Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer's 2023 budget – is offering community colleges up to $2 million to help students transfer to B.S. in Nursing programs, an effort to increase access and affordability for such programs. The University of Michigan-Flint is partnering with select Michigan community colleges to bring more students into nursing programs.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Wallace said Villada’s presence has made theater more accessible for their growing Latinx population. “We’re understanding better from him what the world of theater looks like and what can count as scholarship — not just peer-reviewed articles, but public facing work in the community and how you work with students,” said Wallace. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Shai Reshef, President and Founder, of University of the People, is the recipient of the 2023 Yidan Prize. The global challenge of access to higher education means that its life-changing impact in terms of opening minds, improving employment and earnings remain out of reach for many. Recipients of the prize receive $3.9

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In fall of 2023, 5.3% This form of upward transfer, that really represents an increase in access for lower-income students to more selective and more competitive colleges,” said Shapiro. “It more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. respectively.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Addressing racial inequality is one of the key components of this effort to ensure marginalized communities have access to the same opportunities and resources as others and recognize the unique challenges faced by different marginalized groups, especially when it comes to mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced the 2023 recipients of its annual K. 18–20, 2023. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. Graduate students in fields where the master’s degree is the terminal degree are also eligible.

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APRIL 4, 2024

The fastest-growing industries require workers with disproportionately higher education levels compared to industries with slower growth (Carnevale et al, 2023). The findings are consistent across all regions studied by NCI&I – across red states and blue states, geographic regions, and urban/suburban/rural areas (Johnstone, 2023).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., Dr. Harold L. Martin – the first alum to lead N.C. A&T – is the longest serving chancellor in the University of North Carolina System and among the U.S.’s

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Posted: December 05, 2022 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: 2022 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference – On-Demand Access Available Until March 2023 We would like to thank our partners in the financial aid community for participating last week in the 2022 Virtual Federal Student Aid Training Conference!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

Pacheco is an advocate for equity in access to education and arts, working with organizations like The Healing Centered Schools Task Force. She was named the 2023 New York City Youth Poet Laureate. Thereafter, she became the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate for New York State. Urban Word bestowed the latest of her honors. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

In 2023, McMillan Cottom won the Joseph B. The same year, she was ranked in the top 200 education scholars in the nation on Education Week’s “2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” an annual list published by American Enterprise Institute director of education policy studies and Education Week blogger Frederick M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Kemp added that his goals for the state include improving literacy for K-12 students, addressing teacher shortages, and increasing broadband access, especially in rural areas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2022

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. The school has an existing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S.T.E.M.)

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Morales, president of CSUSB. years in 2021-22.”

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APRIL 7, 2023

Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completion.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Having access to reliable, quality housing is an essential element for students so they can earn a degree, certification or improve their income and options long-term,” said Kristy Fercho, head of Diverse Segments, Representation and Inclusion at Wells Fargo. In 2010, In 2010, the college converted its football field into a farm.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Bowen Cho Beitiks opened fellowship applications in January 2023 to early-career scholar-activists with project proposals related to disability studies or disability justice. Their web-based project, Neurodivergent-U , is an accessibility ranking of 89 U.S. The dorms on the SFSU campus weren’t fully accessible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

The program is set to begin Fall 2023. Milliken The program will offer 24/7 access to services such as on-demand mental health and emotional support; scheduled mental health counseling; psychiatry; health coaching; peer support; and digital self-care content. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Among the 151 chosen for the 2023-2024 Class of Schwarzman Scholars were Spelman’s Naomi Aladekoba and Sophia Bax-Wooten. The two will be part of the program’s eighth cohort – they will be enrolled August 2023 – with participants from 36 countries and 121 universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates access to legal education, released its biannual summary of demographic, financial, and academic data about U.S. law students and applicants. As of Friday, there were 5.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The report, funded by The Kresge Foundation, "Supporting Minds, Supporting Learners: Addressing Student Mental Health to Advance Academic Success" explores the data of the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) for returning students and the 2023 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) for entering students.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

In this new role, he is expected to guide policy research at the assessment organization with the goal of advancing equitable access to quality education and fair assessment for learners. As the Gordon Chair, Odis will provide invaluable insights and leadership, guiding our efforts to enhance educational access and fairness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Priscilla Rodriguez Starting 2023, all SAT exams outside of the U.S. College Board is not only making the SAT more accessible for all students, but also offering the necessary resources for them to prepare for and succeed on test day.” will use the digital format, with the U.S. itself following suit in 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In June 2023, the U. Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

The Marie Fielder Medal for Social Transformation is an annual signature award bestowed by the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Social Innovation, recognizing lifetime achievements toward supporting educational access and success. "I He was UDC’s ninth and longest-serving president whose tenure spanned from 2015 to 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways. In 2022, Diverse recognized her with the Diverse Champions Award.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Al Sharpton has become the lightning rod in moving Obama’s agenda forward,” Ogletree said in a 2010 interview “And he has access to both the streets and the suites, to make sure that the people who are voiceless, faceless and powerless finally have some say.” A native of Merced, Calif., Ogletree was the oldest of seven siblings.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Department of Education (ED) has announced final rules regarding predatory recruitment practices against veterans, access to Pell Grants for incarcerated students, and accountability when colleges and universities change owners. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The men’s cross-country athlete has the honor of being named to the 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team and the 2023 ACC All-Academic Indoor Track and Field Team. Through volunteerism, the service-minded runner advocates for voter awareness, clean neighborhoods, and food access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Supreme Court decision in June 2023 to ban race-conscious college admissions, and the fallout since then, have been sobering, including for Asian Americans who were swayed by SFFA. Beyond the media smokescreen, Asian American and NHPI students face a diverse range of challenges on the road to college access and success.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Secretary of Education under President Obama, will become the 15th chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), effective January 2023. who served as U.S. Dr. John B. I look forward to working with all members of our campus communities, lawmakers, and stakeholders to bring SUNY to new heights and maximize its potential."

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

million to improve its internet access and performance through fiber optic infrastructure upgrades. The fiber optic upgrades will begin this summer to be finished by Fall 2023, Harper said. And the wireless network overhaul is expected to be finished by the end of 2023. “A Stillman College has received $2.7

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Howard Hewitt, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Ronald Isley, and others planned to call into the station’s broadcast to encourage donations to UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships and financial assistance for African American and other underrepresented students to achieve access to higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. This is how Compton dedicated over $3 million in emergency aid specifically for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, with an additional $500,000 in emergency aid for dual enrollment students.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Prompted by California Assembly Bill 2881, introduced by Senator Marc Berman in 2022, the legislation provided priority registration for students with dependents and mandated the development of a centralized webpage offering parenting students access to both on-campus and off-campus resources.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

As such, minority and underserved populations disproportionately suffer from oral diseases due to inadequate dental services access and the lack of workforce diversity. Meharry Medical College’s School of Dentistry will be launching a new innovation center for dental technology and education, slated to open in the next year.

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