Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Highlighting excellence in community college education, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has named 23 institutions as either Leader Colleges or Leader Colleges of Distinction for 2025, celebrating their commitment to student success and institutional reform.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. This stifles Black student success and contributes to low graduation rates from high schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Foundations continue to focus on awarding scholarships to students who navigate and matriculate in college with ease.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Undergraduate LAs operate as part of an instructional team, supporting both students and faculty to create more inclusive, learner-centered classrooms that improve student and faculty success. My goal is to have the LAs look like the students in the courses,” says Rahming. This is praxis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Ben Cannon This new approach – approved by Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) – is a student-focused distribution model that allocates a portion of money to support Oregon’s community college student success and equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

A new report from the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI), "Compaeros en el Camino: Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic-Serving Institutions," reveals critical insights into how HSIs train and develop advisors to support Latine student success. Authored by Dr. Gabriel O.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. strategies that directly support Black student success; 2.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Diversity Abroad—a membership consortium that inspires and supports educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in and through global education and exchange—kicked off its annual this week, drawing hundreds of participants to Chicago from across the nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Under his administration, the university strengthened its academic programs while focusing on equity and student success. Moving forward, Heilig expressed enthusiasm about exploring new opportunities to influence education, while maintaining his commitment to leadership and equity in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, this number is much lower. Often there is an assumption that faculty will see such engagements as too time-intensive and, therefore, not worthwhile.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has launched a digital toolkit to help higher education governing boards proactively oversee equitable student success. This resource is a key element of AGB’s justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative ,” said Henry Stoever, AGB president and CEO.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. Those changes came shortly after the hire of Dean Raul Reis, who joined the Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July 2022 with a platform that honored the values of equity and diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

By providing dedicated funding, we empower institutions to create environments where Black students feel supported, valued, and prepared for successful careers beyond college. Garcia describes designations such as Hispanic-Serving or Black-Serving as a lens through which institutions can adequately serve this population of students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

Hao defined critical compassionate pedagogy as a pedagogical commitment that allows educators to criticize institutional and classroom practices that ideologically place underserved students at disadvantaged positions, while at the same time be self-reflexive of their actions through compassion as a daily commitment (p. Dr. Erik M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

DFC’s] success is driven by the level of personal care and support that we can provide our scholars.” DFC’s approach is in line with recent research showing that student success requires a comprehensive approach. The support that DFC gives its students is not simply financial. “We Bank, Target, and 3M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Within that school district lies Southwest Junior High (SJH), a school comprising mostly Latinx (96%) students. Dr. Cindy Trejo According to Dr. Cindy Trejo, author of a new report produced by the Rutgers University’s Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice, what the school does is simply “magic.” “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives. All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. Every student is a success story,” says Curry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ed Venit The white paper, “Navigating the Recovery: A Long Term Perspective on Student Success Following the Pandemic and What Actions You Can Take Now,” notes three student success issues that were made worse by the pandemic: K-12 learning loss, high staff turnover rates in higher education, and student mental health needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Delta’s Guiding Pillars: Equity and Completion Led by Gavin, the Delta faculty and staff are focused on two key pillars: equity and completion. Numbers went up 10% in one year, 19% for African Americans and 20% for Hispanic [students].” One way Delta is investing in student success and support is through mentorship.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sáenz is the associate dean for Student Success, Community Engagement & Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. Sáenz says Burmicky came to UT Austin already an experienced higher education practitioner who wanted to do research on problems of practice with an equity lens. Dr. Victor B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This fundamental change reversed thinking about the equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment and galvanized states to reconsider their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Establishing a cultural inclusivity and equity function on the board will illuminate these values. in press, p. Dr. Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Educators from a variety of community colleges shared how student success and sense of belonging is vital to meeting their local workforce needs, and how their unique geographic locations, demographic growth, and regional needs have influenced how they connect with big industry and small to mid-sized businesses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

The college has achieved these results while serving many lower-income students, showing how intentional support systems can close equity gaps in higher education. The college isn't resting on its laurels.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Florida A&M University, attests to the success of ELEVATE after taking advantage of the program’s benefits to aid in her own career. “As Dr. Cheron H. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In partnership with the Success Center at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the initiative will focus on courses that last eight weeks or less, rather than the traditional 16-17 week format. This data will provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the approach across different disciplines and student demographics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens says he believes campus environments contribute to educational disparities but holds promise for efforts to foster success among underserved populations. faculty, advisors, peers, ethnic organizations, targeted support programs) impact the outcomes of historically marginalized and underserved student populations,” he says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

This downgrade is not an isolated incident; instead, it is the culmination of destabilizing factors, including funding cuts and the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which are transforming the environment surrounding U.S. A Backdoor Low-Pressure System: Undermining the Nations Future Success Recently, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It is expected to assist campuses in designing and implementing equity-centered curricular models that connect student learning to career exploration, development of professional purpose, and acquisition of transferrable skills. This work is necessary for advancing higher education, student success, and our economy.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) have made a pledge for educational equity, and institutional and organizational partnerships will help make that pledge a reality. The seven community colleges in the CCC system currently have a 30% completion rate for Black students and 33% completion rate for Latinx students.

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