Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In an effort to provide support for its student parents at all 23 of its campuses, the California State University (CSU) launched its first university-wide initiative focused on this demographic. Given that 19 percent of all college students, or 3.7

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to being a college student, she was a wife, mother of three, executive assistant, and an involved auntie. Throughout September, National Student Parent Month , we celebrated the accomplishments of student parents and the efforts of those colleges, universities, and organizations that faithfully serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Two new reports from The California Alliance for Student Parent Success (The Alliance) detail the challenges that student parents face at California institutions. Approximately 300,000 undergraduate student parents are currently enrolled at institutions of higher education in the state of California.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 6, 2025

Jacob shares his experience as a student currently on a year abroad in France and his advice for dealing with homesickness and loneliness. I will never take for granted the experience of being a home student in the UK again. Scheduling calls can help you stay in touch with those who matter a lot to you. The list goes on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. A third of today’s college students are 25 and older, and more than a third of undergraduates are part-time students.

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College Aid Services

MAY 1, 2024

Users without a Social Security Number (SSN) will have access to the 2024-25 FAFSA thanks to a series of changes that the Department has recently implemented to address the ongoing issues for this population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

The University of Texas (UT) System is partnering with virtual health company TimelyCare to launch a free, virtual mental health support program for students at all 14 UT institutions. We are proud that this latest investment will make mental health resources more readily available and easier to access for UT students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Lumina Foundation and Gallup's State of Higher Education 2024 Report Lumina Foundation and Gallup While interest in higher education is increasingly high among adults, many perspective students see cost as a hindrance while some current students are dispirited by emotional stress, according to a new study by Lumina Foundation and Gallup.

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Active Minds

APRIL 2, 2025

We are beyond excited to announce a historic milestone in Active Minds journey: weve surpassed our goal of reaching 1,000 K-12 schools in 1,000 days , and we did it months ahead of schedule ! We knew that connecting with K-12 schools and offering accessible, impactful mental health resources would be key to creating lasting change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The number of academic credits a student takes per year has ties to their likelihood to graduate and complete their college journey, a new report from course scheduling company Ad Astra found. million students, coming from two- and four-year public or private institutions. It analyzed data about 1.3

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. On Wednesday, the U.S. There must be diverse hires.

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Knack

JANUARY 8, 2025

Access and equity in higher education remain pressing challenges. Financial pressures, inflexible schedules, and limited opportunities often prevent students from fully engaging with their academic experience. Learn how flexible work supports academic success in our blog post.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. Dr. Laura Bernhard These students with some college, no credential (SCNC) make up more than six million Californians ages 25-64.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

As an educator and university president, I have seen firsthand the ADA’s transformative impact on our higher education systems — and how far we still must go before higher education is truly accessible and inclusive of learners from all backgrounds. Lisa Marsh Ryerson The number of students with disabilities at U.S.

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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. universities using data provided by around 250 surveyed students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Van Schoales " Doing Less with Less: How a Four-Day School Week Affects Student Learning and the Teacher Workforce " examines the implications and outcomes of the increasingly popular shortened week across various school districts in Colorado, which has 119 four-day districts representing 14% of the state’s student population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

The participating students in the program took a computational thinking assessment which informed what version of a computer science curriculum they are receiving. The primary challenge with the coupling of computationally talented college students with K-12 schools is a logistical one.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

The goal is to help faculty create curricular materials for humanities courses and provide veterans and Southeast Asian students more access to meaningful content. A schedule of events and presentations can be found here. The program will run Jun. 12-16 residentially and Jun. 19-23 virtually.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

“We aim to provide a growing and well-informed community of support for these hardworking students.” In the wake of the COVID pandemic, where so many researchers pivoted to Zoom to share their scholarship during webinars, Burt thought that he needed to create a new way to make his research more accessible to others outside of the academy.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even a small percent of billionaires’ net worth could be spent funding public goods like education, healthcare, and infrastructure, while also covering issues like poverty and student debt. Of the many things I would change about the world, one of them would be to increase access for higher educational opportunities.

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Good Tutors Finder

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Whether your child needs help with IB Physics , Swiss Matura Maths , or A-Level English , our expert tutors in Switzerland make learning accessible and effective. With Good Tutors Finder Switzerland , tutors are carefully matched to each student, ensuring the right fit for their learning goals. Why Consider Tuition?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Many of these students face economic hardships, insufficient access to mentorship, and a lack of preparatory resources, all of which contribute to their struggle in navigating the medical education landscape. This opportunity exemplifies the importance of structured programs designed to support aspiring medical students.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Higher education leaders strive to create a course schedule that is both efficient to build and easy for students to enroll in necessary courses. Despite this intention, course schedule planning is often a reactive process that can lead to increased workloads for staff and frustration for students during active registration periods.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. Community colleges provide an affordable option; nearly half of all college students in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2023

A GEO rally took place on campus Wednesday morning, with hundreds of students, undergraduate and graduate, in attendance. GEO represents approximately 2,300 graduate student instructors and staff assistants. There still remain barriers between them (transgender students) and receiving that care," Fleischmann said. "So

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

SUMMARY : Adaptable analytics empowers higher education leaders with real-time, actionable insights that evolve with changing circumstances, enabling smarter decisions, more effective planning, and stronger team collaboration to proactively support student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2023

10, just three days after releasing a report on whether medical residency options for top students could be weakened by a merger. Jonathan Holloway by the University Senate. Critics claimed that the Board of Governors rushed to approve the move Jul. A merger would take five years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Early inspiration In her first community college position, much of Stouts work focused on access and reaching as many stakeholders as possible. Where were the students coming from?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And the stress is not going unnoticed by students, with a joint Inside Higher Ed/College Pulse survey finding that students noticed professors were showing signs of stress. Throughout the pandemic much of the oneness to connect with students and meet them where they’re at has been put on professors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FAFSA Simplification Act, scheduled to go into effect this year, will cut the number of questions on the notoriously difficult application for federal aid—which is also used in calculations for state and institutional awards—from 108 to 36 for most students. The consequences for students and their families could be serious.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the rising cost of higher education, many students and their families are concerned about affordability. As a financial aid consultant, I’ve noticed a trend in the most searched colleges and universities—an indication of where students hope to invest their futures.

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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. Early introduction to college advising K-8 students don’t need college advising if their parents went to college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

Arameh Anvarizadeh, associate professor and former director of admissions at USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy The result was what Anvarizadeh described as the most diverse cohorts in USC Chan’s history, featuring a 10% increase in admitted Black students and a 19% increase in Latinx ones.

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Knack

MARCH 6, 2025

A time when students lived on campus, attended classes in person, and had schedules built around a traditional college experience. But todays students are anything but traditional. Many juggle jobs, family responsibilities, and commutes that make accessing support services difficult.

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Single Stop

JANUARY 29, 2025

Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan. Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 24, 2023

Student athletes Jason Ivey, Janorris Robertson, and Zach Yeager, and Dr. Troy Purdom The small pilot study analyzed the self-reported nutritional intake of 23 Black N.C. A&T Division I athletes – 13 male students, 10 female students – spanning sports, such as track and field, basketball, football, and volleyball.

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