7 higher education trends to watch in 2024
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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Thinking Beyond College Rankings
MindMax
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Cardona declared college rankings “a joke.” He made this bold statement in support of a broader point he presented in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education : elite institutions “spend enormous resources to climb college rankings and compete for the most affluent, highest-scoring students.”
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Juneteenth, Higher Education, and Advancing Educational Equity
WCET Frontiers
JUNE 18, 2024
For educators, this day can inspire curriculum development, community engagement, and reflection on policies to ensure a commitment to equity and inclusion. As we observe Juneteenth this week, I hope we can embrace the chance to educate ourselves and others about this important day.
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AAC&U Kicks Off Digital Equity Institute with 19 Higher Education Institution and Organization Members
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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Massachusetts Unveils Plan to Safeguard Equity in Higher Education
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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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion
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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Equity in Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 6, 2024
Higher education has long been a key driver of economic prosperity and social mobility in the United States. Part of the issue stems from the fact that many students of color come from underfunded high schools, which offer fewer educational resources, advanced courses, and extracurricular programs.
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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future
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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Proposal Calls for Merger of California’s Higher Education Systems
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.
A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity
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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Making Equity a Priority
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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An Equity Avenger Continues to Advocate for Social Justice
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership.
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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. According to CCA, “Equitable AI spans far beyond the risk of mis-trained data.
Higher Education Faces Challenges: Rising Costs, Declining Enrollment, and Equity Issues
Insight Into Diversity
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The higher education landscape in the United States is undergoing a seismic shift, with as many as 80 colleges and universities predicted to close by 2029. However, beneath these challenges lies a critical opportunity to prioritize inclusivity and equity in shaping the future of higher education.
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New Paper Examines Funding of Attacks on Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2024
Irene Mulvey “ Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Legislative Attacks on Higher Education ” describes well-funded, widespread political attacks on higher education, comprising legislative pursuits that undermine academic freedom and university autonomy.
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Examining Educational Equity in Leadership
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., educational leadership and policy, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education Career mentors: Dr. Victor B.
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Villarreal to Oversee AAC&U Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success
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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Rethinking the Idea of Legacy in Higher Education: How Colleges Can Raise Up Student-Parents
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Legacy college admissions — the practice of selective institutions giving preference to children and relatives of alumni — is under intense scrutiny today. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education. Nearly one-fourth of all college undergraduates — roughly 3.8
Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2024
American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Dr. George R.
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Campus Free Expression, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can — and Must — Coexist
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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Rethinking DEI in Higher Education: Should the ‘I’ Stand for Integration Instead?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 21, 2024
As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if higher education leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. In the context of higher education.
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Living Life Offline: Social Media Effects on the Success of Black College Students Amid Today’s Political Challenges
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Todays heightened scrutiny of social and racial justice initiatives adds to the challenges Black students face in navigating both online spaces and higher education. For Black college students, these tensions manifest in ways that are both personal and political, often distracting from their educational goals.
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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 21, 2024
As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. These projects argue that DEI programs promote "division" and "anti-American ideologies."
Federal Fumbles and Candidate Silence. How the Next Administration Can Support Education Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. Repeatedly, we call for “someone” to show us, through better education policy, that we are not forgotten. And we do not need the scarcity mindset that has dominated political discourse.
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Free College Programs in New Mexico and Arizona Can Help More Students Receive an Economic Return from Higher Education
IHEP
JANUARY 9, 2024
By: Genevieve Garcia Kendrick and Kim Dancy While scope and design vary across states, one thing has become increasingly clear: f ree college programs are an important policy lever to increase affordability and expand the delivery of postsecondary value. million students, do not.
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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center
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 will replace Dr. Shaun R. I look forward to helping continue this legacy.” Harper agrees. “I
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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. Slated to begin operating in the fall, the honors college will enroll students who have a GPA of 3.5
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Leading Toward Impact: Diversity and Leadership in Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 20, 2024
The nation and its colleges and universities have wrestled with racial injustice and the challenges of diversity for centuries. Ivy League college presidents took up this challenge, and in 1992, Brown University, led by Dr. Vartan Gregorian, founded The Leadership Alliance. There have been twists and turns, steps forward and back.
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College Presidents Are Quietly Organizing to Support DEI
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 29, 2024
By Eric Kelderman A group of nearly 150 campus leaders, mostly at community colleges, aims to counteract negative stereotypes about diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
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Delta College Is Meeting Students Where They Are With The Resources They Need
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Dr. Michael Gavin Delta College is a two-year public community college in University Center, Michigan. Before serving at Delta, Gavin worked at Prince George’s Community College for 13 years and Anne Arundel College for seven years, both located in Maryland. I mean, the mission is very clear,” says Gavin.
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Kansas Bill Would Fine Colleges $10K for Diversity Statements in Hiring
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 8, 2024
The Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved a bill Thursday that would charge public colleges and universities up to $10,000 in penalties if they were to require prospective students or employees to “pledge allegiance” to what the bill called the political ideologies of “diversity, equity [and] inclusion.”
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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 19, 2024
Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I In 2001, SLN launched the CollegeBound Initiative (CBI), placing 33 college counselors in schools in New York City, Rochester, and Buffalo. The progress is tangible.
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Book Review: The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 17, 2024
The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take to succeed as a Black professional in higher education leadership?
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Report: State Financial Aid Programs Show Varying Levels of Accessibility and Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 8, 2024
Ed Trust researchers provided a series of recommendations to increase equity in the face of these findings, including suggestions to raise award amounts, offer alternatives to the FAFSA, and expand aid access to part-time students. We see states that will prioritize merit over need,” Del Pilar said.
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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2024
It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.
Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. Education is a center of much vitriolic partisan debate in America. ETS supported the College Board. principles."
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Colleges Could Be Flooded With Citizen Lawsuits Under Proposed DEI Legislation
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 30, 2023
Brian Charles Conservatives in some states want to deputize the general public to sue if they think a college is deploying banned diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
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Higher Education – Nowhere to Go (Gary Roth)
Higher Education Inquirer
JANUARY 1, 2025
Jack Webb, from the television series, Dragnet (1951-1959) If it were a matter of the facts alone, the right-wing attack on higher education would be unintelligible. Larger disparities also define retention and graduation rates, over which colleges and universities seemingly have greater impact. [1]
Students at Public Colleges Lost Their LGBTQ Spaces. Then Students at a Private College Stepped In.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 4, 2024
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows A campus group at Rice University, which isn't subject to a new Texas law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, offered honorary membership to peers at other colleges.
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Fostering Upward Mobility through Low-Cost Certification: A Practical Guide for Higher Education
Faculty Focus
JULY 14, 2024
This is in keeping with the university’s dedication to educational equity and lowers the costs to the students. The adaptability of these strategies across different disciplines and professional fields underscores their potential to facilitate broad educational reform (Wang, 2023). ” Education Policy Journal 28, no.
Community college students are returning to four-year institutions, up nearly 8% since last year
University Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
State and nationwide efforts to tackle student equity and close the gap on access and affordability for all students have cost millions of dollars and have required mass coordination between higher ed stakeholders. increase in upward transfers in Fall 2023 compared to the year before. Transfer rate of learners aged 40 and older: up 11.8%
Computing Device Programs Pave the Way to Digital Equity
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
When first-year students arrive at the University of Kentucky, their first few weeks are a whirlwind of new experiences, from settling into their rooms in the residence halls and making new friends to exploring campus and adjusting to college-level classes.
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Hispanic College Enrollment is Growing, but More Needs to be Done
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The number of Hispanic people ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college has doubled since 2005. While this is good news, the leadership at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) says continued and increased support for the community remains critical. million in 1980 to 62.1
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1 in 4 Prospective Students Ruled Out Colleges Due to Their States' Political Climates
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2023
By Eva Surovell Racial equity and reproductive rights were the top policy issues cited by high-school seniors in weighing colleges, an Art & Science Group survey found.
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