Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. Heath urged program administrators to study the legislative efforts to curtail DEI on campus before they make any changes. Sylvester James (Jim) Gates, Jr.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. Her mentors at ASU, Briscoe says, truly encouraged her to understand the significance of education and valuing Black thought.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Dr. Roderick L. president of Philander Smith College. Applications are set to open Feb.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. It secures its place in federal education policy, making it less susceptible to annual budget fluctuations or shifts in administrative priorities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

million grant through the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. “We Fairfield University's Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $2.59 We are thrilled to be selected for this funding,” said Dr. Kathryn E. Dr. Kathryn E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

According to the report, the HEERF funding model was groundbreaking in three key ways: it represented an unprecedented federal investment in community colleges, it based allocations partially on Pell Grant recipients, and it included special funding for institutions serving students of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Over the past eight years, Parnell secured over $22 million in grant funding, represented NASPA through service to over 20 organizations including the U.S.

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JULY 8, 2024

million Acceleration Grant from the National Institute for Student Success. Its grant includes funding to support partnerships with Morgan State, North Carolina Central University, and Kennesaw State University over the next three years to implement recommendations with formal coaching support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

The administration's weaponization of the acronym has become a strategic assault to reassert white supremacy, particularly that of white male dominance. As this administration strips away rights, rewrites history, and silences voices, its more important than ever to stand on truth. They urged us to stop abbreviating DEI.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Department of Education (Department) last month hosted a convening with national and local leaders to discuss the pivotal moment we found ourselves in, as we transform Continue Reading The post Administration of ESSA Title III State-Administered Grants Returns to OELA appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. One administrator, he said, would not allow material unless it was appropriate for a 12-year-old. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Johnson is deeply involved with a number of national organizations, including Complete College America, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I dont take for granted that Ive had so many mentors and people that have come before me who believed in me when I may not necessarily have believed in myself, she emphasizes. Im just so blessed to be able to give to higher education in such a dynamic way, she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

Recommendations include doubling the maximum Pell Grant, reforming the student loan system to protect borrowers, and ensuring that public benefit programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), are reformed to support a student’s journey through higher education. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams. The absence of outcry speaks volumes, reinforcing the notion that the presence of these students on campus is tolerated rather than embraced.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. That means faculty can spend months crafting ideas and policies and suggestions that just kind of get file-drawered by the administration and never acted upon."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017. Vega earned her Ed.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Dr. Aaron Fichtner Educators, college administrators and students say the governor’s proposed FY25 budget reduction — flat funding from FY24 — could negatively affect students and the higher education community. New Jersey Council of County Colleges members fear Gov. Murphy said the $55.9

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The first phase of Pell Grant Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) payments for the 2024-25 award year, which help institutions cover the costs of administering federal aid programs, began on February 18 according to the Education Department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

A group of faculty and a student – assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) – had sued against the law, a move that a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction in in November. Ron DeSantis’s administration responded by appealing to the Eleventh Circuit. Florida Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

To ensure students have what they need to reach their educational goal, faculty, staff and administration at TCUs often wear multiple hats in addition to their titled role. All this care comes with a consequence—it can lead to burn out, which can lead to faculty, staff, and administrators leaving their roles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research. Thomas University, and a doctorate in public policy and administration from Walden University. “I intend to make the board very proud of this decision.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

million grant from the Andrew W. He spoke to an audience of AUC students, administrators, and fellow physicians about what society can do differently in mental health. Kimbrough , Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants the symposium to dive deeply into mental health and how it affects Black men and their communities.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This surprising announcement places a significant burden on Financial Aid Administrators and may cause further delays in granting aid to students. Originally scheduled for release in August, Federal Student Aid announced yesterday that batch corrections will not be available for the 2024-25 FAFSA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Marjorie Hass A $180,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to the Council of Independent Colleges is expected to help expand open civil discourse and free expression on campuses. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

million in state funding has been awarded to the University of California Berkeley School of Education to provide tuition assistance for aspiring school leaders from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue an advanced degree and administrative credential with the Principal Leadership Institute and Leadership Support Program. Young About $1.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For years, advocates for higher education in prison programs worked to see Pell Grants reintroduced for incarcerated individuals. I can sit in my position as an administrator for a higher ed in prison program and observe a tremendous amount of what our students go through, but that’s very different than the lived experiences of reentry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

“I continue to be excited about the university’s ability to set a new standard of excellence among flagship and land-grant institutions across our country and beyond,” Bennett said. “ Bennett holds an Ed.D. in mass communication also from Middle Tennessee State. Bennett holds an Ed.D. in mass communication also from Middle Tennessee State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

SHEEO based its analysis on national and state data from the 2017-18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection. Lower SAI numbers will lead to a greater number of students being eligible for Pell Grants. all covered by your Pell Grant.” The formula is becoming more generous.” At least 7.8%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2024

The call is one of three demands the group made of the administration, during a May 9 rally amid antiwar protests. The group claimed that, on April 30, “UCLA administration and LAPD stood by as students were brutally attacked for over four hours by outside agitators.” Dr. Gene D. The group also demanded that 1.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The task force will be chaired by Peter McPherson, president emeritus of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). This national task force will create financial aid offer principles and standards to help students understand education costs and compare offers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership. She served twice on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2023

Terrell Foundation that aims to help minoritized students develop into scholar-practitioners, administrators who can also do research. I was able to complete proposals that upper administrators complete. It helped me understand what some of the administrators who are on my campus are doing and how they’re doing it.”

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Ed.gov Homeroom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Department of Education (Department) last month hosted a convening with national and local leaders to discuss the pivotal moment we found ourselves in, as we transform Continue Reading The post Administration of ESSA Title III State-Administered Grants Returns to OELA appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Previously, she has served as program administrator and assistant professor of communication arts at Defiance College; and assistant professor of speech communication at Norfolk State University. Haney Haney is currently vice president for academic affairs at Moraine Valley.

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