Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The initiative – supported by the Spotify Creator Equity Fund – will involve creation of a d edicated on-campus podcast recording space; co-creation of student-led original content; consideration for a Spotify internship program; and potential academic scholarship support. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. Everyone at PWNA is sincerely grateful for this recent funding from Synchrony.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students. The college offers merit-based scholarships, need-based financial aid, fellowships, ROTC opportunities, and other programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And Hunter has always been just a real beacon of all the things I believe in — social mobility, scholarship that really addresses pressing issues in the world, and a very clear footprint in the city of New York.” Additionally, Cantor said that she plans to look at how Hunter can collaborate with other CUNY schools in the system. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Jorge Silva-Puras New-York Historical makes scholarships available, Paley said, with a new annual scholarship having recently been established by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang, board chair of New-York Historical.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

On March 7, Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Owens called diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives “demeaning and racist.” Dr. Toby S. Dr. Liliana M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Marsal Family The family of Kathleen and Bryan Marsal and their children, Megan Kirsch Marsal and Michael Marsal, gifted UM $50 million for initiatives to support a diverse population of teachers, build partnerships, and conduct research in collaboration with education professionals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While many of the immediate concerns in postsecondary education arenas are centered on admissions policies and scholarship support, the potential damage of eliminating affirmative action extends to employees across higher education and beyond. Administrators close to these students are vital change agents in this process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Dr. DeLeon Gray Gray is an associate professor of educational psychology and equity at North Carolina State University. It’s scholarship in a different form.” Gray says he felt pressure to produce another article when a friend came to him and said that the idea was not done because the scholarship was just one leg of the relay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SVMC’s initial idea was to fund scholarships. For colleges, the cost of giving students scholarships may not be the same—the scholarship recipient may not have been able to pay for tuition anyway, and the incremental costs for things like professors and infrastructure doesn’t increase by much with a small number of additional students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students will take a class taught by Ko called Computer Science Equity and Justice. T he focus on racial equity, the cultural relevance of the pedagogy [Ko] was creating ,” said Shawdee Monroe, U. She is collaborating with faculty from other universities, around five of which she hopes will soon start similar programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

In Portland, multiple community colleges and universities benefit from the work of College Housing Northwest, a nonprofit operating properties offering below market rent and supportive services exclusively for college students (in full disclosure, I’m collaborating with CHNW to expand their effort).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Sharrelle Barber Title: Inaugural Director of the Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements and Population Health Equity and Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University Age: 38 Education: B.S., and Brazil.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My It’s all a team effort,” Means said. My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I Means was also a 2021 Richard P. Means’ endeavors have yielded enviable results.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. This job requires being on 24-hours a day,” he says. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Coalition building for comprehensive learner support Effective support systems for Latine students require collaboration. Champion Policy Changes: Advocate for institutional and systemic policy changes that promote equity and inclusion for Latine students. We conclude with calls to action for eHSI leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

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. She is currently engaged in working collaboratively with K-12, higher education, and business partners around dual credits. “We

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The grant award will be used to fund Scholarship America’s ambitious data insights project, unifying large data repositories and applying analytics and visualization for deep, detailed, and actionable insights. Over 85,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide use AWS to increase their impact and advance mission goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. California State University offers programs such as Chico’s Gradu- ate Equity Fellowship Program to help students explore whether to pursue a doctorate degree. The program offers a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. We also provide scholarships if they do get into UCLA or UC,” says Alexander. The California legislature put some caveats.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We had become complacent for a long time in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), doing the same-old, same-old.” Meeting the financial needs of students isn’t easy, says Henderson, but by forming partnerships with medical corporations like Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis has been able to offer scholarships to its primary care students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s one of the reasons I’m so sad with the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in southern states, because they are diversifying fast and DEI is a practical response to making sure you have a work environment that’s collaborative and successful for all the members of the campus, and that includes your students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

Kyung Kate Hyun, an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and deputy director of The Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions, and Dollars at the U.S. We collaborate by looking at the same transportation problems in different ways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Corporate Partnerships: Forge partnerships with corporations to secure additional funding for scholarships and grants. Proactive Outreach and Recruitment: Community Partnerships: Collaborate with community organizations and schools to identify and recruit eligible students from diverse backgrounds.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The project aims to provide guidance and insights for colleges and universities seeking to create effective and sustainable career development programs that promote equity and opportunity for historically marginalized learners.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Establish dedicated endowments or scholarships. Just like training programs focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, your school should train staff to better understand the level of sensitivity needed to deal with family financial information, whether they work directly with students or in the front office.

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Scholarship America

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Barry Griswell Scholarship was founded in memory of Scholarship America’s former Board Chair, who overcame great odds with the help of scholarships. Now a junior, Leila says receiving the Griswell Scholarship has made an enormous impact on her academic career. Leila is a member of the first cohort of J.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The UIA was founded by a pioneering group of university presidents and chancellors committed to breaking down the silos inhibiting collaboration, and to leading on testing, sharing, and scaling ideas across the sector to help more students succeed. Jessica Rowland Williams , Director of Every Learner Everywhere. What do we need to change?

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 21, 2022

Just Knowledge is a community-focused, open knowledge research project guided by three core ideals: justice , equity and openness. The third aim is to work together with community partners in each initiative to explore context-appropriate, equity-focused, open approaches to knowledge sharing.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From Humble Beginnings to Leading Higher Education Advocacy: My Journey October 2, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones Becoming COE president, I strive for educational equity, inspired by my parents’ resilience and belief in transformative education for all.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes. Several fellows deeply examined student success at their institutions, specifically focusing on equity issues.

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