Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A bold new proposal suggests combining Californias community colleges, California State University (CSU), and University of California (UC) systems into a unified institution: California University. The post Proposal Calls for Merger of Californias Higher Education Systems appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2024

Newly released research highlights policy reforms and institutional support systems that target student fathers, particularly Black and brown fathers, in higher education. It calls for informed policy changes to better support student fathers and address systemic challenges they face in pursuit of their degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A bill that would have directed the University of California, California State University and state community colleges to hire undocumented students for campus jobs was vetoed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Governor Kim Driscoll have unveiled a set of recommendations aimed at promoting equitable access to higher education across the state. Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler emphasized the state’s commitment to fostering inclusive educational environments despite the Supreme Court ruling. “Our

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

An assistant professor of practice in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, Leach has spent more than 35 years in higher education, working with hundreds of community college professionals to learn and spread best practices across the globe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. In the 1960s, many higher education institutions, especially historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), began recognizing Black History Month with campus observances. Du Bois, Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Congressman John Lewis. .

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

In line with that vision, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere present the following article on recognizing Juneteenth and offer ideas on how to integrate this important day into higher education settings. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Administrators, advocates, and students are at odds over how to define and effectively fight antisemitism. By Katherine Mangan and Maggie Hicks Administrators, advocates, and students are at odds over how to define and effectively fight antisemitism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

A new project by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) explores how states fund community colleges based on the enrollment for their students. Bumphus “There is no national data set that reflects the true scope of community college enrollments and curriculum,” said Dr. Walter G. Dr. Walter G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Racquel Oden is the first woman in Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 37-year history to assume the role of Board Chair, announced the organization, which was founded in 1987 by Dr. N. Joyce Payne as a bastion of support for Black students seeking higher education. Racquel Oden Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Inc.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The public’s confidence in higher education has taken a considerable hit this year, thanks to students’ rocky ride through the pandemic. This perception has even trickled down to higher education’s next generation of incoming first-year students. Four out of 10 employers of all ages strongly agreed here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

Having spent more than a half-century as a faculty member, administrator, and advocate in higher education, I lost count a long time ago of the number of meetings I have attended, as well as the number of speeches and presentations I’ve made, all of which I gifted to the Indiana University Archives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Career pathways, as defined by SREB in the report, require six key elements: alignment, data analysis, college and career readiness, stackable credentials, systems of guidance and support and continuing education and career advancement.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At this year’s WCET Annual Meeting, Brandon Karcher, the Manager of Instructional Technology at Bucknell University, facilitated an unconference session titled “Higher Ed Technology: Innovative or Overwhelming.” I hope that you’ll do the same.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. One size doesn’t fit all in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For years, advocates for higher education in prison programs worked to see Pell Grants reintroduced for incarcerated individuals. In the report “Exploring the Landscape of College and Community Reentry Partnerships,” Ithaka S+R examines some of the disconnects as well as best practices.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

It may be time to rethink the college minor. Instead of or in addition to minors, higher education stakeholders may want to consider partnering with employers—both public and private—to create pathways toward certifications specifically designed to help students enter the workforce with higher-paying jobs.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 10, 2024

Supreme Court’s 2023 rulings against race-conscious admissions in higher education. “Our colleges and universities are at their best when they reflect the rich diversity of our nation,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a press release on the anniversary of the court’s decision.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

Higher education lawyers and advocates say the lawsuit is more about politics than a serious legal challenge—though others say it makes a compelling case. For 58 years, the accreditation system of higher education has stood, enshrined in federal law and reaffirmed with each reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Colby College has named four residence halls honoring four prominent alumnae. The Carol Swann-Daniels House is one of the four Colby College residence halls named after trailblazing alumnae. Jane Powers, ’86, an advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Embracing new higher education technologies for the classroom as well as the application process will be the foundation of your engineering education program’s success. Fortunately, that higher education technology community already exists.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2024

Colleges and universities nationwide continue to grapple with demographic shifts, fiscal challenges and the lasting impacts of the pandemic. Against these larger societal forces, many higher education institutions have focused considerable attention and resources on improving access and affordability for their students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend.

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HEPI

MARCH 14, 2024

Stand Alone has announced its closure and its higher education work is coming to an end. Will the sector continue to advocate for estranged students and drive policy change? Quickly Stand Alone understood that ‘estrangement’ was unrecognised as a barrier to higher education. And they called on Stand Alone to help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

1, 2025, is the nation’s fifth legacy admissions ban, but only the second that will apply to private colleges. “In The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we’re opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly.” California’s law, which will take effect Sept.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Image: Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. ” There are currently no community college baccalaureate programs in nursing in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

Complete College America makes a case for a shift in higher education funding formulas. The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion. There are things that colleges and universities need to do to increase graduation rates,” said Ansell. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. Yet there is little research on the underrepresentation of African American community college trustees. In addition, gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality (ACCT, 2018).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2024

Gender-based violence, harassment, and sexual assault continue to be rampant on college campuses across the country. Collectively, higher education must give this issue the attention and priority it deserves. Collectively, higher education must give this issue the attention and priority it deserves.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. Let’s be real: it costs significant money and time to address this problem, and most community colleges lack both.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, has joined the national campaign to end period poverty. The dilemma can have lasting consequences on their education, economic opportunities, mental health, and well-being. The dilemma can have lasting consequences on their education, economic opportunities, mental health, and well-being.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Friday marked the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law that unlocked opportunity for disabled people in many areas of public life, including in the workforce and higher education. colleges and universities has grown steadily since the ADA passed more than three decades ago.

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