Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion. What is more frustrating to me is that in this day and age, I am still doing things that are first,” Gilliam said in a BU press release. Then students [start] informing others, and they’re going to want to apply and come here.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Dr. Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. So now, SJTI approaches intersectional experiences one lens at a time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Point Foundation Scholars “Students posted videos on Tik Tok of them having to pull down the rainbow flag and to shutter the doors,” says Hall. The center director had to be reassigned to a new role on campus. At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. And they weren’t looking to just hire one. And an increasingly popular one. Cluster hires are also taking on increased significance as diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts come under attack nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In January 2021, the median rent for a one bedroom in the city was at its lowest point in years: $2,300 a month. Craig, vice president for student affairs at BMCC. She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. Dr. Marva M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

My term here at Rutgers-Newark is coming to an end,” Cantor told Diverse in an interview on Wednesday. And Hunter has always been just a real beacon of all the things I believe in — social mobility, scholarship that really addresses pressing issues in the world, and a very clear footprint in the city of New York.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

Wood is currently San Diego State University’s (SDSU) vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer. And if Sac State could make a person like me successful, then they can help create that kind of pathway for any student.” He’s able to get buy-in and just really get things done.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Among the highlights of his presidency is serving a diverse student population. million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. Knowing all the challenges that our students are going through — much more since COVID — it’s so important.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Ja’Bette Lozupone Title: Director of Student Affairs, Montgomery College Age: 41 Education: B.A., But Lozupone wasn’t ready for the responsibility of being a college student. “I I had a one-point-something GPA,” she said. A student parent alliance dedicated to advocacy and peer mentoring developed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

He dedicated himself to protesting any perceived involvement by Howard with President Trump’s agenda or cabinet, creating the unaffiliated student group HUResist in the hopes of pushing Howard toward resistance against Trump’s more conservative educational doctrine. He remembers two police officers arriving, one putting him in handcuffs.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

How do we prepare students for these changes? These statistics are staggering, but there is ample opportunity for postsecondary educators to support students as they make the transition from college to career, despite the changing nature of the workforce. Image courtesy of Wix. editing, rewriting).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like. For us, the question of racial slavery could not just be an academic affair,” said Bogues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A growing body of research has shown that race-matched instruction—when teachers and learners come from the same background—is beneficial for students. College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

One particularly ineffective mode, he said, is based on enrollment. Furthermore, outcomes-based funding often does not impact institutions most in need of funding, particularly those that serve underserved populations, notably BILPOC (Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color) and low-income students. Larry Hlavenka Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. Gundolf Graml, associate VP for academic affairs, dean for curriculum and strategic initiatives, and professor of German. Over 60% of our students are students of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Angela Nixon Boyd As HBCUs prepare to welcome students for fall semester, some are struggling to overcome enrollment losses and deficits due to the pandemic, but many are thriving. Hudson, vice president for student affairs. “We The number of applications to FAMU from first-time college students increased 87% from 2021 to 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. 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. Dr. Erik M. Hines, E.M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. Even with the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

With that quote on his mind, Alexander jumped at the chance to collaborate with the Partnership for Education Advancement, a nonprofit that works with Minority Serving Institutions, including HBCUs, to find technological solutions to serve and advance their students. The more students who get in the better.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nicholas Bowman The presence of underrepresented racial minority (URM) and first-generation college students in a course is related to higher STEM grades for all students in the class, especially for the minority students themselves, according to a recent study published in AERA Open.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There is a similar refrain when Goldilocks tries to sleep in three different beds - again in a home where she was uninvited - before finding one was too hard, another too soft, yet the final bed was perfect for her. We write today centering the needs and experiences of fat students who sometimes struggle to find fit and space within academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, things are looking much better for the Jersey City school. Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. The school also asked the state to help with $10 million. We knew that we had to suffer some losses,” Calathes said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The detrimental ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education won’t be going away any time soon, and student mental health is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, according to a recent EAB report. Lower K-12 test scores extend back to elementary school and foretell heightened demand on academic support staff.

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 23, 2024

But there are also the day-to-day operations, which can be fairly, if not extensively, chaotic, meaning many of your colleagues and workforce aren’t focused on change, they're focused on the day. One thing we learned from the COVID pandemic is there’s a need to intentionally design for planning interruptions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Conway-Turner, who grew up in a small town in Missouri, said her journey mirrors that of many of the students at Buffalo State University (part of the State University of New York system). As a first-generation college student, she appreciated the process of education and embraced its transformative aspects.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

Felton OUR CURRENT CLIMATE On January 12, 2024, Elon Musk, one of the most bigoted billionaires of our time and founder of TESLA, Inc., Their point is that the students and graduates of HBCUs are inferior. Dr. Herman J. To be clear, the inability to value the magic produced by HBCUs like Wiley University should “DIE”!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in Los Angeles, opened in early July with 60 students. Many African American medical students are interested in treating African Americans and in closing the disparities gap — and by opening this new M.D. The fourth and newest, an independent four-year medical program at the Charles R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There’s no such thing as balance; it’s more like a juggling act. Also, taking care of one’s mental health is important and prioritizing one’s time when it comes to things like committee work. Terza Lima-Neves engages her students and evokes thought around issues related to gender, race, class and power,” says Dr. Karen D.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

But now, with decades of experience in teaching and higher education under his belt, he’s looking at new ways to shape the student academic experience, leading with equity and access in mind. Q: What led you to a career in higher education and, specifically, focused on student success?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year. The report is based on survey responses from student affairs leaders at over 100 institutions, representing more than 150,000 students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

is not just about learning, reading, or writing Navajo, it’s really preparing [its students] with tools so that they will be efficient in designing their research studies, conducting research, and finding solutions to some of the challenges that we have,” says Guy. Those same students are talented, creative. Elmer Guy “The Ph.D.

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Supporting Student Success

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Supporting Student Success research team began this blog 10 years ago!! This milestone provides a great opportunity to reflect on what the team and the research project has achieved but also to look forward to what this blog could do. Are there other new things we should try? We only publish when we have posts to share.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made the decision to officially end affirmative action practices at all public institutions in the U.S. Those students’ enrollments went way down, across the system. Dr. Jessica Faiz. These numbers “trail far behind the national population,” says Faiz.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 23, 2023

Photo by Burst on StockSnap The Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) has been hard at play this summer. During this time, we have grown as an organization and currently have 1,345 members that are all vested in Student Affairs assessment across the nation and globe.

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University Business

MAY 11, 2023

As international affairs continue to become more precarious, U.S. higher education is beginning to see some concerning roadblocks with the country that makes up 31% of its international students —China. On Monday, Florida Gov. drop in Chinese students and a 12.8% decrease in undergraduate students specifically.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Students struggling within themselves are less engaged in the classroom and face a higher likelihood of stopping out. Facing increased demand, mental health offerings have quickly become a pillar of student support, and students are becoming increasingly comfortable with seeking these services. They are: Self-esteem: 18.5%

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ellissa Brooks Nelson (she, her, hers) Divisional Director, Student Affairs Research & Assessment University of North Carolina at Charlotte In her current role: ~2 years Also serves as: SAAL’s Vice President of Profession Advancement Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment. How did you get here?

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