Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Educators and doctoral students offered advice and shared career experiences Tuesday in an effort to guide aspiring graduate students seeking to become teachers and to promote resources that students could access along the way. When Latino children are in schools that are linguistically liberating, they come out bilingual.

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Great College Advice

MAY 6, 2024

When it comes to navigating high school and preparing for college, there are a million decisions you have to make, including your approach to AP scores. Highly selective colleges will look for AP scores of fours and fives as evidence that you’ll be prepared once you get on campus. Do AP Scores Matter for College Admissions?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Fairfield University's Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $2.59 Through the program, the Egan School will develop curriculum on cultural competence, wellness, and telehealth. “It We are thrilled to be selected for this funding,” said Dr. Kathryn E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Esters, a graduate of Florida A&M University and North Carolina A&T State University, powerfully shares fond memories of his experience as a student at these institutions. To say that I am a proud HBCU graduate is an understatement. But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Students who attend and graduate from these institutions earn more than the median wage of high school graduates, enough to pay off any acquired during their studies. IHEP also examined whether or not a student’s average earnings post-graduation met or surpassed median wage earnings in their fields of study. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By introducing students to various career options and credentialing opportunities in middle school, they can make informed decisions about their educational journey. To create more effective pathways for students at younger ages, higher education institutions can collaborate closely with middle and high schools.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Dr. DB Poli This will make Roanoke College the first college in Virginia to offer a four-year degree in the field of cannabis studies, according to the school. It's a big business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Socio-economic status has a strong correlation with whether or not a high school graduate enrolls in college within 18 months of graduating. When controlling for academic preparation, male and female students apply to college at statistically the same rate. Pechman senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Stony Brook University has received $700,000 for an initiative to address the lack of diverse and well-prepared K-12 school leaders. Although most school and district leaders are white, most of the P-12 student population (56%) are not, according to New York State’s 2019 Educator Diversity Report. John's University.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Educators who train and prepare students to become teachers, gathered this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) to call attention to the ongoing challenges that face K-12 learning. Supreme Court case that desegrated public schools. AURORA, Colo.—

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ashley Finley The survey – conducted online in May 2023 in partnership with Morning Consult – asked 1,010 employers – hiring managers and executives – about their views on the value of a college education and preparedness of incoming graduates into the workforce. Amid a U.S.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This level of commitment serves as a valuable blueprint for connecting with another often-overlooked population: high school students who are slated to exit high school without graduating.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Educational test prep company Kaplan and Talladega College are partnering to provide the school's undergraduate student population with free prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams and professional certifications. Some graduate-level admissions exams include the GRE® , GMAT® , LSAT® , and MCAT®.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). During data collection, CGS asked schools to report on their prior classes, McKenzie said.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

A liberal arts education is the traditional curriculum originally established by the historically elite colleges, including the Ivy League schools. What a liberal arts education is not As you can see, the goal of a liberal arts education is not deep specialization in an academic discipline, nor is it specific preparation for a career.

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MARCH 26, 2024

A 2023 report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, studying almost 1.2 percentage points more likely to graduate than their counterparts. HBCUs graduate students at significantly higher rates and prepare them for success in life.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

1, The school made the announcement Apr. Sams had been appointed president of the school two years ago, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and his inauguration had been held off as the school began to return to full swing. SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A&T) will use a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement a program to increase STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, particularly Ph.Ds. The two-year, $1,075,000 grant will go toward the Preparing Future Minority Ph.D. Researcher (PFMPR) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Every Fall, school buses are once again a part of our morning commutes. Less obvious are the parents joining in the back-to-school rite of passage alongside their children. Several decades ago, I witnessed this with my Aunt Bobbie, who enrolled in college while her kids were in grade school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

Civil rights leader Maya Wiley will be the keynote speaker at the New College of Florida (NCF) graduating Class of 2023’s alternative commencement ceremony May 18, the Herald Tribune reported. The graduates will celebrate in a private gathering at an undisclosed location in downtown Sarasota. Ron DeSantis.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

What senior year courses should you take to prepare for the college admissions process? Do seniors even have to worry about high school at this point? These are the questions on the mind of high school students as they near the end of their junior year and look forward to their final year of high school.

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MARCH 8, 2024

“I came for the opportunity,” said Kash Shahzaman, a 17-year-old from Ewing High School in Ewing, NJ, near Trenton. Shahzaman was joined by other high school students, all men of color from high schools across the state, most located in urban, low-income areas. My family moved 12 times before I graduated high school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Too often, we hear administrators complaining about their teachers being unprepared/under-prepared to work with Black students. This inadequate culturally responsive preparation leads to high burnout and turnover rates among White teachers. These underprepared graduates end up in our college classrooms.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The goal of the investigation was to gauge the performance of both the sending and receiving schools, measuring both the rate of successful transfers out of a two-year school, “Access,” and the rate at which those transfer students earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, “Success.” states, the authors wrote.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

Valerie Kinloch and Trustee Steven Boyd Kinloch is currently the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Kinloch is also a 1996 graduate of JCSU and a member of the school's Board of Trustees. We also have to encourage students to pursue even higher forms of education.”

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MAY 6, 2024

At the end of each academic year, millions of high school seniors across the country are ceremonially launched into their futures. Study group meetings should not be dedicated to socializing — everyone needs to agree to prepare before the group meets and come ready to work. Undergraduates are known to change interests and even majors.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Howard University is partnering with Kaplan to give free test prep for graduate-level admissions exams and professional licensing exams. And all Howard students interested in taking the exams to be a CPA or CFA can also prepare with Kaplan for free.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Florida International University (FIU) has received $6 million to help improve access to mental health services for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). This is good timing as there is a need for more support given recent school shootings." The five-year grant came through the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Dr. DeLeon Gray attended an elementary school on Howard University’s campus, which allowed him to see what community engagement looked like up close. Black and Belonging serves students, ages 12-18, specifically emphasizing those who attend predominantly Black K-12 public schools. These schools feel like home to me.”

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

“We are also continuing to see a rise in the number of seniors leaving high school without meeting any of the college readiness benchmarks, even as student GPAs continue to rise and students report that they feel prepared to be successful in college.” These systemic problems require sustained action and support at the policy level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Postgraduate education leaders from 14 countries released recommendations to strengthen graduate education mentorship at the 2022 Strategic Leaders Global Summit. Ortega The summit – co-hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and financially supported by ETS – took place Nov. Dr. Suzanne T. Ortega, president of CGS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

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. Dr. Mildred García Simultaneously, the nation’s teaching force ( 80% white ) should better reflect public school enrollment ( 55% students of color ).

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MARCH 25, 2024

Despite questions around the value of an English degree, graduates who earned one were found to possess similar rates of life satisfaction, peak salary earnings and unemployment rates to non-English degree graduates, according to a recent report by the Association of Departments of English (ADE), a subsidiary of the Modern Language Association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Virginia Tech has launched an initiative to improve access and affordability to the school for Virginia students. “A A Virginia Tech education can be life-changing for graduates and their families and have a positive impact on their communities and the commonwealth,” said Dr. Tim Sands, president of Virginia Tech.

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MAY 22, 2023

The school created a community mental health B.A. Our partnership with DHHS offers students a meaningful and defined career path where they will earn while they learn as they work towards graduation.” Wayne Lesperance said in a statement. NEC will contract with 10 mental health centers that work with the New Hampshire DHHS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Also, that office started some of the programming to promote the preparation of Black and Brown individuals and women to prepare for leadership roles in college sports.” More than 100 schools have collectives, including Power Five institutions. was key,” says Carter-Francique. Supreme Court’s NCAA v.

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