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McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in highereducation. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6 million students enrolled in colleges and universities.
“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of HigherEducation website. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in HigherEducation.
During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention. For now, Heilig said that he will return to education policy scholarship and research, which he described as a transformative moment in politics, highereducation, and society.
When Jenkins arrived, the university faced a challenging 52 percent retention rate. Rather than accepting this as inevitable, his administration launched a comprehensive analysis of student data, policies, and practices. The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU).
The path to highereducation success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. Santiago and Sarita E.
Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of highereducation experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.
The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American highereducation, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Dr. Ivory A.
leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in highereducation feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in HigherEducation increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals.
Johnson has more than 30 years of highereducation experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Previously, she joined the IUPUI faculty in 1993 and ascended through the ranks as a department chair, dean and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, prior to her role as chief academic officer.
Stephen Pruitt, President of SREB, said this is not just an education issue, but a major economic and workforce issue. On the other end of the spectrum, current classroom teachers are feeling less and less supported, many of whom have no interest in climbing the ranks to become administrators, according to the SREB report. “We
To identify and cut DEI in highereducation. The research team at USC’s Pullias Center for HigherEducation recently studied campuses that have made progress on eliminating equity gaps and advancing their DEI agendas. Their goal? Now, it’s time to change this paradigm. Can SEL fully shield DEI from attacks?
Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public highereducation. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.
Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in highereducation. These administrators (e.g., Zoom) communities of practice that allow administrators to work collaboratively to reflect on best practices and implement appropriate strategies.
A seasoned education leader with extensive experience in academic administration, college officials say that Mallory brings a proven track record of enhancing student success and developing workforce programs.
It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to highereducation. We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. “We It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in highereducation. We did some great work.” Our discipline is hard.
The office supported the university’s mission to advance Kentucky — from its economy to its health and from its culture to its levels of educational attainment. Its stated goal was to enhance diversity and inclusivity through the recruitment and retention of an increasingly diverse population of faculty, administrators, staff and students.
He researches college student self-efficacy ; STEM research ; college retention ; school closing and massive resistance ; high school to college transition, spirituality among college students ; and psychological well-being of students and administrators in highereducation.
Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for HigherEducation Policy.
Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in highereducation by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Latino first-year retention has increased from 59% to 71% after implementation of the dual credit program.
Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of highereducation for all. Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2%
In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, faculty and staff burnout is a major problem in highereducation. A 2022 Gallup poll found that educators reported the highest level of burnout of any industry , and 35% of college and university workers reported “always” or “very often” feeling burned out at work.
Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. With the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion within highereducation, HBCUs are “even more relevant and important today,” he says.
This goal has been set by the Lumina Foundation, a private foundation working to make highereducation opportunities available for all. Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, assistant professor of adult and highereducation at the University of Oklahoma. How are we supporting students in the midst of all these legislative bans?
In an effort to address the needs of Black and Latinx men in highereducation, male resource centers have been looking to increase belonging, persistence, and graduation rates. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing highereducation attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. Dr. Roderick L.
It seeks to prohibit any state or federal funding from being utilized to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state’s highereducation institutions. Under this law, public institutions of highereducation cannot engage in DEI activities. They impact student performance and retention.”
Martha Enciso, associate vice president of student affairs at California State University, Fullerton, has won the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA) 2023 Mena Valdez Award. Enciso is the 10th winner of the award and the first from CSUF.
She would like to see underrepresented and marginalized students thrive and succeed in highereducation. Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in highereducation with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities.
The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Terrell Educational Foundation. Engaging directly with students has been a highlight of Patterson-Stephens’ work.
It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for highereducationadministrators. Dr. Hamilton Raymond The findings reveal the historical and societal context of the pursuit of highereducation in America.
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.
The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.
Financial aid for students is one of the largest conduits of state dollars to the institution,” said Dr. Brittany Mosby, director of HBCU Success, a branch of the Tennessee HigherEducation Commission focused on the health and sustainability of the state’s seven private and public HBCUs. “In
Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment. “We
Dozens of panel and plenary sessions were offered at this year’s meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) including a panel titled, “Historic Role of University Presidents in Shaping Racial Policies and Practice,” and keynotes by David Hogg and Jaclyn Corin, co-founders of the March for Our Lives.
A newly released report amplifies the narratives of staff of color (SOC) in highereducation, highlighting the impact of whiteness in the workplace on their experiences. Staff can be essential intellect creators in highereducation and in society.”
Our community was designed to reduce hierarchy and share power between faculty and administrators and was open to all who taught at UToledo. As a result, DFW rates declined and retention rates improved for students who took a course taught by an Equity Champion, with a sizable decrease in retention equity gaps.
PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within highereducation, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.
Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college. The end goal, he said, is to create a “system and network within institutions focused on creating the highest quality of access for Black students.”
In this role, she has improved re-enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for the school. “Dr. For her work, Akey was Minnesota State System Academic and Student Affairs Administrator of the Year in 2021. in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota. Akey holds a B.S.
Education leaders and researchers discussed the vast disparities in the number of educators of color and potential ways to help recruit them during a panel of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Equity Assistance Center-South’s (EAC-South) Educational Equity Indicators Professional Learning Series.
Why can’t the two branches of the institution collaborate to create programming and plan activities for the entire college community inclusive of the president, faculty, staff, administration, and students? Isn’t that what we want for highereducation employees? Tinto’s research to the recently termed “great resignation”.
During a time when educatorretention is experiencing a sharp decline, the data suggests a trend of positive experiences and feelings by educators who are making moves to stay in their field, even as new concerns are emerging in academia. This includes a 20 percent gender pay gap among college administrators.
There is considerable research generated about African Americans in highereducation, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Dr. Carl B.
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