Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

There are a variety of other indicators that prevent non-traditional students with successful retention. Colleges need to review academic schedules for barriers with retention. Are schedules designed with student retention in mind? Teach me and I remember. Do we know it? Tell me and I forget.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. These skills have combined in her groundbreaking research around how students of color, particularly Black students, engage with institutional social media as a tool for recruitment or retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

While MCC’s own equity audit showed that the college was taking significant steps to promote inclusivity in learning, the audit found a perceived lack of infrastructure that formally institutionalizes systems, processes, communication, programming, and accountability metrics for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Neither does teaching. He remembers being a PhD student who loved to write, research and teach, but felt uncertain whether there was a place for him in the academy.

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Timely MD

APRIL 18, 2024

Teaching is a rewarding but challenging profession, often with lower wages than other public sector jobs. Student Performance: Minor differences in student performance can lower overall school results, impacting student recruitment and retention. College faculty and staff have the second highest rates, following at 35%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Inclusive care delivery can help break down these barriers and provide students with the resources they need to thrive. There has never been a greater need for inclusive care delivery that embraces diverse backgrounds, intersecting identities and lived experiences, and the time to course-correct is now.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Programs aimed at fostering interest in STEM from an early age, outreach initiatives targeting underprivileged communities, and partnerships with local businesses can all play a vital role in building a more inclusive and diverse workforce.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As a result, DFW rates declined and retention rates improved for students who took a course taught by an Equity Champion, with a sizable decrease in retention equity gaps. Dr. Willie McKether is the former Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Toledo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 27, 2024

IHEP: How did more deliberately attending to students’ sense of belonging change your style of teaching or how you structure a typical class session or semester? Dr. Knottenbelt: When I started teaching, I brought care for my students and expertise in my class content.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 27, 2024

IHEP: How did more deliberately attending to students’ sense of belonging change your style of teaching or how you structure a typical class session or semester? Dr. Knottenbelt: When I started teaching, I brought care for my students and expertise in my class content.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Anisa Hansen Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Hogan and Viji Sathy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

At a time when some organizations and associations have opted to boycott holding their convenings in Florida — the battleground in the ongoing fight to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives — Stout says that it was particularly important for ATD to show up in the Sunshine State this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

During that summer, we’re not only doing the academic part, but also teaching them skills in terms of how to negotiate campus.” That data show that the students who attend the summer bridge program build great resilience skills, and resilience leads to retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This lack of representation has long been blamed as a pipeline problem — that there are fewer women receiving STEM PhDs and therefore fewer candidates to teach. Bradley is also looking at other tough changes, including reforms to its tenure promotion, and retention policies, which haven’t been updated in 30 years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In 1998, he began teaching at the University of Alabama, and then joined the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he rose to full professor, department head, associate dean for graduate studies and research, and ultimately dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. After receiving his B.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Because we focus on that demographic, we have built that in as part of our mission,” says Carter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Why can’t the two branches of the institution collaborate to create programming and plan activities for the entire college community inclusive of the president, faculty, staff, administration, and students? The center is designed to teach students about STEM through a simulated launch into space mission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

In 2015, Lieberman was named President of the Year by the Association of College Unions International for supporting an inclusive and engaged campus community. This includes creating new means for retention. She oversaw a Campus Master Plan that reflected the institution’s core values, such as diversity and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Response to the pandemic In 2022, Claflin, an HBCU institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was an AACN Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award Winner. She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Bonni Stackowiak In her widely popular podcast, Teaching in Higher Ed , Bonni Stackowiak discusses top of mind issues for both leaders and early career professionals. His work examining the impact of demographic shifts on the future of higher education has become a talking point and top of mind issue for industry leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. When she completed her Ph.D., It is now called Imagination.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Now in 2023, issues with academic readiness and social isolation are having meaningful impacts on retention and student success, including an entirely new phenomenon – “move-in melt.” Gaps of Concern: Where is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? And why is AI so Far Down the List?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Teacher Preparation Programs must implement culturally responsive strategies to recruit and retain Black males into teaching. Dr. Erik M.

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EAB

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One of Carleton College’s five pledges in its Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity plan is to increase representation of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and other underrepresented groups in staff roles—a commitment their Chief Technology Officer Janet Scannell has taken concrete steps to deliver. Teacher Recruitment and Retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

It seeks to prohibit any state or federal funding from being utilized to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state’s higher education institutions. They impact student performance and retention.” Some institutions even started shutdowns at the start of the academic year. “We

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EAB

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Whether it's a desire to support an academic department, contribute to athletic programs, or be part of creating an inclusive community, tailoring your messages around their interests can keep them more engaged and eager to donate. Watch our on-demand webinar and explore effective strategies to expand your annual giving program.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Are your teaching, learning, and assessment modalities flexible? Do you offer your students digitally facilitated interactions to help them find their place on campus with options like student clubs, athletic teams, and peer mentorships? Flexible academic pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Teaching homeplace: How teachers can cultivate Black joy through culturally responsive practices in the classroom. This article conceptualizes how the dimensions of culturally responsive teaching practices can help reclaim and reconstruct Black students’ sense of well-being in the classroom and their sense of Black joy. Lawson, T.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. In addition to running the center, I also lecture on campus I teach a couple of different classes. We've been doing that one for five years now.

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COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Courtney Temple , executive vice president and chief administrative officer at IIE, expressed, “The push for greater access and inclusivity in education is a long-term, collaborative practice. Nearly one million low-income and disabled students receive college access and retention services through COE member colleges annually.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

They can also refine course content, integrate innovative teaching techniques, and align curricular offerings with students’ ever-changing needs. Civitas Learning Partners like Post University, Lakeland Community College, and UTSA continue to innovate– going above and beyond to enhance student success and retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The drive to eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) considerations throughout educational institutions is an example of the backlash — and yet, the need for DEI education is even more urgent in light of what we know about the sociological trends of the future.

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