Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Every child in our nation deserves access to highly prepared educators, and it is essential that every educator be prepared in a manner that equips them for modern classrooms," said Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, AACTE president and CEO. Michigan lost TQP grants focused on addressing teacher shortages and improving literacy instruction.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Terrell Educational Foundation has selected three master's students from diverse institutions across the United States for its 2024-2025 MCT Araceli Negrete Scholars program, with a focus on investigating student mental wellness in today's challenging environment. The scholars will present their preliminary findings in spring 2025.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2008, Lumina set a goal for the nation, that by 2025, 60% of people in the U.S. in 2023, an increase of 17 percentage points, but not enough to reach 60% by 2025. in 2008 to 54.9% I think we have made incredible progress, Brown said.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. By addressing systemic barriers in these underserved communities, Kevin seeks to inform policies that enhance mental health funding and access globally. Bakare is a second-year undergraduate at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Her career has been dedicated to fostering access and achievement for underrepresented students, particularly Indigenous and first-generation learners. A final decision is expected at the Board's next regular meeting on April 11, 2025. In 2022, Diverse named Shotton to its annual list of women making a difference in higher education.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The California State University system is going through a strategic plan process, in which Cal State LA will participate commencing in 2025. “First and foremost, I would like to increase visibility, impact and commitment to the local community in ways that are connected to increasing enrollment, graduation and retention,” Eanes says. “We

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 7, 2025

Media and College Access Birth rates, high school graduation rates, and some levels of college enrollment are all down, giving the Wall Street Journal et al a perfect opportunity to recognize that most college-going occurs outside the only 25 colleges they cover. This could get ugly. Because, you know, that suggests theres a chance.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Active Minds is honored to share our 2025 Emerging Scholars and their incredible research. By addressing systemic barriers in these underserved communities, Kevin seeks to inform policies that enhance mental health funding and access globally. Bakare is a second-year undergraduate at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. This could stifle critical thinking and limit students’ exposure to diverse perspectives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Amirah Kambe, public health major and Class of 2025 graduate, participated in a groundbreaking study examining the relationship between representation in toys and children's self-image. I want to ensure Black communities have access to equitable health education, resources and positive representation."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. Bumphus announced he will retire as president and Dr. Walter G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. That’s huge for many in our community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The program also provides access to mentors for early career faculty and trains them in grant writing, op-ed writing, teaching, and how to achieve a better work-life balance. Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024. How to achieve tenure and publishing assistance is also on the agenda. "The

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Financial aid offices can access the 2025-26 FAFSA Paper form through the FAFSA Partner Portal, as the Department of Education begins processing applications; functionality for student corrections will arrive in early 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable. Twenty years later, we are revisiting what has changed and what has stayed the same.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

Notably, as an astroparticle physicist, Love has joined the IceCube collaboration, giving her access to data from the worlds largest neutrino observatory. 2022-2025, received funding of $541,879 from the National Science Foundation over three years. The research project, IceCube Data Analysis in the U.S. Loves Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications. Currently, 44.1% of people have such a credential.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 17, 2025

FSA has notified institutions that it will suspend batch processing for the Common Origination Disbursement System (COD) as it makes important updates in preparation for the 2025-26 academic year. The outage is scheduled to occur from midnight to 11 a.m.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Every February we recognize the crucial role that financial aid offices play in higher education and reaffirm our commitment to improving college accessibility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In our 2022 report, we predicted that by the end of 2025, the U.S. Created by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative, the report emphasizes not only the difficulties facing local journalism but also potential strategies for its future sustainability. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

The recent Moodys downgrade of the 2025 U.S. This rollback worsens existing disparities, obstructing access and success for individuals who aspire to make a meaningful, positive, and lasting impact on the lives of others. Moody's current assessment acts as more than a weathervane. higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Currently, just 56% of California adults aged 25-64 hold a postsecondary degree or credential, according to the February 2025 report. Students' decisions to pursue and complete higher education are shaped by access to information, available resources, and the quality of their college experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Patterson, who currently serves as president of Chadron State College in Nebraska, will assume his new role on July 1, 2025, succeeding retiring President Dr. Bob Jackson. Colleagues describe Patterson as a collaborative, servant leader who values accessibility, affordability, education, and innovation in higher education.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Financial aid offices now have access to the 2025–26 FAFSA Preview Presentation, which provides stakeholders with tools for financial aid nights and staff trainings. This resource has over 300 slides, reviews 12 different aspects of the FAFSA, and is available as a PowerPoint presentation as well as a PDF file.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

And the presidents commission on diversity, equity and inclusion at her university has since become the presidents commission on access, opportunity and community. The 2025 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award went to Dr. Sylvester James (Jim) Gates, Jr. , Now its just The Center. Think about the programs youre doing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

It's not just about putting courses online; it's about building a network learning community where students from any HBCU can access high-quality courses, mentorship, and career opportunities in a seamless and engaging way. DIVERSE: Why is Together We Lead your theme for UNITE 2025?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard. That’s huge for many in our community.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This year has ushered in a range of updates that will enhance how system managers can process federal aid, with some changes already implemented and other set to take effect in Spring 2025. Launches as CPS and FAA Access Are Decommissioned The post Common Record XML Schema Version 5.0c

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Highlighting excellence in community college education, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has named 23 institutions as either Leader Colleges or Leader Colleges of Distinction for 2025, celebrating their commitment to student success and institutional reform. The announcement was made last week at the organization's annual meeting in Philadelphia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

2025 NASPA CONFERENCE NASPA brought together over 6,600 student affairs professionals from across the country to New Orleans, Louisiana for connection, reflection, and renewal, three anchors of this years theme. One building block for belonging is satisfying students basic needs: air, water, food, shelter, sleep, and personal enjoyment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

AccessLex Institute has released its 2025 Legal Education Data Deck, providing comprehensive insights into the current state of legal education in the United States. The publication offers detailed analysis of law school admissions, enrollment patterns, financial aid distribution, and employment outcomes for recent graduates.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The 2025-26 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools is now available as an online document and an integrated search function for applicants navigating the fafsa.gov website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

Ten finalists have been named and are still in the running for the Aspen Institute’s 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The other areas comprise teaching and learning, certificate and degree completion, transfer and bachelor’s attainment, workforce success, and broad access to the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Luce Professor of Journalism, has described the objective as opening access to a broader array of backgrounds entering journalism, encouraging people interested in journalism to not feel skittish about pursuing a career in the field, and reducing costs therein. Applications to the journalism school for 2025-26 opened Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Jeremy Singer “Jeremy brings deep experience having successfully led the development and introduction of major technology innovations in education, which will be integral to improving the FAFSA experience and ensuring millions of students and families can easily access the federal financial aid they are entitled to,” said U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

1, 2025, is the nation’s fifth legacy admissions ban, but only the second that will apply to private colleges. “In The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we’re opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly.” California’s law, which will take effect Sept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Common App has launched its 2024–2025 application for more than 1,100 colleges and universities worldwide. The platform also offers access to a mobile app, comprehensive financial aid and scholarship information, online portfolios, and an extensive library of counselor resources in English and Spanish.

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