers how to teach them. To date, Gray has mentored over 100 students through Black and Belonging in Durham Public Schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Even though there are wonderful colleges and universities across the states and country, they can’t find enough students to enroll, and every year there are headlines about colleges folding or being acquired.” At Columbia University, undergraduate students are required to take a core curriculum of classes that include humanities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. The students keep me hopeful. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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Civitas Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Today’s most influential leaders recognize that student success goes beyond traditional measures like retention and graduation rates. A study of Civitas Learning partner institutions reinforces this wisdom, revealing that 39% of students experience a change in their likelihood to persist within a single term.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Georgian Court's tradition is a concern for women in the first place,” said Dr. Joy Smith, associate provost for student support and services at GCU. “So And because it's already built into the culture, students are expecting that dynamic. The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

As fall approaches, higher ed institutions are looking to socioeconomic status to fulfill the proxy that race once held to help diversify student bodies. Harvard and UNC had about 15 times as many wealthy as poor students on campus. Programs like Landscape and the Davis Scale have been developed across the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. The students keep me hopeful. That experience proved to be life-altering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Over the past three years, she has spearheaded impressive initiatives at the university that now touts an enrollment of more than 14,000 students. “As Early on, the university welcomed Black students—several from families comprising the Old Settlers community—at a time when many colleges and universities were reluctant to do so.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

As a mixed-race person — Lopez is Japanese and white, and she is married to a Latino — she brings her diverse racial identities to the lens of her research and work, and that has proved useful to many of her students. “I I talk about being mixed-race with my students a lot,” she says. ‘A It’s been the highlight of my career.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

She leads all strategic planning for the conference, working closely with the 12 full-time member institutions and an associate member along with the board of directors and staff to support the advancement of student athletes , and managing 14 CIAA championships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014).

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Active Minds

JULY 28, 2023

I decided not to seek help, but as I began to see how some of my students suffered from the same situations, I realized that mental health education in the Philippines is vital. Research by Hall and Yee (2012) found that Asian Americans utilize mental health services the least among racial groups.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Economic issues still impact many community college students, a large number of whom are adult learners or have extensive family obligations. Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Also, ensuring that there’s equity in the experiences of our students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Lingle Higher education and professional policing can be perceived as mutually exclusive endeavors, an odd dichotomy given that police officers are community members and students first. Police academies are the gateway to cultural competence, allowing recruits to gain an understanding of cultural perspectives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. Each student said, ‘Because of you, I’m going to do better in school.’ The students identify and see themselves as that person.” She gladly agreed.

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