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. Several more states are expected to introduce similar legislation in 2025.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 670,000—from the Class of 2025. The program, launched in 2015, is a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for the state’s community college students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 11, 2024

Michigan high schoolers will be able to attend a local community college without paying tuition starting next fall.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2025

The data also shows more transfers into community colleges and shorter-term programs and certificates. These are both students transferring from one community college to another as well as people transferring from four-year institutions to community colleges. These reverse transfers showed a 6.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The College Futures Foundation has released a comprehensive report highlighting California's push to achieve 70% postsecondary attainment by 2035, while revealing significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in college completion rates across the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Shes helping colleges implement evidence-based reforms. For 41 years, Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Oregon is changing how $550 million-plus in annual local and state taxpayer funding will be distributed to the state’s 17 community colleges. As it stands, the community colleges funding model distributed funds almost entirely based on student enrollment, which did not incorporate student success components.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Highlighting excellence in community college education, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has named 23 institutions as either Leader Colleges or Leader Colleges of Distinction for 2025, celebrating their commitment to student success and institutional reform. Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2024

Nassau Community College teachers have reportedly filed an ethics complaint against the college regarding allegations it paid $120,000 to a lobbying company supporting the construction of a Sands casino on Long Island, New York. Faren Siminoff, concerns are ongoing about the financial management of the community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Rolita Flores Ezeonu Rolita Flores Ezeonu has been appointed Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at Highline College. Ezeonu previously served as where Vice President of Instruction at Green River College from July 2018 through February 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Free community college is part of a $58 billion budget recently approved by the Massachusetts State Senate for Fiscal Year 2025. Rodrigues “Tuition free Community College impacts individuals most in need and whom otherwise would not be afforded this opportunity,” said Sen. The proposed $117.5

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ACPA

JANUARY 30, 2025

2024-2025 CGDSD Award Recipients Congratulations to all 2024-2025 CGDSD Award Recipients! Hanna Lee , Data Analyst – Cayuga Community College Graduate Student Excellence Award This award recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated a passion for international education and advocates for international populations.

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AACC

JANUARY 21, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2025 Contact: Martha M. 202-728-0200 x209 mparham@aacc.nche.edu Community College Innovation Challenge invites community college students to create STEM solutions to real-world problems Washington, D.C. Parham, Ed.D.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Interest in Tennesse’s free tuition program for its community and state technical colleges is promising, to say the least, as the number of applicants for its Class of 2025 broke last year’s record by more than 700. Community colleges, however, have fared better than their counterparts.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Gavin Newsom (D) reached an agreement on a new pilot pathway program designed to facilitate student transfers between the University of California (UC) and the state’s community college system. The post California Seeks to Expand Access for Community College Transfers Under New Plan appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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ACPA

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Promising Practice in Social Justice Veronica Palafox, Director of Admissions Normandale Community Colllege New Professional at a Two-Year College Allie Remm, Career Services Specialist Central Community College Service to the Profession Cecilia Gomez, Academic Advisor Oakton College Congratulations to these outstanding professionals!

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What awaits college and university leaders is the long-predicted enrollment cliff, the period around 2025 or 2026 when the effects of the Great Recession on this country’s birth rate will be realized as dramatically fewer high school seniors reach graduation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Achieve Academy for Adults with Autism has launched at the Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. Stout said the academy, which is slated to begin accepting clients in 2025, is a partnership among many entities collectively dedicated to filling the gap in services for adults with autism. Dr. David M.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This is the first program of its kind at any historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the nation. Set to launch in 2025, IAIER reflects a forward-thinking approach to leadership in one of todays most dynamic fields, ensuring that underrepresented voices play a central role in shaping AIs development.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The Biden administration’s $90 billion plan to provide free community college likely won’t make it through Congress, but supporters of the effort say the request shows it’s a priority for the administration and helps to continue the national conversation about the policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2025

College Leaders Galvanize to Fight the Anti-DEI Chaos Sara Weissman Mon, 01/27/2025 - 03:00 AM Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

But he ultimately went to Ohlone College, a community college in Fremont, Calif., The path to medical school is rife with financial and structural barriers for community college graduates like him. “We’re weeding out a lot of students who have vital perspectives in their communities,” he said.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. A case study from a California community college illustrates these principles in action. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2025

Community Colleges and CSUs Partner to Fill Nursing Shortages Sara Weissman Fri, 04/04/2025 - 03:00 AM Los Angeles community colleges are teaming up with California State University to study and combat nurse shortages after Gov. Gavin Newsom told institutions to collaborate. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

So far, thats included College Physics I & II and University Physics I. ” – Kim Zoldak Janalyn Kehm Janalyn Kehm is the Department Chair in the School of Business & Computer Engineering Technology at Spartanburg Community College. Kims journey to Oklahoma State started with a B.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has launched a partnership pilot program to increase effectiveness of skills-based hiring with the help of a $350,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation. One of the goals is to create a pipeline of skilled and career-ready job candidates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications. We had to rethink how education creates opportunities.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 9, 2025

A Practice Week on Campus as a College Student Ashley Mowreader Wed, 04/09/2025 - 03:00 AM The University of Nevada, Reno, requires new students to attend classes and participate in workshops prior to starting the term. The intervention has reduced equity gaps and ensured students are college ready. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2025

Data: Community College Pell Grant Recipients Less Likely to Transfer, Persist Ashley Mowreader Mon, 03/31/2025 - 03:00 AM Recent data from the Richmond Federal Reserve finds, across five states, low-income students are less likely to earn a degree or certificate compared to their peers. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Patterson, who currently serves as president of Chadron State College in Nebraska, will assume his new role on July 1, 2025, succeeding retiring President Dr. Bob Jackson. Colleagues describe Patterson as a collaborative, servant leader who values accessibility, affordability, education, and innovation in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Instead, in this era, institutions of higher education will be questioned on their relevance, consolidations, closures, and mergers are sure to occur, and colleges will be required to reimagine their missions and operations to ensure sustainability in evolving and disruptive markets. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

March 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Whitman College is the sixth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

Ten finalists have been named and are still in the running for the Aspen Institute’s 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The biennial prize, which comes with $1 million award, recognizes strong performance among community colleges. They show that excellence can be reached in any and every context.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

The global nonprofit Aspen Institute has named 20 semifinalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a $1 million prize. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 7, 2025

jessica.blake@ Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM Congress looked set to pass the bipartisan bill to update the workforce development law but then scrapped the legislation at the last minute. That failure leaves money on the table for community colleges. Congress Failed to Pass WIOA Update. What Does That Mean for Higher Ed?

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