Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2025

adults without college degrees continue to place high value on higher education and remain interested in pursuing credentials, according to a comprehensive new study released today. The 2025 State of Higher Education report , conducted by Gallup and Lumina Foundation, surveyed nearly 14,000 U.S.

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MARCH 18, 2025

As a woman of color, a first-generation college graduate, and someone raised in a limited-income home, I was celebrated for bringing fresh perspectives and ideas. Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them?

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MAY 22, 2025

the number of students continues to rise with community colleges showing particular growth. Community colleges play a significant role in the increase in undergraduate students, showing a 5.4% Bronx Community College experienced a 5% year-over-year increase and an 8% gain since spring 2023, said Gantt. million in the U.S.,

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University Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

Coming off one of the most challenging years for the higher education business in recent memory, it would be easy to carry a glass-half-empty outlook into 2025. Here are five key trends shaping higher education this year, offering a roadmap for resilience as only higher education can do.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 21, 2024

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows a decline in higher education institutions eligible for Title IV federal student aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

A groundbreaking report released by Generation Hope reveals the devastating impact of housing insecurity on student parents pursuing higher education. The findings paint a stark picture: one in five undergraduate students nationwide is parenting while attending college, and housing costs often exceed tuition expenses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

colleges and universities has steadily declined over the past seven years, with both full-time and part-time positions showing significant reductions, according to new research from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. In 24 states, no public colleges provide legacy preferences at all.

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Liaison International

JANUARY 23, 2025

Key Takeaways: Personalized, timely, and relevant communication is key to engaging prospective students and meeting enrollment goals in higher education. Manual processes, such as college fair follow-ups that sit unprocessed for long periods, can derail engagement. Ready to elevate your communication strategies?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) details mental health challenges that students face and how they can be better supported. Respondents held mixed impressions of whether their colleges placed a priority on mental health. Dr. Linda L. Garcia, executive director of CCCSE.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Generative AI is changing the landscape of higher education, in both good and bad ways (Balch, 2023). In a world where AI skills and fluency will be necessary and marketable, colleges and universities have made efforts to embrace AI in the classroom (e.g., The Age of AI is Upon Us. Schoeder, 2024). Schoeder, 2024).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Jakes Foundation (TDJF), in partnership with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Paul Quinn College (PQC) is looking to create an innovative housing model, accompanied by a mixed-use community on their Dallas campus. PQC is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in the nation. Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Holmes-Sullivan As a college president, I am often asked the same two questions: Why does college cost so much? I usually start my answer with a statistic some find surprising: despite the headlines, post-high school educational attainment in the U.S. But the true costs of a college education are not always obvious.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

MindMax is committed to being at the forefront of emerging trends in higher education marketing and engagement. Key Higher Education Trends in Enrollment Enrollment trends look different in the post-pandemic landscape than they did pre-2020. Here is a comprehensive overview of the presentation they shared.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

PHILADELPHIA-- In a significant recognition of their transformative efforts in higher education, Chattanooga State Community College and Southwestern Oregon Community College have been awarded the prestigious Leah Meyer Austin Award by Achieving the Dream (ATD). between fall 2020 and fall 2023. percentage points.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

Strayhorn few years ago, Liu (2023) published, Everyone is Talking about Belonging in The Chronicle of Higher Education. College t-shirts, notepads, and posters proclaim, You Belong! Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A Dr. Terrell L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College's inaugural vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution, alleging retaliatory termination after she reported racial and disability discrimination concerns. Martin has since retired, and the college is now led by President Anthony Cruz, who is Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Todays heightened scrutiny of social and racial justice initiatives adds to the challenges Black students face in navigating both online spaces and higher education. For Black college students, these tensions manifest in ways that are both personal and political, often distracting from their educational goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2025

In recent years, higher education institutions have faced increasing pressure to prioritize disciplines with clear career pathways over traditional liberal arts programs, according to a new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Business also showed robust growth of 20.8%

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Nearly a dozen colleges and universities over the past month have announced tuition-free initiatives for incoming undergraduates as the traditional application season kicks back into full swing. It marks the latest step higher education leaders have taken to answer growing criticisms about affordability. citizens) St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

California community college presidents and chancellors are spending less time in their roles while the leadership ranks are becoming increasingly diverse, highlighting Dr. Larry Galizio both challenges and progress in the nation's largest public higher education system. of leaders, more than 2.5 of leaders, more than 2.5

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rushi Sheth, Vice President (International), College Board, highlighted the importance of expanding opportunities for Indian students. There are opportunities for excellent education in India so our goal is to not see successful outcomes only in the form of outbound migration,” said Sheth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. This moment inspired Joshua Jackson and Dayshawn Louden, then student leaders at Compton College, to begin campaigning and advocating for student housing and increased basic needs on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2025

Wilson,the quest to attain R1 status the highest designation auniversity can get for its research enterprise is aboutmore than just attaining some sort of higher education sealof approval. million in 2023 and was expected to surpass $50 million for 2024. Those feats include getting an HBCU record high13 patents in 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. Chances are closings will continue to uptick as higher education braces for the expected demographic cliff. Centuries of serving higher education erased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2025

A new government report reveals that while health coverage among college students has increased significantly over the past decade, substantial disparities remain, particularly impacting historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups, students in states without expanded Medicaid, and certain nonworking students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

The San Diego Foundation (SDF) announced a $4 million commitment to support local high school students facing homelessness, in foster care, or learning English prepare for college success. in 2023-24, only 4% of English learners, 8% of foster youth, and 8% of homeless students graduated. While the overall graduation rate reached 84.6%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2025

Lomax A new study released by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has found that students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) demonstrate significantly stronger mental health outcomes compared to their peers at other institutions, despite facing greater financial stressors and barriers to mental health services.

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University Business

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The demographic cliff may reorient the higher education landscape and propel the number of college closures in the coming decade. If, in the worst-case scenario, the demographic cliff wipes 15% of student enrollment between 2025 and ’29, some 80 colleges could end up closing, or about 4.6 Researchers Robert J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Historically Black and Predominantly Black community colleges across the South received an unprecedented $2.7 From 2020 to 2022, the federal government distributed nearly $80 billion to higher education institutions through three rounds of HEERF funding, with community colleges receiving $25 billion of that total.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

College and university endowments expanded by 4% in fiscal year 2024 thanks to improved annual returns and gift-giving, according to the annual NACUBO-Commonfund Study. Over 650 nonprofit colleges, universities and related organizations participated. One-year returns in fiscal year 2023 topped out at 7.7%. A strong U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

White students were the only group to see a decline in transfer enrollment from fall 2023 to fall 2024. The data also shows more transfers into community colleges and shorter-term programs and certificates. increase in transfer enrollment at community colleges since fall 2020. These reverse transfers showed a 6.3% increase.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited. As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Government Accountability Office.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

Irene Mulvey “ Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Legislative Attacks on Higher Education ” describes well-funded, widespread political attacks on higher education, comprising legislative pursuits that undermine academic freedom and university autonomy.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

million— 25 times greater than their canceled debt , according to Ithaka S+R, a research nonprofit focused on higher ed accessibility. Stopped-out learners’ past-due balances often bar them from re-enrolling in higher education. The initiative is also boosting equitable access to higher education in Northeast Ohio.

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