Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students. Economist Dr. Anthony P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

Tina Tchen, left, and SLN CEO Yolonda Marshall sit in conversation at the Whole Girl Education National Conference. Secondary and postsecondary education must play key roles in the future of the American democracy. Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The University of Houston has received two new grants designed to address barriers that prevent low-income and underrepresented students from pursuing STEM education. Because many postdocs transition into positions that involve teaching, communication and mentoring, effective education in these areas should be the standard.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. It’s a testament that the college is thriving, thanks in large part to Curry, who has been the school’s most vocal cheerleader.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2024

NEW YORK At The Nightingale-Bamford School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, educators from across the nation gathered to learn the best practices to elevate young girls, particularly those from minoritized backgrounds, into successful futures. Disparities exist across every discipline and women’s achievements still go unrecognized.”

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Integrate DEI or DEIB into your college or university’s mission statement.

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Liaison International

JUNE 27, 2024

Key Takeaways: The 2023 Supreme Court decision to end race-conscious admissions compels colleges to find innovative ways to maintain campus diversity. Embracing and refining technology and AI will be crucial for fostering inclusive and diverse academic communities in the evolving higher education landscape.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She is an APA Fellow and an American Educational Research Association Fellow. Dr. Jessica T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Mary Ann Villarreal has been appointed vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She will focus on advancing equity and student success efforts in service to undergraduate populations and academic excellence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Today, we’re excited to spotlight the Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) and hear from Christa Wilhite and Krista LeBrun from the Mississippi Community College Board. The consortium model united community colleges across Mississippi, pooling resources to offer instructional support, training, and cutting-edge technologies.

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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. The researchers who produced the report say the expansion should have a focus on racial equity and labor market needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. Giving this platform to scholars also allows us to see where strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities may lie in educational equity.”

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Higher Education Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

Title: Variation in Community College Funding Levels: A Focus on Equity Authors: Sandy Baum and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute Community colleges play a critical role in expanding access to higher education, enrolling 44 percent of all U.S. public undergraduate students.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

Colleges will likely grapple with continued consolidation, the rise of artificial intelligence and more attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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University Business

JUNE 27, 2023

Higher education’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is nearing a potential inflection point as two trends coalesce this summer: State bills stamping out DEI offices and two Supreme Court rulings are expected to strike down affirmative action in the coming days. At the campus level, colleges risk isolating students.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 25, 2024

In case you haven’t noticed, the higher education world is highly focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the present and future of postsecondary education. AI’s impact has been and will be felt in many facets of our field, especially within digital education.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has selected 19 higher education institutions and organizations to participate in launching the Institute on Digital Equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit. “S

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the nonprofit Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Saenz said that overinterpretation of the law’s restriction pulled other equitizing measures in higher education into question, like affinity groups and ethnic studies courses. While the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. Howard University’s College of Medicine and Meharry Medical College, he said.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

Civil rights groups have spent the past year trying to fend off wider interpretations of the ruling and are seeking to challenge other barriers for underrepresented students in higher education. The post The fight over equity in college admissions continues appeared first on University Business. Read more from Politico.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Ohen will become chief equity and inclusion officer (CEIO) for Amherst College. I am thrilled beyond words to join the Amherst College community–a place that is deeply committed to excellence, equity and inclusion for all members of our community across all dimensions of our diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing Graduate Program: Ph.D. in Nursing with a Certificate in Disability Ethics Education: B.S. Her dissertation explores the practices of spoken word poetry as a pedagogical tool in disability justice education for nursing students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

The Board of Trustees at Valencia College stripped the word “equity” from the college’s strategic plan at a meeting last week, amid claims it is too politically charged, according to Florida Politics. She added that she was worried the phrase might prompt misunderstanding about the college’s aims.

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Higher Education Today

AUGUST 12, 2024

Title: Legacy Looms Large in College Admissions, Perpetuating Inequities in College Access Authors: Marián Vargas and Sean Tierney Source: Institute for Higher Education Policy In 2023, the Supreme Court ruling on the consideration of race in admissions illuminated a similar conversation about admissions equity: legacy status.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

We are asking today’s college students to go a long way to become the leaders the world needs. They come to college after years of pandemic-related interruptions to their lives and education. A good college education prepares students to be independent thinkers, capable of stress-testing ideas and coming to reasoned conclusions.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Creating equity in the classroom requires that educators anticipate individual student needs, consider the delivery and presentation of their content, assign coursework that has real-world meaning, and prioritize skills development — efforts that result in greater student success, according to experts and research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

New research, led by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), dives into questions of postsecondary value and equity. Mamie Voight “By unpacking the nuances of value delivery across different contexts, this research strengthens the evidence-base showing that college is worth the investment.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MAY 28, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn why the equity work is everyone's work at the institution. In this episode, I interview Dr. Tia McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). 24:06:00: Addressing the equity tax.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) have made a pledge for educational equity, and institutional and organizational partnerships will help make that pledge a reality. The seven community colleges in the CCC system currently have a 30% completion rate for Black students and 33% completion rate for Latinx students.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

That “ elite colleges simultaneously reproduce class inequality and belief in the justness of that inequality.” ” That “ Nothing divides America—economically, socially and politically—like a college degree.” Inequities pervade American higher education.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

How accreditors are measuring colleges' diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. By Eric Kelderman Illustration by The Chronicle Six out of the seven major institutional agencies are developing ways to assess how colleges serve historically underrepresented students.

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Deans for Impact

AUGUST 15, 2022

Deans for Impact · Fostering equity through cognitive science (LbSD podcast, episode two). Louise Vose, Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Endicott College. Shannon Hammond , Assistant Professor of Special Education, College of Education, National Louis University. Contact us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Mary's College of California. Edward’s University, and St.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A few months ago, Education Secretary Miguel A. Cardona declared college rankings “a joke.” Calling for “a new vision for college excellence,” Cardona championed equity, inclusivity, and upward mobility for disadvantaged demographics as new metrics for success to take the place of privilege, legacy, and selectivity.

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