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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. African Americans and Native Americans have been particularly affected, suffering declines of 24% and 26% respectively between fall 2019 and fall 2021.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our vision was to bring together scholars and practitioners who discussed not only the salient issues plaguing Black males in education, but also to provide strengths-based solutions while showing the brilliance and talent of this population. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males.

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Community Colleges Up, Four-Year Schools Down in Latest Enrollment Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s the topline finding from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Spring 2023 Current Term Enrollment Estimate report. This is part of a trend towards youth at community colleges, with the average age of a student dropping by over a year since 2019. at public schools and 0.2% at private ones. or 25,000 students).

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., Lessons for teacher education: The role of critical professional development in teacher of color retention. National Center for Education Statistics.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Team NEO, in its 2019 Aligning Opportunities Report, zeroes in on the talent shortage facing three sectors of the economy — IT, manufacturing, and healthcare. Between those three sectors, there are about 39,000 unfilled,” says Jacob Duritsky, Team NEO’s vice president of strategy and research.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall. That’s because researchers have found that when students of color have at least one teacher of the same race see improved attendance and academic performance.