Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. It’s common knowledge that change in the academy happens very slowly.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The early learning sector plays a crucial role in shaping the foundation of children's education and future success. However, the shortage of qualified professionals poses significant challenges, hindering access to quality early learning programs and impeding economic growth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor's Note: With the exception of the last section about an Anti-Racist, Culturally Competent Special Education Model, the content in this article comes from a recently accepted journal manuscript. CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to examine racialized resegregation in special education. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

The American education system faces a persistent and troubling gap: the significant underrepresentation of Black male educators. With Black males making up only about 2% of all educators nationwide, this issue is more than a diversity problem. It is a systemic crisis that impacts student outcomes and educational equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In short, the syllabus helps to create a structured and organized learning environment, facilitating effective communication and expectations between instructors and students. This involves (re)evaluating and (re)shaping multiple aspects of education to create a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable learning environment. Dr. tavis d.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

It's about equipping institutions with the tools to drive change on their campuses, fostering cross-campus collaboration, and ensuring that HBCUs are setting an agenda for higher education innovation, not just responding to it. When we set out to build that digital learning network, we weren't just thinking about online education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2024

Expanding access to high-value industry-recognized credentials within the realm of higher education is a vital step toward addressing the trend of people exiting colleges and universities without a degree. A recent article in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlighted that “there are still 36.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“This initiative includes strategic outreach, community partnerships, sustainable resource initiatives, and crucial support services, all with the goal of empowering students and facilitating a smooth transition into education and training for the immigrant communities in the Greater Flint area.” The grant – from the Michigan Dept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

The dilemma can have lasting consequences on their education, economic opportunities, mental health, and well-being. Benedict College joined the campaign to eliminate period poverty by facilitating a "I Support My Sisters…PERIOD" special collection event. “As One issue I'm particularly passionate about addressing is period poverty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

has partnered with higher ed virtual health company TimelyCare to offer students and employees free access to mental health support and medical care, starting this fall, The Robesonian reported. Students will be able to access virtual care from licensed physicians and counselors in all 50 states.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Student Justice Perez Sanders, 16, was only able to retrieve some of her art portfolio because she was not able to access the school’s servers. The system is working with other partners to facilitate student transfers, according to its website. We encourage you to complete your education at another school," the system website stated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It took place in 1984 at a higher education conference at MIT, shortly after they had decided to confront the shortcomings in both the journalistic and academic communities by launching a new publication, Black Issues In Higher Education. My first encounter with Bill Cox and Frank Matthews was quite memorable. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dr. Marcus Bright Even with access to some form of computer science education for example, there still needs to be a great deal of promotion and on-ramps built for students to be motivated to enroll and persist through completion. Dr. Marcus Bright is a scholar and social impact facilitator. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. These policies aimed to counteract systemic disadvantages by considering race, ethnicity, and other factors in admissions processes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

When Bill de Blasio placed universal Pre-K at the forefront of his New York City mayoral campaign in 2013, he signaled a commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Bright Early childhood education is the foundation upon which all future learning is built.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Bright Third grade is a pivotal milestone in a child's education. The implications of this educational gap are profound, as it greatly impacts a student's ability to comprehend and master content in the following years of schooling. Collaboration with higher education institutions is crucial to accomplishing these aims.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Google’s investment is building on the work that is already underway on the campuses of Morehouse and Hampton to incorporate innovative uses of technology to educate students and support faculty. We are delighted to receive this gift and applaud the Google and UNCF partnership for increasing access to unrestricted funds for HBCUs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: CRT Forward Project Director, UCLA School of Law, and Lecturer of Law, University of Southern California Tenured : No Age: 34 Education: B.S., Alexander’s mother immigrated from Jamaica to Queens, New York, with hopes to give her children access to opportunities she never had. legal studies, St. John’s University; LL.M.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2024

CCNY will establish a comprehensive humanities internship program that will enhance humanities students’ access to internship opportunities in the nonprofit and public sectors. The University of Missouri - Kansas City plans to launch the Mellon Humanities Internship program and institutionalize humanities students’ access to work experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Academic Advancement Program AAP is rooted in the purpose of public education, notes Alexander.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The higher education establishment appears to be on the ropes. While the academy was once generally perceived as a fundamental bedrock institution of American society, public support for higher education has dramatically eroded, and in some circles, the approval level has plummeted well below 50%. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2023

New Mexico's Higher Education Department has announced that it is accepting applications for a program that will provide up to 100 percent student loan forgiveness for New Mexico residents who graduated from one of the 23 out-of-state professional and graduate programs. Michelle Lujan Grisham has approved $2.2

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Active Minds

APRIL 4, 2023

At Active Minds, we believe policy is key to enacting lasting mental health change – and students play a huge role in facilitating this change. Thus, it’s incredibly important to advocate for access to care, as well as access to other necessities that influence our ability to seek care. Tyren suggests, “Find your ‘Why?’.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

Active Minds is proud to facilitate change by supporting our fellows through funding, mentorship, and amplification. His project aims to educate the general youth on tangible preventative and productive measures they can implement toward their well-being.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It operates within a multi-system and cross-system framework, involving factors such as education, social services, community dynamics, and institutionalized biases. By ensuring access to high-quality early education for all children, regardless of socioeconomic background, we can target the root causes of this pervasive issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

The first cohort of fellows — whose projects ranged from a first-of-its-kind campus accessibility ranking to a digital zine examining the intersection of anti-Blackness, fatphobia, ableism , and incarceration — gathered at SFSU for a month-long workshop in July 2023. The dorms on the SFSU campus weren’t fully accessible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

After years of steady increases, internationalization at colleges and universities slipped backwards during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the American Counc il on Education (ACE). The report was based on a survey of 903 institutions of higher education and is conducted every five years.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Active Minds is proud to facilitate change by supporting our fellows through funding, mentorship, and amplification. His project aims to educate the general youth on tangible preventative and productive measures they can implement toward their well-being.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. The professors come to the students for much of the face-to-face learning, thus making this program highly accessible to working adults. of the history and organization of COD) and a broadened perspective that facilitated communication.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Michael Littman Leaders from multiple different NSF divisions gathered during a virtual panel last Thursday to point out how the federal agency was funding the use of AI in sectors such as climate, healthcare, education, and agriculture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, it is necessary to recognize the fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action, which continues to dominate and has taken center stage on the educational landscape. Similarly, the higher education reforms signed into law by Florida Gov. As part of the ongoing battle, Texas Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From a developmental perspective, it is important for educators (and families) to know and understand that children notice racial differences earlier than they may think. When educators are culturally competent in their dispositions, knowledge, and skills , these faulty lessons are less likely to happen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

That's exactly what Education Northwest’s recent evaluation of the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP) in Tacoma, Washington, underscores. It offered stability, a foundation upon which students could build their educational goals. Maslow's hierarchy applies to education, too. Remember the knock-on effect ?

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