Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Originally established to exclude certain populations of students, legacy admissions provides a significant boost to children of ultrawealthy families who apply to elite institutions. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Nearly one-fourth of all college undergraduates — roughly 3.8

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“Why do we have to have this big discussion each time, when we understand this philosophically?” Leonard and Laura Kennedy, an admissions officer at MSU, were tasked with researching institutions with similar initiatives. “We I thought it was brilliant. I think this makes MSU much more accessible than ever before,” adds Leonard.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Respondents to both CCSSE and SENSE report mental health concerns. 66% of the respondents to both surveys indicated being bothered by feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge. 30% of CCSSE respondents said they didn’t know where to go for mental health support and 42% reported not seeking mental health support despite feeling that they needed it.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Black Male Initiative (BMI) officially began in 2005, when the New York City Council approved funding for BMI throughout the whole of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, 25 institutions in total. Innovation And Growth The seeds of BMI were first planted in 2000 at Medgar Evers College, a CUNY institution in central Brooklyn.

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APRIL 9, 2025

DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? The work is much deeper than that, and we'll be celebrating our 20th anniversary next year. Today, UNITE is the largest and most action-oriented convening focused on HBCU institutional transformation. Students are no different.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Stillman, and his wife Susan, made the gift to support scholarships, faculty development, academic programs, and campus improvements. The endowments growth will help Stillman College maintain its competitive edge and expand opportunities for students to thrive academically and professionally. Dr. Charles M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Jason, a research participant in a study examining success strategies for Black males thriving in STEM programs at community colleges, articulated a concern that AB 705 has established a barrier that “only well-prepared Black males can surmount.” Collaboration becomes a lifeline in leading the implementation of AB 705.

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APRIL 20, 2025

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy What happens when we strip education of its resources, devalue its professionals, and politicize its purpose? Were finding out in real-time, and nowhere are the consequences more alarming than in our efforts to diversify the educator workforce. America is undergoing a calculated retreat in federal education policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2025

After the election of 2016 we thought America needed an upgrade, said Rev. Dr. Forrest Pritchett, who directs the universitys Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program and Gospel Choir. We see it in the work that we do with the King collection and our Martin Luther King scholars. David Wall Rice, a psychology professor at Morehouse.

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APRIL 14, 2025

They are teachers, artists, health care workers, entrepreneurs, caregivers, students, and neighbors. They are inventing technologies, building communities, raising children, and transforming what it means to live honestly and fully. Their lives are not "debates"they are evidence of possibility, resilience, and joy. increasingly precarious.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“The idea was simply to create a space for individuals who were sincerely interested in committing their vocation and uplift to HBCUs. That was it,” says Felton, who is president of Wiley College—the private four-year HBCU located in Marshall, Texas. “At We knew we needed to take a step, and we were open to where the universe led us.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

And if anyone happens to have a crystal ball, we’d love to borrow it, if only for a moment of clarity. Beth Slazak The hardest part of this post-election period may well be the pervasive uncertainty. What will this mean for education? Are we facing sweeping changes, or just subtle shifts? For many educators, this unknown is the heaviest burden.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

However, an external review found no evidence of financial mismanagement. Still, that fight was nothing compared to the stage IV colorectal cancer he had already faced at only 35. And similarly, it paled in comparison to the stage IV metastatic breast cancer diagnosis his wife, Sadiqa Kendi, received in 2023. Cole "cannot do." It's not always easy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

However, the NYT still made the decision to publish the incorrect statement. Similarly, when Chavous fact-checked more than 130 questions , the fact checked items were ignored in the final article. The low enrollment of Black students at flagship public universities, especially the “public Ivies”, has long been an issue in higher education.

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APRIL 9, 2025

ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart offers a comprehensive roadmap for educators committed to creating more equitable learning environments. What distinguishes Kizarts work from other equity-focused publications is her systematic exploration of specific cognitive biases that impact educational decision-making.

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MARCH 31, 2025

Instead, she said, program administrators should talk about how they are reimagining how we are going to be supportive of our students at the university of whatever its called. Chancler spoke of how various programs and initiatives at her university have been rebranded in the wake of efforts to push DEI out of higher education. This was cool.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

“This report emphasizes the need for proactive measures to ensure that students’ personal information is only used for its intended educational purpose.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

After more than four years as president of York College, City University of New York, in January 2024 she became the ninth president of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), the first woman to serve in the position. “I It is a dynamic, bold and good step in the right direction,” she says.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The legislative branch has yet to detail a plan to supplement the school funding drying up from pandemic relief programs. Many schools, especially in under-resourced communities, are bracing to lose substantial supports like counselors. The executive branch is straining to keep its promises.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are attracting talent who see Coppin as a place where they can reach their educational goals is very humbling for me and my faculty and staff. The growing interest in Coppin, Jenkins says, has elevated its national recognition, including being listed as a top producer of HBCU students by Diverse.

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APRIL 4, 2025

On average, students lose a fifth of their credits when transferring to a four-year college, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. This leads to wasted tuition dollars and makes it more challenging to earn a bachelors degree. CUNY has long been dedicated to eliminating the obstacles that result when a student transfers.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Over 90% believe faculty should intentionally invite perspectives from all sides of an issue, and 70% say the level of respectful disagreement among their students is appropriate. More than half (53%) believe classroom discussion of controversial topics should be encouraged due to its educational value.

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APRIL 5, 2025

The War on DEI: A Strategic, Anti-Black Attack Pam McElvane Panelists opened with a clear message: whats happening now is not new its a rebranding of old tactics. As one professor framed it,We are the canaries in the coal mine.The dismantling of DEI isn't isolated, its a warning of broader regression. They urged us to stop abbreviating DEI.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

As she reflected on the rates of attrition of minoritized students, she also examined her own experiences with racism, sexism, and misogynoir. Williams says she felt a strong sense of responsibility to make it a better experience, for everyone on campus. She entered the academy to have a positive impact on communities she cares about.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

But all along the way, Williams has worked at both public and private institutions—HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions—that have become top producers of minoritized students. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Williams took a pay cut leaving the corporate world, but he knew it was worth it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

HAIRSTON: Growing up in a home that included my mother and one brother, I learned many life lessons. Watching my mother continuously work two and sometimes three jobs was normal life for me. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I realized that from all of the life lessons learned in our low income household, financial literacy was not one of them.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Scholarship from the margins addresses perspectives that the mainstream overlooks or actively silences. Our voices not only tell untold stories but demand new ways of thinking. In a sense, the scholarship born of exile holds a mirror to society, challenging it to confront its own values, prejudices, and blind spots.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

According to the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) for returning students and the 2023 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) for first-year students, 66% of the student respondents to both surveys indicated they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge to the point where it was affecting their lives.

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APRIL 6, 2025

Johnson The allure of a community college presidency lies in the opportunity it affords to effect meaningful change in the lives of our students. The ability to implement strategies, remove barriers, and marshal resources to realize that aspiration is what valorizes the seat. But we should never neglect the community.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

After graduating, he studied at Pierce College (a community college), majoring in psychology because he wanted to become a high school counselor. Liera then transferred to San Diego State, and although his overall experience was positive, it was his first time in an environment with so many white students.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

He set the bar high for himself and he was culturally aware, which he credits to his parents who grew up in rural Mississippi and Georgia without the same opportunities toward their education. “I I had it all figured out,” says Robinson with a laugh. “I Those experiences solidified his commitment to justice and resistance. The rest is history.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Monica Parrish Trent, Chief Program and Network Officer at Achieving the Dream, an organization focused on creating student success and equity at community colleges, says that students with disabilities often face administrative hurdles in accessing accommodations, as well as social and sensory barriers in classrooms.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

“The Higher Education Act is well overdue for amendment,” said Dr. Kayla C. Elliott, director of workforce policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and one of the authors of the report. The last time it was amended was in 2008. … With that in mind, can we allow that to be an allowable activity going forward?

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JANUARY 26, 2025

To be honored and to receive the highest honor to a civilian of South Carolina is so humbling, said Moore in an interview with Diverse. Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. They built opportunities for people like me.

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APRIL 13, 2025

Dr. Erik M. Hines In the scriptures, Jesus stated, And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you do it to the least to these, My brethren, you did it to Me. It is also important to work with families to improve their childs learning at home and school. Knowledge is power.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

“By the time I got to high school, I was in honors and AP classes, where my African American and Hispanic friends were, for lack of a better way to put it, tracked into regular or remedial classes,” says Gavin in an interview with Diverse. “I And that’s carried me all the way to this presidency,” he adds. Do our policies align?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sally Chen By mobilizing the model minority myth, which portrays Asian Americans as universally high-achieving students, SFFA created a cover for its anti-civil rights agenda. In reality, SFFA did not bring forward a single prospective or current undergraduate student from Harvard, as a plaintiff in its case, let alone an Asian American student.

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