Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award on Tuesday from NASPA, the association representing student affairs professionals. She also experiments with various modes of knowledge dissemination to ensure scholarship remains accessible, evidenced through projects like the podcast "Scholar Tea." The Bobby E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

has announced the 2022 cohort of MCT Scholars, recognizing 10 first-year graduate students in higher education or student affairs students at six institutions. I am deeply committed to transforming the MCT Scholars through diversity, research, and scholarship” said foundation namesake and chair emeritus, Dr. Melvin C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“Despite these declines in freshmen, there have been strong increases in the numbers of continuing and returning students among undergraduates.” Dr. “We saw fewer numbers of students registering and needed to take immediate action rooted in high-engagement practices to ensure students could attend Bergen as planned.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2023

Leonard Taylor Taylor, currently an associate professor and program coordinator in Auburn University’s College of Education, will also become an associate professor in the school’s Higher Education and Student Affairs program. I am very excited to join the IU community during this next chapter of my journey,” said Taylor. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown. of degrees were awarded to Latinx students. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

This year’s recipients truly embody the commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, leadership, and civic engagement that Pat Cross championed throughout her distinguished career,” said AAC&U President Dr. Lynn Pasquerella. “We Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher Education and Student Affairs Education:   M.Ed., Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs, University of Southern California; M.A., As a community leader, Gonzalez is on the national board of The Association for Jotería Arts, Activism, and Scholarship. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

student in higher education administration at Morgan State, an HBCU in Maryland, said he does not see that as a career goal, but he has seen a shift in higher education that makes his skill set more desirable in a president. “He Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D. He thinks about big strategies.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We’ve seen a rise in hate,” says Dr. Bridget Kelly, an associate professor and student affairs & diversity officer at the University of Maryland’s College of Education. Hall was encouraged to lean into who she is, to do, as she put it, the scholarship that feeds her soul. Dr. Candace N. Hall Dr. Candace N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

“Housing insecurity effects one in every two students, and homelessness effects 8% of students,” said Goldrick-Rab. In reality, after grants and scholarships, one year of community college “now costs students an excess of $15,000 a year,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. This academic year, 575 students are being supported. of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., The seven years Means spent “doing that work, on the ground — learning from students, learning from families, learning from co-workers — very much informs how I approach my day-to-day work,” he said. “I sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

student in higher education administration at Morgan State, an HBCU in Maryland, said he does not see that as a career goal, but he has seen a shift in higher education that makes his skill set more desirable in a president. “He Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D. He thinks about big strategies.”

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Look for Additional Scholarships or Grants There are often many scholarships available that dont require a full-time student status or are not widely advertised. Many colleges also have departmental or need-based scholarships that you may not have been aware of.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Along with that is concern about student debt.” Haywood Sixty percent of the parents surveyed were concerned about college cost, 40% about scholarships and 39% about the amount of debt. Haywood, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Johnson C. Dr. Davida L. Smith University (JCSU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Its not just funding organizations that pay attention to Briscoes scholarship. Inasmuch as I respect [her] full body of scholarship, her studies on campus racial climate are my favorite, says Harper. Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. Following her graduation from college, she moved to South Africa.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

million students at 48 institutions and revealed a clear message: stronger faculty leads to better student outcomes. increase in student persistence—an impact greater than many traditional initiatives like advising or scholarships. Investing in faculty development resulted in a significant 11.4%

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

For example, when I receive information about scholarships or internships open to a specific group of students, I can now send targeted emails to only those who qualify and avoid spamming those who don’t.”

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation’s 2023 MCT Scholarship. The annual scholarship is meant for matriculating students in master’s or doctoral programs in student affairs or higher ed administration-related fields. Harry and Joshua D. Wallace have been chosen to receive the Dr. Melvin C.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

For example, when I receive information about scholarships or internships open to a specific group of students, I can now send targeted emails to only those who qualify and avoid spamming those who don’t.”

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

But we tend to get lost on the why because it is personal and squishy—there’s no empirical evidence you can cite, no scholarship to drive your formulation. In education, we are really good at focusing on what and how and when, at solving the problems before us. His earliest TED Talk inspired me to start thinking about my why.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

Hall, graduate program director and assistant professor for the higher education and student affairs program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), begins on a sobering note. Hall is also trying to get funding for her next piece of creative scholarship, which will use video and photos to tell the stories of Black faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

student affairs, academic affairs, foundation, and alumni affairs) that dedicate resources, opportunities, and supports intended to: (a) undo legacies of educational disparities that Black/African American males have historically witnessed and (b) build capacity for students engaged in these communities (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The American Indian College Fund is the nation’s largest charity supporting Native higher education and has distributed more than $259 million in scholarships and grants for programs and services since it was founded in 1989. HACU has been instrumental in addressing some of those issues, particularly through its scholarship programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

higher education & student affairs, Ohio State University; M.LHR, human resource management, Ohio State University; and Ph.D., counseling & student personnel services, University of Georgia Career mentors: Dr. “When we talk about things like ‘in the margins,’. psychology, Ohio State University; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

He had received a scholarship in the spring semester that covered the cost of any debts he had incurred that year, and he had the receipts to prove it. As far as Howard was concerned, Ross’s journey started on the same day he met with student affairs. Ross was confused.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

“With it being the pandemic, the challenge was enrollment because a lot of students were taking time off or…they had to take classes virtually and online, so there was a dip [in enrollment] during the pandemic, but the interest was there.” Hudson, vice president for student affairs. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Jayla Moody Marshall We are honored to present this scholarship to such exemplary recipients who embody our foundations mission. I am confident that the recipients will make an incredible mark on our student affairs profession. The Dr. Melvin C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. Following her graduation from college, she moved to South Africa.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2025

The most clear articulation of this policy approach is the Dear Colleague letter of February 14 th that outlined how race-based scholarships, hiring and exclusive programming, graduations, and housing was illegal and discriminatory. The Trump administration has also adopted this stance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

These schools need consistent investment to address funding disparities, support for research and innovation, and access to scholarships for students from underserved communities. Moving forward, the focus must be on policies that enable HBCUs to flourish.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Louisvilles Family Scholar House braids public and private dollars to support parenting university students, while Raise the Barr supports single parent students and their families in California and Minnesota through its scholarship and stable housing cohorts.

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