Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

In 2018, he wanted to get more involved with student programming, so he joined the college’s LGBTQ+ History Month committee. Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“If colleges of engineering, colleges of science, and quite frankly non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) academic units would build the infrastructure that CEED has, they, too, would see an increase in the achievement, success, graduation, and graduate enrollment for first-generation and underrepresented students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CCA’s roots began in the state of Indiana, but, by 2018, when Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva became its president, the organization began to spread its work more intentionally across the nation. Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva Watson Spiva brought a wealth of knowledge to CCA. Yolanda Watson Spiva Watson Spiva brought a wealth of knowledge to CCA.

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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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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students. Build a career readiness-first culture: If career readiness feels like "something extra" to a student, it feels like something "no one has time for" to faculty and staff.

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

According to an annual survey by Inside Higher Ed, about two-thirds of presidents (65%) indicate that they plan to increase their institution’s capacity to meet the mental health needs of students, staff, and faculty members. I believe my staff would have probably told me, ‘This is too much.

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COE

MARCH 14, 2023

Jarell Green: Nurse turned Education Advocate March 14, 2023 Jarell is a Counselor for the McNair and Student Support Services programs at the First-Generation Student Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Upon graduating from the nursing program, the faculty, and his peers awarded him the honor of being a top nursing student.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Over 250,000 higher ed leaders, staff, faculty and advocates watch each episode across our audiences. Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Over 250,000 higher ed leaders, staff, faculty and advocates watch each episode across our audiences. Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. A first-generation college graduate, she earned her B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

But rather, it's the elimination of opportunities to retain faculty and students [who] this country and its universities has historically never served,” McCune said. And so, part of what we are seeing is an elimination of offices that help retain faculty that have historically not been included in the university culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Disaggregated data showed that the average admit rate between 2018 and 2022 was extremely low for groups such as Hmong and Samoan where only 4.43% and 7.11%, respectively, of those ethnicities that applied were admitted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Despite opposition from student groups and after a number of faculty and staff resignations, the replacements have taken place. Parham, who began his presidency at CSUDH in 2018, is a veteran leader in higher education — he previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs at UC Irvine.

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