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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2024
The evolution of how end-users obtain and utilize information spurred a new movement in education that LeiLani Cauthen described in her 2017 book, The Consumerization of Learning. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 17, 2025
Under Jordan’s leadership, SMCM saw a 71% increase in undergraduate admission applications, a 30% increase in first-generation students, a 20% increase in historically underrepresented and/or marginalized students, and a significant jump in alumni engagement. “We
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
Despite his many accomplishments, meticulously documented in a 137-page curriculum vitae that lists dozens of speeches, scholarly publications, honorary degrees and faculty positions, Gates loathes being referred to as Dr. Gates or Professor Gates.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 8, 2023
Page has been lauded for her work, having been given the Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award in 2020 and recognized as one of Diverse’s 25 leading women in higher education in 2017. At Dillard, she oversaw the development of the school’s first online degree program and its Center for Racial Justice. “We
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 11, 2023
Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend. DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. Hall, a first-generation African American student at DFC. “It Staff were everywhere.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 31, 2024
Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It for students who entered in 2017. Students, she says, felt isolated in engineering because they were often the only Black students in some of their classes. Watford says. That rose to 61.2%
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