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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6 million students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., Dueñas says she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine students in their higher educational spaces. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TCURJ, established by the American Indian College Fund in 2016, serves as the only academic publication outlet for peer reviewed scholarship specifically for TCU faculty. Dr. Alex Red Corn serves as Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Challenges Persist for Early-Career Black Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, titled “Unblocking the Pipeline: Supporting the Retention, Progression and Promotion of Black Early-Career Academics,” was the culmination of a monthslong survey of Black ECAs by the Higher Education Policy Institute, a U.K. think tank. “The This parallels findings in the U.S., says Patton Davis.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment. “We

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PSLF Could Soon Include All Early Childhood Education Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the state of Illinois enacted the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Scholarship (ECACE) Program, which funded ECE workers’ pursuit of credentials or degrees in their field, Meeker said students, particularly students of color, came flooding back to their institution. They experienced 300% influx.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. This same ethos should be applied to the service and support of administrators.