Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

In 2019, we proudly launched the Single Parent Scholarship initiative, which provides financial assistance and support services to single parents who aspire to earn a college degree. This scholarship has proven instrumental in dismantling barriers and creating avenues for single parents to realize their academic and career pursuits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

The hip-hop impresario first pledged the gift while receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 2022 BET Awards. He had previously given $1 million to Howard in 2016 to establish a scholarship fund and had said that he would donate a further $1 million to the school in the same acceptance speech.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

” In recent years, Brown University Library has expanded its innovation in digital scholarship by pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional printed monograph. Funding organizations such as the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others, have made much of this innovative scholarship possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Our admission decision is based upon diverse facets of the individual’s history, talent, potential to contribute to the university and get the most out of a Wesleyan education. Applicants’ achievements and promise are carefully considered in the context of their respective schools, public engagement, and personal circumstances.” .;

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For one of his classes, he teamed up with liberal arts postdoc Franziska Tsufim, whose scholarship and teaching practice include multimodal rhetoric and “sense-making” among students. I realize liberal arts disciplines at traditional universities may not have my institution’s history of collaboration with STEM units.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For instance, partnerships with local community organizations can provide leadership development, internships, and scholarships tailored to Latine learners, while fostering a connection to space and place and bolstering a learner’s sense of belonging. Alumni involvement offers current learners valuable insights and networking opportunities.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Image: A program at the University of California, Irvine, ensures first-generation or underprivileged students are prepared for their lives after college, with a 100 percent graduation rate among its 630 scholars in the program’s 24-year history. Share here. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history—the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As part of its strategy, Kalamazoo Valley wanted to promote the Michigan Reconnect initiative, a last-dollar scholarship program that provides tuition-free community college to adult residents of the state who do not yet hold an associate degree or higher academic credential. Intelligent Names helped us identify the right population.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Two recent books that have received widespread attention underscore a much broader emotional or affective turn in humanistic and social science scholarship. Much of the book looks at how readers can better gauge their emotional makeup, helping them achieve a higher level of self-understanding. Products of history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Historical Context The SAT and ACT, standardized tests used to measure aptitude for learning in college admissions, have a racist history rooted in the 19th century influx of immigrants into the United States. Harvard adopted testing in 1934 to select scholarship recipients followed by many other institutions.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Accepted students will have access to scholarships, campus housing, dedicated counselors and advisors, and distinguished recognition upon completion of their degree program. We’re expecting excellence of you, but that’s because we know you can achieve it.” or above and a specific interest in Black studies.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Some of the discipline’s most vibrant scholarship now takes place outside the discipline’s traditional subfields. National literatures are challenged by global literature and comparative literature, much as history is challenged by the growing emphasis on Atlantic studies, diasporic studies and world history.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. A lure for high-achieving, exceptionally motivated applicants who might otherwise attend a private institution, and a magnet for donor dollars. Honors 4.0.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Dr. Sánchez previously served as the president of Rhode Island College (RIC) from 2016 to 2022 and is celebrated for his achievements in enhancing social mobility rankings, diversifying student bodies, modernizing academic facilities and fundraising—objectives in line with Manhattanville’s strategic priorities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. Dr. Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. During COVID-19, Whittier was able to direct federal support to the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Therefore, their path to success is hindered by incidents of racism and marginalization, which negatively affect their ability to thrive and achieve their educational goals. This means seeing Black history and culture represented in the courses they take and the professors who teach them. Be able to achieve their academic goals.

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The PIE News

JULY 4, 2023

Higher education leaders are calling for a science and research “rebalance” to supercharge global scholarship and create a research ecosystem that doesn’t disadvantage Africa and the Global South. “In this way, Africa’s agency will be fully recognised, reinforced and protected for achieving the envisioned Afrofutures.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Just ask yourself: Without sufficient graduate-level training in sub-Saharan African history, how can a teacher effectively respond to student questions? At the risk of some hyperbole, one could argue that the framework (especially after the recent deletions) reflects the state of Black Studies and African American History circa 1980.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

Over the past 21 years, the Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship has supported hundreds of transfer students as they have thrived at these institutions—and we have supported thousands more through Community College Transfer Initiative grants to selective schools. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Our newer faculty ranks are at their most diverse in UC history. Our work is grounded in scholarship, the importance of building and expanding partnerships, and a deep understanding of institutional priorities. Our trajectories connect through the continually evolving scholarship of inclusion.

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Today's Learner

MAY 30, 2024

We root our approach to intentionality in the backwards design method: Establishing learning objectives first, then identifying the types of assessments that will best measure learners’ progress toward achieving those objectives, and finally, creating educational resources and activities that support the objectives and advance learning.

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UW Presidential Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

By now, it’s cliché to point out that we are in the midst of a polarized and deeply divided time in our nation’s history, but we cannot afford to shrug or look away from this crisis. Embracing that diversity is our pathway to a more just, equitable world in which we are truly “Estados Unidos” – the United States.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Today, I embrace my role in helping Dominican University pursue its mission to help underresourced students achieve the opportunities that a college degree provides. This past fall, we welcomed the largest first-year class in our history—at a time when college enrollment is dropping nationwide.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 7, 2024

Our extensive experience has shown us that staying ahead of the curve is essential to achieving success in this dynamic field. By understanding and leveraging these trends, your institution can enhance its visibility, strengthen its brand, and achieve its enrollment goals.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“We’re talking about a person who, more than anyone else, is the thread that runs through the history of King since the middle of the last century,” President Alexander Whitaker said. “To have that history about the people, institutions and events right outside my door was phenomenal,” he said.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The idea that any college or university, other than a handful of religious institutions, can run itself in a top-down manner, push out a particular point of view (academic or otherwise), achieve coherent learning objectives or force faculty to teach or think in a particular way is almost certainly impossible. So how can we do that?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

Lieberman is the 18th president of La Verne and the first woman to lead in the university’s history. The second big challenge was we knew that if we were going to provide the scholarships that the students needed…we had to raise money for scholarships for our students,” Lieberman said.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

He attended three universities on the way to achieving his goal, but never had a professor of color teach any of his STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) classes. “I He provides an authentic history of wildlife conservation in North America, educating students about such topics as the introduction of invasive species in the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Yet few secular institutions strive to actually achieve those objectives. The intrapersonal: How to achieve self-awareness, cope with stress and adversity, manage emotions, and develop resilience. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. I know full well the objections to such a vision.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

The journalist, novelist, and playwright George Packer recently called our time “ a golden age of fatalism ,” and cited as evidence the host of historical scholarship consumed with the evils of this country’s past and the misguided myths that continue to distort Americans’ thinking and public policy.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, Dean Amy Fairchild added an associate dean for faculty and inclusive excellence to her leadership team who is charged with articulating and advancing a vision for inclusive excellence and providing leadership to enhance excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

And while our stated goals here at WCET are not substantially different from what this Cooperative has endeavored toward throughout its history, I do feel that the focus and scope of those goals have narrowed in exciting ways. My role has shifted a bit and is different than what I would have thought back in 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through intentional outreach to applicants, dedicated pathway programs, partnerships, curriculum, and programs specifically built to serve underserved populations, and a focus on regionality and socio-economic histories, UC Davis has become one of the most diverse medical school programs in the nation. What barriers have they overcome?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This does not affect Limerick’s tenured position as professor of history or her ability to conduct research." In this sense, becoming a faculty director of a center is something of a risk, as professors often become directors due to their outstanding scholarship but are then expected to act like chief executives.

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ACPA

APRIL 26, 2024

It is important for fat student affairs practitioners and fat students to receive the recognition of their work, advocacy, and scholarship. Continuing to center these voices and histories is critical to supporting all fat lives and bodies to thrive within higher education as it is now and can be in the future.

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