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Morehouse students protesting reduced scholarship dollars

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A group of students at Morehouse College who recently learned they would not be getting scholarship funds they expected and believed they were entitled to receive are demanding change and clarity about the institution’s scholarship policies. Ayden Clark-Veal is one of those students.

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UNCF’s UNITE Summit Convenes HBCU Leaders in Atlanta

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over 1,000 HBCU college administrators, including 40 presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), assembled in Atlanta this week to kick off the United Negro College Fund’s 2nd annual UNITE Summit for Black Educators. Last month’s U.S.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment.

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Stanford hikes tuition by 7%. Will other institutions follow?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Stanford University will raise undergraduate tuition by 7 percent for the upcoming academic year, citing inflation, which has squeezed institutions and consumers alike across the U.S. Experts note that students at other universities without such deep pockets will likely feel the pain of inflation pricing as tuitions start to rise.

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Florida A&M's football woes spotlight lack of resources

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators. Demands for Accountability. It’s time for FAMU to reciprocate the love.”

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Gallup poll shows discrepancy between higher ed and the public’s view on affirmative action

University Business

Their previous polling showed that Americans are highly supportive of merit-based scholarships and less interested in those that take into account students’ racial or ethnic backgrounds. “The ruling, which the public views favorably and aligns with prior views on using race as a factor in college admissions, is now settled law.

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A pathway to graduate school for Latinx students

Inside Higher Ed

A new book, The Latinx Guide to Graduate School ( Duke University Press ), by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. Our scholarship is strong when it is motivated by the real issues that our communities are struggling with and graduate studies can help prepare us to make meaningful contributions to this work.