Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Benedict College joined the campaign to eliminate period poverty by facilitating a "I Support My Sisters…PERIOD" special collection event. “As It's alarming to see how inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products affects women worldwide, leading to significant physical, mental, and emotional challenges,” she continued.

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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

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 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

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

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

However, the shortage of qualified professionals poses significant challenges, hindering access to quality early learning programs and impeding economic growth. Dr. Marcus Bright Access to high-quality early learning experiences is essential for children's cognitive, social, and emotional development.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. UM also has the Office of Native American Affairs, which facilitates communication and consultation with tribal nations to improve UM systemwide to better serve Native communities and learners.

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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. She worked really hard to build that,” said her mother, Sara Perez Sanders.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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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

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. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. Edward’s President Dr. Montserrat Fuentes.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

Alexander’s mother immigrated from Jamaica to Queens, New York, with hopes to give her children access to opportunities she never had. They can go in and submit comments over email or engage in an intentional way to say, ‘We want our students to have access to truthful information about race and racism,’” says Alexander.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

Dr. Rhonda Jeter The shortage of Black male teachers can be attributed to various systemic barriers, including fewer career incentives and limited access to professional development. Ongoing Evaluation: Continuously assessing the program’s effectiveness and disseminating the results to inform best practices.

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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.

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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. A clear understanding of the directives and data-driven bases for senior-level decision-making facilitates buy-in for various initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Google’s $1 million investment to Hampton University will enable the university to expand pathways and opportunities by facilitating needed infrastructure and classroom technology upgrades. “We 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

JULY 2, 2024

By ensuring that every child has access to high-quality early learning experiences, higher education institutions would be advocating for investing in a pipeline of well-prepared, motivated students who are more likely to succeed in their academic pursuits. Dr. Marcus A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2023

Through this program, we aim to attract and retain qualified professionals, ensuring that our communities have access to essential services in high-need areas. This program is accepting new applications for the 2024-2025 school year for students who enroll in dentistry, veterinary medicine, and optometry programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For these reasons and others, it is time for a strong universal publicly funded option to be created for infants through kindergarten to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early education, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Collaboration with higher education institutions is crucial to accomplishing these aims.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As an Active Minds Chapter, you’ll have access to various resources, the professional expertise of Active Minds National Staff, and networks of peers – all at no cost. Active Minds chapters are student-led, school-based groups that start conversations, inspire culture change, and undertake advocacy efforts throughout their communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

“That’s one of the explicit goals of the program, to adopt a collective impactive approach, to break down silos, and facilitate practice-sharing,” said Dr. Ifeatu Oliobi, a researcher with the Education Transformation Team at Ithaka S+R. Institutions, sometimes one-man teams, don’t always have access to resources.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It went on to say that “some people in the United States were more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes simply because of their race or ethnicity, not just because they lack access to health care.” Dr. Marcus Bright is a scholar and social impact facilitator. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

An active approach to proctoring an online exam entails computer-mediated monitoring of the exam by a dedicated proctor who has remote real-time access and control over a student’s computer while monitoring the exam with a video stream.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. Investing in early learning has lifelong benefits for children, facilitating cognitive, social, and emotional development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. He represents the best of those who were about access, courage, and tenacity,” he added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When affirmative action was introduced to provide greater access and opportunity to individuals from underrepresented groups, it was grudgingly accepted in the academic community and the administrative offices that were created to facilitate its implementation had little clout, and even less power. One people. One nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

It also facilitates greater connections to the labor force; evaluators found that students in the program were more likely to work and earn to feed their families. CHAP demonstrably improved student mental and physical health, creating greater ability for students to thrive personally and academically. This isn't surprising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These future collegiate athletes, and their families, will be informed in no uncertain terms that the institutions represented by the coaches offer welcoming and supportive environments to facilitate their development and meet their needs. For these young men, this is their time, and they are ready. Dr. William B.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Facilitate seamless transitions between departments When students recount the same information to different campus support staff, it wastes valuable meeting time and negatively impacts their experience, leading to frustration and a sense of disconnect.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

20 – dives into data from its partner institutions to look at potential relationships between access to courses, credits taken per school year, and college completion. Sarah Collins Ad Astra’s 2024 Benchmark Report – released on Feb. It analyzed data about 1.3 million students, coming from two- and four-year public or private institutions.

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

Active Minds is excited to be able to facilitate change by supporting our fellows through funding, mentorship, and amplification. Her “Art for All” project will educate and show how art can be inclusive, accessible, and therapeutic. She is grateful for the future opportunity to do two things she loves: create art and help others.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

By partnering with the Pell Institute, Ascendium is working to reduce institutional barriers to accessing and completing college and to help more learners from low-income backgrounds achieve their educational and career goals.

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