Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. percentage point increase in dual credit participation among low-income students from the 2016 senior class to the 2021 senior class. A framework was built.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. In 2016, he was tapped to lead the school’s law center, which was founded at the historically Black university (an HBCU) in 1947.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Seed funding is one of the primary mechanisms we use to allow faculty to pursue new research directions that have incredible potential but might be prohibitively difficult to get off the ground otherwise,” said ICTAS Director Dr. Stefan Duma. “We to bolster research on campus. The projects will launch this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Moses, who served as her faculty adviser and co-chair of her dissertation committee. Her research is groundbreaking,” says Moses. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. It might be your time, but not your door," she added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Colleges and universities can make the benefits even more meaningful by accepting SNAP on campus (Oregon State began doing this in 2016 and Penn State recently began as well) and/or exempting SNAP recipients from meal plan requirements. The average benefit for a single adult is around $2,000 a year and it is higher for students with children.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. Dr. Aaron Goodson “It’s really important that we see Black women in this position of leadership as head coaches in our sport,” says Smith, who is co-chair of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University. He was dignified in manner but always had a spark of good cheer and big smile.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Kimbrough, executive in residence at the University of South California’s Race and Equity Center, president in residence at The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, and former president of two HBCUs: Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Just ask Dr. Walter M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Because we focus on that demographic, we have built that in as part of our mission,” says Carter.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The Outcomes: Streamlined platform lifts enrollment, cultivates collaboration between faculty and staff, and informs strategic investment decisions based on measurable impact on institutional goals. Their work has already resulted in enrollment improvements and significant enhancements in how faculty and advisors work together.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law and, in 2016, co-founded Opportunity Institute with Ann O’Leary, who served as chief of staff to California Gov. The Berkeley-based nonprofit organization promotes social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Faculty and staff feel pressured to help but lack the resources to do so. Proactive Advising.

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Catherine Cronin

AUGUST 24, 2022

We cannot talk about digital literacies, of course, without also considering data literacies. The systems we rely on for teaching, learning and scholarship are both digital and datafied. Better futures rely on engaging in this hard and hopeful work.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Angel Pérez is a renowned national leader and noted speaker on issues of education equity, access, and success in American education who brings a valuable perspective to our advocacy efforts supporting students from diverse backgrounds,” said Mike Nylund, president and CEO of Scholarship America.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The UIA reflected that with web shows elevating topics and guests that directed attention to the issues and values we prioritize: equity, student success, experiences and outcomes for traditionally underserved communities, and diverse leadership. We hope you'll let us know what you think of these resources and how we can improve them.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The UIA reflected that with web shows elevating topics and guests that directed attention to the issues and values we prioritize: equity, student success, experiences and outcomes for traditionally underserved communities, and diverse leadership. We hope you'll let us know what you think of these resources and how we can improve them.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

9% increase in six-year completion rates for students who started in fall 2015 compared to fall 2016. Even more impressively, there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates when compared to the fall 2008 cohort. February 21, 2023 Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From enrollment declines to widening equity gaps, we are just beginning to come to come to terms with the disruption the pandemic had on our industry. How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience. Wolf spoke openly of his experiences growing up in a community that didn’t accept him.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

Purpose CSJ has six primary areas of concentration: civic participation; economics and wealth; educational equity; the future of work; communities and environments; and organizational entities. CSJ also advances racial equity and advises public officials and policymakers on effective policies and services for communities of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. To note, Black males have the highest unemployment rate in the nation. These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The research findings presented below draw from analysis of the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) 2016 Canadian Reference group, which included 42,642 students from 42 postsecondary institutions (colleges and universities) across Canada (ACHA, 2016; Ezekiel, In Press). Mental Health Among Marginalized Sociodemographic Groups.

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