Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

In addition, there are concerted efforts to stamp out diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in public sector hiring, water down or even cancel the Advanced Placement African-American Studies program and whitewash K-12 social studies curricula of uncomfortable truths about how this nation has historically treated Black Americans.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Marion Ross Fedrick Shortly after the appointment was announced, Fedrick wrote in an open letter to the university that “we still have the rest of the semester together to wrap up our strategic plan, focus on a seamless leadership transition and celebrate the accomplishments of our students during spring graduation.” years in charge.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

In the past, I have written a Letter to Dr. King around this time of the year, but I depart from that practice to speak directly to you, the Scholars, Leaders, Activists, Debaters, Vocalists, and Athletes of Wiley University. Their point is that the students and graduates of HBCUs are inferior.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. UNT and LaGuardia’s student centered, data-driven approaches are helping their students succeed in the classroom and beyond, offering considerable returns on their educational investment. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. Student diversity is not an issue.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Temple University have released a guide for higher ed institutions on how to implement completion grants for their students. Dr. Christel Perkins Completion grants are funds given to students who need them to finish out their degree or academic journey.

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Each year, the Common Application asks students to address one of several prompts around which to build their college essay. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. This story should be a very succinct one, but it should have a beginning, middle, and an end.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. Higher education as a whole has recently been scrutinized for its value.

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 3, 2024

Eager to step into the footsteps of a college student who is experiencing life in Spain? We recently caught up with AIFS Abroad student Peyton from the University of Northern Colorado who is spending her spring semester studying abroad in Salamanca at the University of Salamanca. Will I fit in?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The College Board has released the official framework for its new AP African American studies course. I have no issue with College Board putting African American Studies into practice in high schools,” said Dr. Marvin T Chiles, an assistant professor of African American history at Old Dominion University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF). UF’s African American studies program was started in 1969. Photo courtesy of David Canton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

She also studies intently to maintain her 4.0 My parents instilled in me that academics come first,” Hayes said. “If If I didn’t have my homework done before practice, I wasn’t going. For her academic and athletic excellence, Hayes is the 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. When she does say something, everybody is all in.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2024

Dear Black women in higher education, 2023 should have been a wake-up call to our community, yet the red flags persist. Whether you are a researcher, professor, or president, when was the last time you felt stress in relation to your position? Data from the 2023 American College President Study suggests that 12.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough.

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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. Part I Primary and Secondary Settings Chapter 1: Hines, C.M. The career academy as a vehicle to promote Black male student interest in STEM college and career pathways. Dr. Erik M. & Alexander, L.D.

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Great College Advice

JUNE 28, 2023

Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. Dissecting the Common App 2 Prompt About Obstacles and Failure Let’s walk through the language of the prompt so we know what we can and should focus upon as we craft this essay. This means you’ll be sharing a specific event in time, so it should read like a story.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It’s not lost on me that mine is an incredibly rare experience, which I think is really unfortunate.” Within their findings, Griffin and colleagues also stressed the racialized experiences of participants, when it became time for tenure and promotion. Dr. Ronald W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Their love story didn’t come to fruition until eight years after graduation, when they reunited at a mutual friend’s event. Sometimes it still surprises me when I think about the fact that we’re actually together,” said LaVar Charleston. At the beginning, their academic journeys followed different trajectories.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. This new legislation presents a formidable barrier that hampers the ability of Black people (students, faculty, and staff) to flourish and thrive in their academic pursuits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blockson, the legendary Black historian, author, and bibliophile who served as curator of the university’s Blockson Afro-American Collection when she collapsed on stage. She was attending a memorial service at Temple for Charles L. Epps, 72, was taken to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Dr. Crystal A.

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Great College Advice

JULY 26, 2023

In my line of work as a college advisor, I read a lot of these essays, and I can say that I see many weak attempts at answering this question. Students seem to fall into the same “traps” every time. Follow my advice, and it should lead you to an essay that will stand out to admissions offices. Maybe it’s close by.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Dr. Curtis Byrd, co-author of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

And then deciding over time that I really wanted to give voice to these really marginalized experiences and not just give voice, but also help people understand. I can even provide knowledge to them about the patterns that I see across all of these different experiences. Yes, these women love their grandchildren.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2023

As the higher ed world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, academic conferences remain a key way for scholars to convene, network, and learn about the latest research. During the COVID-19 pandemic, academic societies were forced to pivot, with many rapidly shifting to fully virtual or hybrid convenings. An estimated 4.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

I first experienced it on an elementary school playground. Never did I imagine that I would witness it by a prominent university leader during a commencement ceremony. He did so while dressed in his university’s academic regalia, formalwear that symbolizes the honor and prestige bestowed upon the individual wearing it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

I have always felt it’s important to make a difference and leave an imprint.” I was always interested in the natural world,” she said. “I I collected live bumble bees. I used to keep them in Mason jars under our back porch. I had a log of their behavior and how that affected how active or aggressive they were.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. We are around 83% students of color. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. totaled 62.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“ My parents were tasked with the job of survival, and I with self-actualization. I came across this tweet written by the user Bo Ren a few years ago and it stuck with me since. It was the mentality I had that was put into words. Numerous Asian American university students share this mindset.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 2, 2023

As the summer winds down, my team and I have been busy debriefing our students and their parents about whatever summertime college campus visits they have done in the past month or two. In our conversations, here are some of the things that families tell us that we wish the admissions offices around the country should hear.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes. principles."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Inflation and geopolitical disruptions caused endowment returns to fall by 8% in fiscal year 2022, according to an annual study released last week by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). on average. Dr. Bruce A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

leadership and policy studies, University of Memphis; and Ph.D., leadership and policy studies, University of Memphis; and Ph.D., Second, fi nd your calling and follow your academic passions. In his role as provost faculty fellow, Smith advises and guides the design and direction of academic and student success initiatives. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

As assistant professor of public health at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, Monteblanco studies the impact of extreme climate on the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations, particularly pregnant people. I look at this larger community — we should all be invested in families,” said Monteblanco.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Let’s face it: high school in America has become exhausting and unpleasant for many high school students. As a result, more and more students are asking themselves, “should I take a gap year?” Here at Great College Advice , we are huge fans of taking some time off between high school and college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. The rising rents have made it increasingly more difficult for BMCC students to live near campus or to even find stable housing. Dr. Marva M.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 20, 2024

One of the foundational studies in this field is Healey, Flint, and Harrington's (2014), offering a conceptual model that outlines student engagement through partnership with faculty through four pathways: assessment projects, curriculum consultation, subject-based research, and SoTL (see Figure 1). Image courtesy of Wix.

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