Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%.

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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.

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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. Page was a United Negro College Fund/Mellon International Faculty Seminar Fellow and is a certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The presidents of these institutions said these increases are testament to tireless and intentional effort from faculty, staff, and leadership. It was most pronounced from 2016 to 2020, where we dropped about 25% of our enrollment. When he became president of IRSC in late 2020, Moore brought business acumen to his new role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians also in 2019; and a fellowship with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020. Neither did college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. In 2020, that plan became concrete, and the search was on to find a director who could do that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Census Bureau’s 2020 Census. With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. And through the latter, students can gain on-campus employment, mentorship from faculty or staff, and job skill development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

In January 2020, he began serving as interim chancellor of MCCCD and was initially told that he would likely be in that role for six months until a permanent chancellor was named. But as the pandemic raged on and upended life for MCCCD students and faculty, Gonzales endeavored to stay focused on them. “I There, Gonzales earned an Ed.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2024

It examines the impact of the 2020 quadruple pandemic, a four-part interconnection of health crises, financial calamity, climate change, and racial violence, on the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff in the California higher education systems.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Charles Alexander Dr. Charles J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

So, for those powerful stories she heard as a child from her first-generation immigrant grandfather — who entered the U.S. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians also in 2019; and a fellowship with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020. Neither did college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Molloy University; and Dr. Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: Find and develop a community of supportive colleagues and mentors. 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Bronx is home to over one million people, 56% of whom are Latinx, according to 2020 U.S. Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. Census data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Between June 2004 and June 2020, almost 12,000 institutions of higher education closed their doors. Some of those institutions closed in an orderly fashion—students, faculty and staff were given ample warning, and arrangements for continuing a student’s education at another institution, teach-out plans, are made.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. Faculty should be committed to teaching the diverse student body. “I Fox praises faculty, some of whom were frontline workers, for their dedication.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinx people accounted for over 50% of the U.S. She said that many first-generation, Latinx students do not have the tacit knowledge of the professional ecosystem and the steps and connections it might take to become employed. population growth. Currently, one fifth of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Northern Arizona University (NAU) received HSI status in 2020, which Dr. José Luis Cruz Rivera, NAU’s president, said was very much intentional. Hiring practices have been implemented to help attract and retain Hispanic faculty. Most recently, the university has developed its first-generation center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Census Bureau’s 2020 Census. With a new federal grant that Chang and his fellow UConn faculty and staff members have secured from the U.S. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.” The Hartford campus itself holds a large percentage of first-generation students, according to Rola.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. They’re also more likely to be first-generation, come from families in the bottom half of earners, and delay or cancel their college plans due to financial struggles or caregiving responsibilities.

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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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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 21, 2024

Academic Recovery Initiative All UIA member schools are deeply committed to producing more low-income graduates, first-generation graduates, and graduates of color. Process mapping sessions : Talk through the student experience step by step, noting all points of interaction with faculty and staff.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As a first-generation student who grew up in poverty, a scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend college and live an extraordinary life,” said Pérez. In addition, he was a visiting international faculty member at Rikkyo University in Japan. It’s my way of paying it forward, and I can’t wait to get started.”.

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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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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

There are things like active and collaborative learning, student faculty interactions, student effort, support for learners and so on. We released a report pretty early in the pandemic, and it was based on a survey that we ran in fall of 2020 to our entering student population. And now that was fall of 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Further, HBCUs remain a pathway to equity and economic success for Black Americans, enrolling 10% of all Black university students and producing 17% of all Black graduates while disproportionately enrolling low-income and first-generation students. Unfortunately, this assault on TSU is not a mere coincidence or deeply surprising.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB · How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence the College Journey LEARN ABOUT COLLEGE GREENLIGHT College Greenlight is the nation's largest community of professionals supporting and recruiting first-generation, lower-income, and historically underserved students. Why do you need that? What do you do? What do we do here?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Creating MEGA What emerged from the taskforce planning was the Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), an ambitious wrap-around initiative designed to strengthen the high school-to-college pipeline and to provide a platform for current male college students of color to engage with each other, faculty, and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

As a first-generation college student, she appreciated the process of education and embraced its transformative aspects. Conway-Turner, who will retire at the end of this academic year after nine years as president of Buffalo State, has had a stellar 43-year career as a faculty member and administrator.

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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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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These efforts became part of the larger antiracism moment that emerged in 2020 from the widespread response to the death of George Floyd and rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. Reformers concentrated their efforts on structures and policies known to have a disproportionate impact on minoritized students, such as developmental education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

Biden would be speaking at Morehouse College’s commencement on Sunday, he said his first thought was: “Uh oh — this is going to be interesting.” Thousands of students, faculty, and staff from institutions all across the country have conducted mostly peaceful protests against the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza. asked Commodore. “I

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MARCH 18, 2025

Nicole Pulliam In my first year as a faculty member, I was the shiny new object. As a woman of color, a first-generation college graduate, and someone raised in a limited-income home, I was celebrated for bringing fresh perspectives and ideas. Jackson in Its Not Impostor Syndrome When Youre Black and a Woman.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Diversity among those entering college includes, but is not limited to, veterans and active-duty service women and men, first-generation students, and adult learners. It is important for institutions to engage in and encourage faculty research that informs DEI as part of their governance and campus cultures.

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