Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

As the call for equity for all students grows louder, community college educators (and other sector leaders) seek to implement equity initiatives to decrease outcome disparities. This author argues that cultural responsiveness and institutional policies and practices must be deeply integrated into the equity conversation.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Finally, Video 5 (“Of Triumph and Perseverance”) offers an illustration of a Black male success story. Burt is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brian A.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

in educational leadership and policy analysis from UW–Madison’s School of Education. Inclusive excellence means valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and ensuring differing viewpoints are integrated into decision-making to achieve organizational excellence and maximize success,” said Charleston.

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JULY 20, 2024

Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. Today, the Women’s Center is part of the brand-new Cultural & Equity Center, which was completed during the pandemic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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JUNE 17, 2024

The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take to succeed as a Black professional in higher education leadership?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Leveraging the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership is an incredibly important principle within Molson Coors. We are committed to fostering success in students and making a positive impact within the Hispanic community through these continued opportunities." Applications are open through Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

We use AI in predictive modeling, a type of supervised machine learning, to predict student outcomes and help institutions create and carry out effective student success initiatives. of Texas at San Antonio contributes to greater equity in higher education, positively impacts their students’ futures, and fosters institutional sustainability.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

New research reveals that algorithms commonly used by institutions to predict student success may be racially biased against Black and Latinx students. Institutions also should avoid educational tracking, the practice of diverting students into courses or majors where they have a higher likelihood of success to improve graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex Red Corn Title: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Kansas State University College of Education. Age: 39 Education: B.S., education, University of Kansas; M.S., education, University of Kansas; and Ed.D., It’s a slow process, but he’s having some remarkable success.

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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. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Cabinets can be a great asset or a challenge, and carefully building a presidential cabinet is integral to success. We know that women and presidents of color tended to share that they lead through an equity-minded framework more so than their white male peers. Dr. Shawn M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. These administrators (e.g., Administrators close to these students are vital change agents in this process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Gonzales The ability to recruit and retain a diverse and talented workforce is imperative to ensuring the success of a community college system. Furthermore, there has been a growing focus on student success, completion rates, and workforce development within community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

The consortium invites select higher education leaders to serve as judges who evaluate a national pool of 30 highly successful programs deemed Bellwether Finalists and choose three Bellwether Award winners. The Futures Assembly, a competitive three-day gathering, serves as the finale of a rigorous two-round evaluation process.

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APRIL 2, 2023

The campaign, initiated by the student international officers of the college honor society Phi Theta Kappa, uses evidence-based statistics and first-hand success stories to spread the message that community colleges offer a smart option for individuals to achieve their educational goals. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

However, values such as cultural appreciation and equity-minded decision-making often elude officers who interact daily with people from diverse backgrounds. If new officers are to be successful in our communities, they must be properly equipped with cultural competence. Dr. Neil D. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Participants were asked to rate how effectively the KSU-CCLP created a leadership culture centered on the following three values: involvement; embracing varying perspectives; and focusing on student success, equity, and learning. On a five-point Likert-like item, eight of the 22 participants rated the CCLP at a level of 5.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. “Since we reconnected at that event almost 19 years ago, we’ve been pretty much inseparable.” Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a graduate of Columbia's Teacher's College who studied higher education leadership, he is familiar with matters of access and is an HBCU alum, having earned his master’s degree in history and bachelor’s degree in agribusiness from Florida A&M University. you belong at Columbia, and you can succeed at Columbia,” Williams says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Kimbrough, executive in residence at the University of South California’s Race and Equity Center, president in residence at The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, and former president of two HBCUs: Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Just ask Dr. Walter M.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this role, he represents more than 26,000 admission and counseling professionals worldwide committed to postsecondary access and success. from Columbia University, a PhD from Claremont Graduate University, and a Teaching Certification in Higher Education Pedagogy from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Used properly, data can help to facilitate the goals and growth of an organization and can help leaders and stakeholders better identify and understand areas of concern—and areas of success. By using data to accurately assess institutional successes and challenges, the accountability discussion can become more illuminating and nuanced.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She says she often asks herself: “How do we create equity and justice in these spaces that I occupy, where I know first-hand that equity and justice are absent?” From that sense of urgency, Vassar created CBCE to allow educators to learn from and support each other to advance equity and justice for Black children.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

And if Sac State could make a person like me successful, then they can help create that kind of pathway for any student.” His experience at Sac State played a role in his career focus on student success. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with an emphasis in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

to gather ideas, share information, and network with others who work to build equity and opportunity in the academic world. When we think about the institution of higher education, it’s created a system that incentivizes focus on research outcomes. Can we reimagine higher education to be places not harmful for students?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

Bonner II, the Wilhelmina Delco Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and the executive director of the Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center, Prairie View A&M University, and a collaborator with CSJ. Our work is very community and practitioner-oriented,” Knaus says. His most recent book, co-edited with Drs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong. “All

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Because community colleges educate the fastest growing segments of our society, their success will go a long way toward determining the extent to which our nation and its people thrive. The bad news: graduation rates remain under 50%, and many students who do graduate are not set up for success.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Claudine Gay The intense scrutiny Gay was put under for her responses during a Congressional hearing on antisemitism in early December and her alleged plagiarism was demonstrative of governmental intrusion and a political attack against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on campuses, scholars and education observers have lamented.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

—Will Ballard, CEO, Civitas Learning 3 Ways Civitas Learning Helps Higher Education Solve Its Toughest Challenges Civitas Learning was founded to help colleges and universities translate their vast student data into actionable insights institutions need to help their students succeed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A more recent Supreme Court ruling relates to restrictions on affirmative action in higher education, which negatively impacts the opportunity for low-income Black and other minority students to make a successful high school to college transition. Another dynamic is a new form of segregation emerging as the U.S. Mathis of the John E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process. Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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