Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 22, 2025

Still, its one of those things many of us have to deal with-- so, as we tell our students, its time to make lemonade on lemons. Kids just dont know whats out there in the world of work, and even the best interest inventories measure what students like, not what theyre good atnot really the best way to find your way in the world of work.

Curriculum 82

Curriculum Scheduling Mentoring Counseling 82

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

His journey to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he would eventually become both student and professor, was equally serendipitous. He looks at the complexity of intersectionality, e.g. Black, queer, poor students, to determine how educational futures are regularly compromised because of these status characteristics.

Education 289

Education Instruction Curriculum Mentoring 289

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Her work focuses on social and academic identity development among Black adolescents, achievement motivation processes for racially minoritized students, and measuring educational climates in secondary and higher education settings. The organization is meeting later this month in Denver.

Scholarship 299

Scholarship Educational research Leadership Equity 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Concerns range from the stability of special program funding to the potential rigidity of curriculum mandates and the challenges of supporting individualized education plans (IEPs). These are not small issues—they are pillars of our profession, essential to supporting every student’s journey.

Education 290

Education Curriculum Students University 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This is a historic moment for Sacramento State and a unique partnership with the Native communities to support Native American students,” said Dr. J. The program will provide students with the necessary academic, professional, tribally centered, community-focused, culturally based skills to become successful leaders. “The

Curriculum 290

Curriculum Collaboration Application Leadership 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

California's community colleges find themselves caught in a 60-year-old funding constraint that increasingly hampers their ability to serve todays students, according to a new report from the Community College League of California. In 1961, college students were predominantly white, traditional-age students who attended full-time.

Student success 172

Student success Community college Success Instruction 172

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

to approximately 19 million students, which is above pre-pandemic levels. A point noted in last falls data was that the number of 18-year-old freshman saw the biggest decline, particularly at public institutions that serve low-income students. Undergraduate enrollment is almost 16 million, only 1% below 2019 levels. Dr. Brian R.

Low income student 299

Low income student Community college Student affairs Curriculum 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

1, to qualify as a California Black-Serving institution (BSI), an institution must enroll 1,500 Black students, or 10% of the total student population must be Black. A very predictable, persistent, and pervasive gap in achievement [for Black students] exists, said Bush.

Grant 276

Grant Mental health Academic support Financial aid 276

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2024

"We are doubling down on those creative careers that are primed for growth and align with the current and emerging expectations of students, families, and the industry," Tarrer said. Some of the degree programs that will be discontinued include Creative Writing, Dance, and Computer Animation.

Faculty 246

Faculty Curriculum Success Students 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

This Fall, three additional programs, one in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, and two in Business Administrationwith tracks in accounting and managementwill welcome students. In only its second semester, nearly 100 students are enrolled in upper division courses this Spring.

Community college 277

Community college Mathematics Teaching Curriculum 277

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE.

Collaboration 264

Collaboration Student success Faculty Leadership 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Brigid Flanigan The Portland Community College Foundation has received a $1 million gift pledge to launch the college’s First-Year Experience initiative, benefitting historically underserved students. The gift was made by Tenfold Senior Living founder and principal Brigid Flanigan.

First generation 290

First generation Scholarship Curriculum Students 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exclusion and omission of Black history threatens to harm not just the Black community at large but also students and the very future of the nation, experts said during a Nov. In the face of curriculum and book bans and the devaluing of Black history, it is imperative to amplify and uphold African American history.”

Curriculum 336

Curriculum Students Inclusion Equity 336

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

At the same time, reality struck: A student should not need to have an associate provost as a parent to transfer college credits. Nationally, the transfer system has been set up to let students fail for decades. On average, students lose a fifth of their credits when transferring to a four-year college, according to the U.S.

Faculty 246

Faculty Low income student Higher education Community college 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

When these students join in problem-solving with professionals, their chances for advancement increase, along with self-efficacy. Such interactions and connections offer role models for these students to see that they are not alone. Self-reflect. Role models/mentors. Encouragement and affirmations. Dr. Carter G.

Education 310

Education Mental health Counseling Humanities 310

Purdue University Global

MARCH 28, 2025

Presented by the English and Rhetoric Department and the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative at Purdue University Global, TheWACademic Blog is a digital space where writing educators and professionals share stories, data, and research that demonstrate the power of WAC in college courses (PG WAC, 2024). The WACademic Blog.

Curriculum 59

Curriculum Success University Online learning 59

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts. The Rochester region is consistently one of the U.S.’s

Curriculum 278

Curriculum Education Teaching Students 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Carolinas reputation for highly talented students, thought leadership by faculty members, dedicated professional staff and a deeply engaged and supportive alumni network is widely known and respected among its peers. Im also guided by a quest for inclusion and student success. That elevates our role that much further.

Inclusion 300

Inclusion Communication Faculty Placement 300

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Clark has used her extensive experience to elevate the law schools curriculum, guide students and alumni on their career paths, and influence the public discourse through her scholarship, public service, and media commentary.

Curriculum 198

Curriculum Scholarship Access Accessibility 198

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

Students 356

Students Higher education Inclusion Curriculum 356

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Every Learner Everywhere Every Learner Everywhere is a network of organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, scaling, and measuring the efficacy of education technologies, curriculum and course design strategies, teaching practices, and support services in blended and online learning environments.

Online learning 274

Online learning Curriculum Students Retention 274

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2025

Trans research agenda crystallized during her undergraduate studies at CUNY, Queens College, where she noticed a significant gap in the curriculum. Asian American literature was a huge gap in the curriculum, Tran recalls. She went on to earn both her M.A.

Curriculum 138

Curriculum Teaching Mentoring Scholarship 138

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Powered by Gecko, this technology has effectively increased our ability to answer prospective and current student questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Remarkably, of those attending, 32% of all community college attendees are first-generation college students.

Access 244

Access Accessibility Community college Higher education 244

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. The basics are very appealing. Dr. Gresham D.

Higher education 278

Higher education Education FAFSA Grant 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. The effort is expected to reach more than 2,000 rural middle and high school students annually. Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5

Success 278

Success Grant Community college Curriculum 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. Gundolf Graml, associate VP for academic affairs, dean for curriculum and strategic initiatives, and professor of German. Over 60% of our students are students of color.

Curriculum 264

Curriculum Students Leadership development First generation 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses.

Student success 277

Student success Success Students Teaching 277

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

The model supports teachers in recognizing and addressing students varied strengths, needs, interests, cultures, and school experiences to maximize each learners possibilities. Her two lives as an educator have enabled her to develop, pilot, research, refine, and share a model for differentiating instruction in todays diverse classrooms.

University 193

University Instruction Curriculum Teaching 193

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 Doug Shapiro, research and executive director at the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center, which gathers data on postsecondary institutions in the U.S. We need them.

Students 299

Students Higher education Financial aid Facilitation 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. For Fall 2021, the College of the Desert’s (COD) student headcount included 8,213 Hispanic students, 1,657 white students, 395 Asian students, 252 Black students, 28 American Indian/Alaska Native students, and seven Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Island students.

Faculty 290

Faculty Students Leadership Communication 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It is crucial to pave clear pathways for students to obtain industry recognized credentials in today’s challenging economic landscape. One of the fundamental aspects of supporting students on their route to industry recognized credentials is starting these pathways early.

Higher education 317

Higher education Education Placement Counseling 317

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

Inclusion 264

Inclusion Facilitation Mathematics University 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

The participating students in the program took a computational thinking assessment which informed what version of a computer science curriculum they are receiving. The primary challenge with the coupling of computationally talented college students with K-12 schools is a logistical one.

University 246

University Facilitation Curriculum Students 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2022

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. magnet program where half of the students in the pilot will come from.

Education 334

Education Curriculum Facilitation Instruction 334

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We are dedicated to establishing the best, most effective curriculum and programming to ensure they have a full understanding of history to help them shape the future.” The center will make an amazing contribution to learning across the K-12 curriculum.” All young people deserve to know their past. Dr. David Jefferson Jr.

Curriculum 299

Curriculum University Teaching Equity 299

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

COVID-19 has had an alarming impact on the mental health of college students. This has been especially true for LGBTQ+ students, with the last three years seeing a concerning rise in thoughts of suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. During July 2022 alone, ten anti-gay laws went into effect , all of them relating to education.

Mental health 278

Mental health Inclusion Faculty Students 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. For example, early on the Board decided that only students who could afford to pay for the SAT would be able to take it.

Curriculum 336

Curriculum Equity Placement Success 336