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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Dr. Joyce E.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Means Title: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Age: 39 Education: B.A., counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My

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Capabilities Approach & open education

Catherine Cronin

Although I now work independently in open education research and policy, my work between 2019 and 2021 related to practice and policy in the Irish HE sector, as Digital and Open Education lead for Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

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Reconciling Contrasting Findings on Perceptions of Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Columbia study, which had the more positive results, showed that perceptions of higher ed have declined since the researchers did a similar survey in 2017: there was a seven-point decrease in the percentage of Americans who saw public spending on higher ed as an excellent or good investment. But the differences are still stark.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams became the first African American female AD at a Power 5 conference school in 2017. Dietra Trent, a Hampton alumna, was appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on Advanced Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities. million contract.