Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE. 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.

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Active Minds

APRIL 2, 2025

As the leading nonprofit that mobilizes youth and young adults to drive meaningful change in mental health, Active Minds tirelessly works to reach students, educators, and administrators where it matters most. But, even more, it shows how dedicated and passionate the students, educators and administrators are who have supported our work.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And the diversity that New-York Historical wants to foster and accommodate goes beyond race, Paley said, which is reflected in the course curriculum. For example, the course on museum administration is currently taught by the New-York Historical’s CFO, said Jorge Silva-Puras, interim dean of CUNY SPS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. principles."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D So I navigated accessing college and all of that on my own, and I felt like now it's my turn.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Higher Education has Slowly and Surely Increased Access to All Citizens, and We Will Continue to do So We assert that higher education is committed to the success of our students and to serving as a compass for the employees and the communities we serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the COVID pandemic, a number of Black children were only able to access the internet through their smart phones.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Some are creating new programming, while others endeavor to increase access for students interested in serving the most vulnerable populations. Photo Courtesy of Dr. Examples of possible careers in the field include nursing home administrators and health quality managers, according to Ongeri. Francis College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

She and other scholars underlined the critical importance of HBCUs and an inclusive, expansive history curriculum being taught to students K-12 and beyond. Those are the tough choices HBCU administrators are faced with every day of the week.” But despite funding complications, HBCUs put students first.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2023

I stood in front of the entire school, my peers, teachers, and administrators, a sea of majority whiteness, and in February, a month dedicated to people who looked like me, and asked by the only Black teacher at the school, I celebrated my history. Because of DEI, before it was a thing , I had access to resources and networks as my peers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. It launched a popular Farmer’s Market on campus last year, providing each student with $20 a week to access fresh foods and vegetables.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Jessica Enders COD's leaders support staff development to ensure its faculty, administrators, and staff are up-to-date on issues and teaching and learning strategies. A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college. Some distinct program features include: 1. in community college leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Donovan Livingston, award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker, has spent his career in education bridging the gap between his artistic sensibility and commitment to college access, and social justice. “A However, he continued to write as he engaged in more college-access experiences and roles. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Partly because conservatives were successful in assigning negative implications to the term “affirmative action,” the expression diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) came into use to describe and facilitate processes that resulted in greater access and participation for people from marginalized communities. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Expansion and diversity in higher education (1980s-1990s) During the 1980s and 1990s, higher education in the United States underwent transformative changes marked by a significant expansion in access and a growing emphasis on diversity. When students study all worlds except their own, they are miseducated.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As Chat GPT and other innovations that make use of artificial intelligence technologies are brought forward, faculty members and administrators throughout the academic community are appropriately raising concerns about their potential adverse effects on the higher education experience. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

She was taken into an administrative office and questioned why she had applied to a major she wasn’t physically capable of doing. Jamal-Eddine explained she wouldn’t be going into bedside nursing and was well-aware there were diverse and accommodating pathways in the nursing profession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. During her time in administration, John Jay’s graduation rate rose from 24% to 41%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2023

She was taken into an administrative office and questioned why she had applied to a major she wasn’t physically capable of doing. Jamal-Eddine explained she wouldn’t be going into bedside nursing and was well-aware there were diverse and accommodating pathways in the nursing profession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Dr. Lorelle Espinosa Velez hopes that faculty, administrators and policy makers at graduate schools read the report, recognize the barriers that exist for Black and Hispanic STEM PhD students and make an effort to remove those barriers. Velez said. Espinosa wants the scientific community to pay attention to these findings.

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we return to our students, and during a time when the world is focused on goal setting, what better time to look at our profession and consider the big-picture changes that would improve college access. Administrative training Too many administrators ascend to their position with no clue, or training, in what counselors do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

Now, a new report from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and UWill, an online counseling platform for colleges and universities, has shown that mental health is continuing to decline. It seems as though high-level administrators are aware. Jon Edelman can be reached at JEdelman@DiverseEducation.com.

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Then, well discuss key factors to consider when comparing programs, such as curriculum, resources, and major-specific opportunities. Youll want to consider your majors curriculum, school-wide requirements, and opportunities to customize your program. Well review what college majors are, including some of the best options available.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

I did not see myself reflected in the curriculum, my professors, or the administration. There is a profound indignity in rarely seeing a teacher, administrator, or institutional leader that looks like you. Arriving as a freshman at a predominantly white college, I was in for a culture shock. My story is a familiar one even now.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At FSU, the program has also worked to increase access to STEM majors. “My from FSU but has since found fulfilment as an administrator. “I I continue to function in that scholarly/research world,” says Rahming, who earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of St. This is praxis. Thomas in St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Before coming to Otero, Alvarez was a senior fellow for NASPA (student affairs administrators in higher education) and a vice president for student affairs at North Dakota State University. Although it was difficult to sustain a sense of community when people were working remotely, “I was still very proud of our faculty,” Alvarez said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on. Gifted and talented under-referrals and underrepresentation. math, science, English), employability skills (e.g.,

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The barriersranging from cultural stigma and financial constraints to limited access to tailored supportare significant and deeply rooted. Hidden curriculum: This refers to institutional jargon, unspoken rules, and processes that are intimidating to first-generation students. Is your campus encouraging help-seeking behaviors?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Shanna Smith Jaggars, assistant vice provost and director of the Student Success Research Lab at the Ohio State University, studies have shown that online learners make strategic choices about which courses to take virtually, typically saving more challenging ones for in-person, where accessing support might be easier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this same spirit, we interrogate measures, theories, and curriculum to expose “cultureblindness” and cultural assaultiveness. Lack of rigor concerns low challenge, the absence of critical thinking, and less access to advanced courses. We share the goal of closing achievement, opportunity, and access gaps.

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