Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2024

Spring enrollment numbers are looking up across the postsecondary sector, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which collects data from almost all U.S. institutions. Their new report, " Current Term Enrollment Estimates Spring 2024 ," shows that undergraduate enrollment grew 2.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2023

Spring Commencement speaker Wynton Marsalis called University of Michigan graduates “the avant-garde of our optimism,” as he advised them on how to proceed in their lives. Although all eyes are upon you, you are not a destination,” Marsalis advised. The event took place Apr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

percent increase, while contributions from donor-advised funds grew by 12.1 Alumni giving saw the most significant increase among donor categories, rising 7.5 percent from the previous year. Foundation giving led the growth with a 13.3 However, corporate donations decreased by 7.3

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

I advise anyone considering higher education to learn the facts and seek information from admissions and financial aid experts. Of course, while earning a degree is likely to widen ones career opportunities it is not right for everyone, nor is it wise to leave school burdened by crushing debt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

While MSIs play a key role in promoting faculty diversity by consistently employing more educators of color than other institutions, MSI faculty also face pressures, such as heavy teaching and advising loads, high expectations for research and publishing, and limited resources for career development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Stronger collaboration between the two is essential to design systems that ensure the information gathered through improved grading methods not only guides college admissions but also informs college placement, academic advising, and other methods for students' continued learning and growth once enrolled.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

The college has also updated its approach to academic advising and refreshed the curriculum in several programs. Lehman has made a deliberate decision to restore recruitment efforts to pre-pandemic levels. This includes in-person presence at high schools in the Bronx, Manhattan and lower Westchester.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

AUGUST 10, 2022

Universities and higher education institutions nationwide provide academic advising for both undergraduate and graduate students. The post The Importance of Academic Advising in Higher Education appeared first on ED.gov Blog. This principal academic. Continue Reading.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services. One Million Degrees offers coaching, mentoring, and financial and professional guidance. Another critical component of advising is helping students envision and achieve their career goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

She also served as a department chair and interim associate dean in the College of Education and Integrative Studies as well as an associate vice president for student success.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 27, 2023

Joining today is Landon Peterson, Director of Academic Advising at Snow College, Julia Carlo, Executive Director of Advising at Northeastern State University, and our own Rob Friedhoff, Vice President of Community Development at Civitas Learning. 13:03] – The students that need to be seen the most are often the least engaged. [14:59]

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Gates Breedlove-Koepke, academic advisor in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, has been named President Elect of the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board. The post Gates Breedlove-Koepke Named President Elect for MACADA appeared first on Academic Advising and Transfer Center Blog.

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College Aid Services

JULY 24, 2024

FSA has already contacted impacted users to resolve the problem and is urging everyone to renew their NSLDS credentials to ensure that they do not experience… More » FSA Resolves NSLDS Reports Tool Issue, Advises All Users to Renew Credentials The post FSA Resolves NSLDS Reports Tool Issue, Advises All Users to Renew Credentials first appeared (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2023

“In addition to re-imagined career advising, the new center will spur significant growth in support from our extended Brown community of alumni and families. The center will provide personalized advising, mentoring, opportunities, and resources for various career pathways to Brown’s undergraduates, Ph.D. students, and recent graduates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

The program pairs prospective students with trained advisers who help them navigate the enrollment process, choose an academic program, and create a class schedule that accommodates their other obligations such as employment and caregiving. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2024

Many students persist through programs and take courses at the advisement of their departments that were not fully implemented or formally adopted to a curriculum in a published catalog or bulletin. There must be a collective effort made so that degree requirements are placed in one source of truth complemented by an agreeable advising model.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Hollingsworth – who has also taught and advised students at Johns Hopkins University – anticipates that she’ll graduate next May. With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. After she receives her Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

He also held senior positions in five presidential campaigns, serving as policy director for Michael Dukakis; and senior policy adviser for Al Gore, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. In 1993, he was a senior economic adviser in the Clinton presidential transition, responsible for housing and regulation of financial institutions.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We also partnered with the Department of Education for the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Advising Summit. We will continue partnering with students and field experts to identify and uplift promising strategies for improving student success.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Federal Student Aid has started to email FAFSA applicants to advise them to check their form’s status in “the first half of March.” ” The communication failed short of providing any new information or an exact date.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

And the CUNY School of Law will have an adviser for faculty and staff on fostering a common understanding of discrimination and how to confront it. CUNY’s central offices will use $150,000 on professional development, faculty engagement, and monthly discussions on issues related to discrimination.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

She served as an academic adviser at the university. Aimee Lemrise Aimee Lemrise has been named director of sustainability at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lemrise holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography and environmental resources at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

Williams-Goliday has been helping guide students for decades, first as an academic adviser for Eastern Illinois University’s Office of Minority Affairs beginning in 1998. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

According to IRT associate director and panel moderator Catherine Wong, IRT’s free graduate preparation program provides those accepted with multiple kinds of assistance, including advising, application fee waivers, access to grad school recruiters, and workshops.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

“As a student, as a scholar, as a Black student, as an FLI [first-generation, low-income] student, it was everything that I needed for it to be,” said Kiara Gilbert, who had Glaude as her junior paper and senior thesis adviser. “I I know that AAS is going to be going on to … continuously better and bigger things.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Community colleges have transfer advising and articulation agreements, but these agreements evolve and change. Several of New Jersey’s public four-year institutions have a presence on the BCC campus and are available to advise students. It’s a hard process navigate,” said Garcia. It’s a visible office.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Meanwhile, Kalantarians advised researchers to find topics students are interested in. “We He advised potential applicants to refine their research ideas enough to fit on one page, to reach out to those with funded projects for insight, and not to be shy about collaborating with others.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 4, 2025

Institutions are advised to log into the COD website to review the final Campus-Based program funding worksheets, which have been calculated using the applicable statutory formula and amount of funds appropriated… More Final Funding Authorizations for 202526 Campus-Based Programs (Apr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On the topic of academic success, schools should keep an eye out for dips in single-term GPA – instead of just cumulative GPA – to use as early warning signs of a struggling student and provide early guidance through faculty and advisers accordingly, the report recommended.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

“I like being able to work with students, faculty, and colleagues in a different kind of way [that] made me more aware of the community of higher education and not just a department, class, or advising relationship with a student. To me, it felt bigger.” Under her watch, Meredith has blossomed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2023

Jennifer Hamer Jennifer Hamer has been named special adviser to the president of Pennsylvania State University for institutional equity. Hamer earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a master’s in sociology from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

Previously, he was dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice and senior adviser to the provost on Diversity at Penn ; junior fellow in Harvard University’s Society of Fellows; and assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Reed, 44, has been the chief of staff and senior football adviser for the University of Miami football team. Reed – he spent almost all of his 12 NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens – began coaching in 2016 as defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

“This may take the form of remote learning opportunities, more scheduling options that allow working learners to integrate school into their work schedule, and finding ways to accelerate the pace at which learners can earn their degree or credential,” the report advised. economy depends on it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

The different departments within a school working together – combining the expertise of career center directors, advisers, and community engagement leaders – can help strengthen the education and preparation they give students, said AAC&U President Dr. Lynn Pasquerella.

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