Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS. Its instructional curriculum is built on a series of four courses.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

The presence of Black educators not only serves to motivate and inspire Black students but also enriches the learning environment for all students by bringing diverse perspectives and teaching styles that foster a more inclusive and engaging educational experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students. Dr. Ivory A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

This grant propels us to build a more inclusive curriculum, a broader research agenda, and deeper impact on our community by dramatically increasing the number of faculty members whose work centers the Black experience.” Roy Wilson, President of Wayne State. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

She and other scholars underlined the critical importance of HBCUs and an inclusive, expansive history curriculum being taught to students K-12 and beyond. Dunbar shared her stories with the gathered crowd on the final day of the College Board’s "A Dream Deferred: a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Conference."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

The intersection of strong math skills and success in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career fields presents an opportunity not only for individuals but also for the overall economic development of our communities. Students frequently criticize key math courses for being overly abstract and disconnected from reality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Community congruent An institution’s success in serving Latine students is tied to its ability to reflect the surrounding community. This sense of belonging is critical for student retention and success. This includes revising policies and curriculum design to better serve this population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support. We use languages that are not inclusive. They don’t feel like they belong,” said Hall. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In legislatures and courtrooms across the country, attempts to ban books, impose educational gag orders, limit what can be taught and by whom, and defund and discredit diversity, equity, and inclusion work in colleges and universities pose a monumental threat to the nation’s future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, it is necessary to recognize the fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action, which continues to dominate and has taken center stage on the educational landscape. Thriving is often related to the success generated by one's effort. As part of the ongoing battle, Texas Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Amidst these ongoing and widening challenges, college and university leaders have a responsibility to ensure they are supporting and fostering greater inclusion for LGBTQ+ students. A clearly articulated and well-publicized commitment to inclusion may have a dramatic impact within schools and universities. Dr. Dick Senese Here’s how.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Across the country, state legislators have been debating—and in several cases passing— legislation that censors teaching and learning, threatens academic freedom, and limits or eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and efforts both on and off campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

While working at the medical school, Witcher Walker developed a deep passion for enhancing the student experience, recognizing the critical role support systems play in shaping academic and personal success. This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Luke Wood “This is one component of a larger effort to increase success rates for Black students,” said Dr. J. It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Mine turned out to be an improbable success story, one in which my past did not determine my future. The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Roadmap ”offers a worthy perspective on how campus leaders can balance the healthy tension between free expression and critical questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Supreme Court ruling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 18, 2023

inclusion). In each school my white peers saw themselves reflected in the curriculum, their history was presented every day within the classroom and in the library, administrative offices, and even in the halls of the school. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not the boogeyman. Before DEI was a thing, Ms. The work of both Ms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2023

Amid escalating political attacks on diversity, equity & inclusion work, over 1,100 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) professionals descended on Baltimore last week for the 17 th annual National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Annual Conference. That’s what it is.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence, if created and implemented responsibly, can help increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive recruitment and retention, DEI specialist Shayne Halls said during a University of Phoenix webinar Thursday. Everyone learns differently. Everyone does not retain information in the same manner. AI is here to address that.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

A&T has hosted six successful national conferences to address current and emerging environmental issues and solutions, and foster relationships that result in partnerships to protect and sustain the environment. Our focus is how to develop safe, secure and reliable AI technology through inclusive and multi-disciplinary research.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

There has to be really intentional education and incorporation of that education into the curriculum to foster those conversations on understanding students and people of different racial/ethnic backgrounds." states, gauging their thoughts on what their respective campuses could be doing better.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

And they may be less familiar with the “hidden curriculum”—the implicit norms and knowledge that help students navigate college life. Williams counted only 25 at the schools that partner with the Center for First-generation Student Success. The location of these centers matters, too.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

The spirit of the Brown decision, which emphasized equality and inclusion, indirectly set the stage for subsequent advocacy and legislation aimed at protecting the rights of all students, including those with disabilities. Dr. Antonio L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Black Issues In Higher Education presented a phalanx of stories focused on the lethargic efforts of institutions across the nation, which sent a clear and direct message to the academic community that it was time to live up to the values of inclusivity and fairness that it espoused.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” As successful programming became established, the programs were replicated for women and other underrepresented minorities. Initially, she worked with Black students. Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Emerging HSIs have a Latinx undergraduate enrollment rate between 15% and 24.9%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

If successful, they will not only erase African American history and culture from schools, but also limit educators’ academic freedom, women’s reproductive rights, marriage equality, immigrants’ rights, and progress on racial and gender diversity. This must be challenged.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s no surprise that school counselors play an important role in supporting student mental health, well-being, and academic success in K-12 schools. They provide supportive spaces for young people to lead conversations about mental health with our free Peer-Powered Mental Health Curriculum for High Schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Additionally, these institutions can foster a diverse and inclusive learning environment, promoting diversity in student enrollment, faculty representation, and curriculum development, which will ultimately contribute to economic inclusion and equitable opportunities for all. Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients. Adjust Strategies: Use data to adjust financial aid strategies to meet the evolving needs of families and to promote diversity and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As a result, I made it my purpose through my experiences in working with Black students, as well as through my research, to ensure that all educators and all stakeholders understand how to prepare students for academic success and postsecondary readiness. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

When she arrived at Mary Baldwin, her vision included getting to know the community, elevating existing programs, and supporting the school’s diversity and inclusivity. Diversity and inclusivity are priorities for Fox. Fox describes it as “phenomenally successful” with graduation rates around 90% and licensure pass rates near 100%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

At that time, my white classmates were in the majority, however, she created an environment that was inclusive while instilling a sense of Black pride that resonates with me until this day. In this same spirit, we interrogate measures, theories, and curriculum to expose “cultureblindness” and cultural assaultiveness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. conceptually-based, rigorous, and equitable); and (c) create an inclusive classroom setting where all students can experience success, eliminating restrictive and segregated special education placements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Venture capitalist John Martinson is donating $3 million to NJIT to broaden and deepen the curriculum and real world experiences for top scholars at the Albert Dorman Honors College and throughout the university. Applications and enrollment are at record highs as is the diversity of the student body. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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Scholarship America

AUGUST 21, 2023

“My academic discipline is audiology and hearing science, so it was to my delight when Aja started to tell me about her passion for American Sign Language (ASL), her interest in the Deaf community, and her passion for creating inclusive environments for people who are Deaf and/or hard-of-hearing,” Lauren said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). UMGC is open access, which means there are students from different backgrounds and preparation levels.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

Hidden curriculum: This refers to institutional jargon, unspoken rules, and processes that are intimidating to first-generation students. Demystify the “hidden curriculum” Creating workshops and first-year seminars to intentionally unpack institutional jargon and norms is indispensable, especially for first-generation students.

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