Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC is open access, which means there are students from different backgrounds and preparation levels. Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

“It wasn’t always easy to know where to go if I needed advice on what classes to take, what to declare for my major, how to get financial aid,” Cardona shared in a keynote at last week’s Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What reverse admissions means for the future of college access. With overall college enrollments declining, institutions need to become more creative in their efforts to grow and diversify their student body. More than 125 institutions to date have signed on to one or both programs to serve thousands of aspiring college students.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Factors Contributing to Move-In Melt Based on our last year’s data, we saw move-in melt primarily happening in two student groups: international students and students without financial aid packages where the enrollment team believes they may be eligible for need-based aid. Celebrate their success and future promise.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

And a significant portion of my work revolves around engaging these institutions and being more effective in terms of, one, recruiting these students, but also marketing to the community’s organizations, the advocates, the advisors, the counselors, high school teachers who might be also engaged in this work, too. Why do you need that?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I love the work that I get to do in diversity, equity, and inclusion, but at times it can be exhausting. I am particularly impressed by the student-athletes who spend hours on preparation, studying, and community work, all while working to maintain a social life. I believe that our student-athletes are under substantial pressure.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

This session was created with international students in mind, but is open to all graduate students. This event is designed to help international students better understand protections and resources available to them, but is open for everyone. U/T Visas: Potential options for international students impacted by GBV.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Casteen III, a transformative leader who dramatically expanded educational access and diversity during his 20-year tenure, died last week following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1943, Casteen's journey in higher education began as a first-generation college student at UVA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

The core of my leadership was formed by the combined strengths of my own layered identities, and my practice and decision-making, whether focused on my commitment to racial and social justice or simply my ability to listen to students and colleagues, is shaped by the multilayered identities I bring to leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2025

Harvard University The Trump administration dealt a unprecedented blow to international education access Thursday by revoking Harvard University's authorization to enroll foreign students, a decision that could fundamentally alter the demographics and academic culture of the nation's oldest institution of higher learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

The letter demanded a comprehensive restructuring of Harvards governance, hiring, admissions, and student life. It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

Whether that was true action statements, donations, or implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, everyone was scrambling around, trying to be reactive change agents. Also, I’m concerned with how this will affect our international students. Seems like the color-blind movement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

From a spring full of student protest to the ending of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) measures in some states, the list of stressors is only likely to increase as time marches into 2025. We offer access social mobility. They are stressed, low energy, some are afraid, and they are less hopeful.”

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