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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. This stifles Black student success and contributes to low graduation rates from high schools.

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Study Reveals How Model Minority Myth Influences School Choices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

They often associated these concerns with racial composition of schools, reflecting internalized stereotypes about which racial groups value education more highly. However, these policies often fail when they dont account for parent buy-in. Experts say that the study, funded by the William T.

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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Cardona Calls for FSA Changes, But Experts Say the Damage is Done

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Trust needs to be rebuilt between the FSA, institutions, families and students they serve, said Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Replacing Affirmative Action with ‘Positive Practices’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Because high schools that enroll substantial percentages of students of color are readily identifiable, colleges and universities must engage these designated school districts and, in conjunction with their administrative offices, create focused recruitment drives that begin the first day of the freshman year of high school.

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Reconciling Contrasting Findings on Perceptions of Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

At almost the same time, Teachers College at Columbia University released a survey that seemed to augur much better: 69% of Americans said that they view public spending on higher education as an excellent or good investment, and strong majorities reported that higher education has benefits for both individuals and society as a whole.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“We’re very fortunate to be one of the very few research universities to have two people of color leading it and that’s remarkable,” says Vasquez Heilig who is both Latino and Black. Montgomery—an accomplished economist who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations—is African American. “Now The school’s president, Dr. Edward B.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Finally, school counselors can assist students by providing short- term mental health services to eliminate obstacles to academic success ( American School Counseling Association ). b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation. Career and Technical Education Research, 43 (1), 77-98. Warren, N., &

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Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Her white classmates made fun of her African American Vernacular English , and she developed a sense of needing to be on guard about the way that she spoke. “There are a lot of ‘high achieving’ Black and Latinx students who are navigating school well and who by all metrics are successful, but at what cost?” said Chambers.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. history. “I

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In classrooms, anti-racist teachers: (a) take action against a racialized education system inherently designed to resegregate Students of Color in special education by intentionally preventing the pervasive causes of resegregation in special education; (b) engage in justice-producing pedagogies (e.g., Mattison, R., Maczuga, S.,

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Professional and Adult Education Adult learners are a unique audience whether they are served through traditional graduate programs, non-credit offerings, degree completion programs, or short-format credentials across on-campus, online, and hybrid modalities.

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PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

About PowerSchool PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC) is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to empower educators, administrators, and families to ensure personalized education for every student journey.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Javier Reyes found himself elevated to the position of Interim Chancellor.

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Dr. Dominique J. Baker, University of Delaware

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Baker is an associate professor of education and public policy with a joint appointment in the College of Education & Human Development and the Joseph R. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware.

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Advancing Social Justice Through Scholarly Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

“Through our ongoing partnership, we are committed to taking education and corporate America higher by advancing academic research, ensuring student success at publicly supported HBCUs and serving as a liaison to the federal government and local officials for our members and their students.” Dr. Harry L.

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We Must Help Save America’s Historic Black Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 28, 2024

This success story must inspire us to save our historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) nationwide, which now face similar existential threats. America’s HBCUs are monuments to the beginnings of higher education for Black Americans. Will we let their valiant efforts go to waste? Dr. Adriel A.

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Education Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Dismantling of Research Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

The IES was established under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to produce and disseminate education research, statistics, and analyses. For over two decades, it has served as what the plaintiffs call "the backbone of education research in the United States."

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JULY 28, 2023

What does this mean for school personnel, like teachers, counselors, and administrators? Consistent with prior research (Boivin et al., Including parents in bullying intervention and prevention efforts contributes to the success of these efforts (Carney et al., Journal of Educational Research, 111 (3), 284–294.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Study Reveals How Model Minority Myth Influences School Choices

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Cardona Calls for FSA Changes, But Experts Say the Damage is Done

Replacing Affirmative Action with ‘Positive Practices’

Reconciling Contrasting Findings on Perceptions of Higher Ed

Bridging Research and Practice

We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students

Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

Dr. Dominique J. Baker, University of Delaware

Advancing Social Justice Through Scholarly Work

We Must Help Save America’s Historic Black Colleges

Education Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Dismantling of Research Institute

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