Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

She served as vice president of strategic communications and marketing at Spelman College. Sermons holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Temple University and a master’s in broadcast journalism and public affairs from American University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Michelle Hernandez Michelle Hernandez has been appointed assistant vice president of communications, marketing, and external affairs in the Office of Public Affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY.

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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. UC Irvine was one of the earliest colleges to have such a center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

That, says Perry-Johnson, vice president of external affairs, has come with amassing nearly three decades of communications and public affairs experience, with most in higher education. She joined Kennesaw State in 2006 when she was appointed special assistant to the president for external affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the FBI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), agreeing to encourage more collaboration. Flores Per the agreement, the FBI will inform HACU about FBI internships, programs, and hiring opportunities open to college students and recent graduates. Dr. Antonio R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

vandenBerg is currently president of Presbyterian College. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. To be eligible, students must pursue a bachelor’s or associate degree at an accredited, not-for-profit college or university or a not-for-profit certificate program in their state of residence. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2023

Supreme Court should allow colleges to consider race as part of the admissions process, but few believe students’ race should be a major factor, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The majority of adults in the U.S. say that the U.S.

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HEPI

JANUARY 11, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform – Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, at UCA S. HEPI’s recent paper on reforming UCAS personal statements is here. What happens next?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

Hartle had a front-row seat for just about every important federal policy discussion that affected colleges, their students and their employees. In three decades as the chief lobbyist for the American Council on Education, Terry W. Listen to this episode here , and find out more about The Key here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Matt Allen Operated as a partnership between UNO’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and its College of Public Affairs and Community Service’s Juvenile Justice Institute, the curriculum was structured around monthly themes critical to juvenile justice work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. However, only 29% of Hispanic students and 14% of Black students had the same.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For university graduates, this constitutes a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7, and for college graduates a CLB level 5. In terms of post-graduate work permit rules, colleges have been dealt a blow – at least perception-wise,” said Malhotra. million in 2023”. “The But what’s the deal with post-graduate work permits? “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. This year’s college freshmen were born in 2005. College seniors were born in the fall of 2001.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The college denies the allegations. College administrators denied the retaliation allegations through a campus spokesperson. “And we’re going to make an effort to rectify it.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Read Professor Blum’s blog article about this fifth edition: “The Importance of Discussion in American History” Vanessa Walker is the Gordon Levin Associate Professor of Diplomatic History at Amherst College, where she teaches classes on U.S. from Whitman College and her M.A. She received her B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future. She previously served as vice president for public affairs and strategic initiatives at Smith College and in news and public affairs roles at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. ” According to information from the university, Graduate College of Social Work enrollment grew from 405 in 2015 to 544 in 2022.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 20, 2022

First, post-traditional students being recruited aggressively by a surprisingly broad swath of colleges and universities. One could argue this trend started with the MOOCs and with OPMs like 2U moving upmarket, if you consider employed white-collar college graduates as post-traditional. Enrollment shifts. 1 Enrollments have been down.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

And we typically address them from the type of institution where we each sit, with emphasis on the distinctions between public, private and community college institutions or the perceived trade-off between scholarly research and student thriving.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 19, 2022

By disaffiliating, the UPIFC members have ceded their rights to use the USC logo or brand, access the college’s Greek life portal, participate in campuswide committees and club fairs, and secure personal and professional leadership opportunities. Sexual assault is reportedly more pervasive at USC than on other college campuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. That may change—or not—depending on the outcome of UoPeople’s bid for accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), whose decision is expected this month. It’s a delicate balance.”

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University Business

JANUARY 5, 2023

Columbia University announced Tuesday the hiring of Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a professor focusing on international affairs. She will serve as a professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and as a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects, according to a statement from Columbia U.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In both instances, the principal aim was to understand better the challenges to HE progression faced by those on advanced level applied and professional courses (including BTECs) at a Midlands based further education (FE) college. For context, progression rates are generally lower from FE colleges than sixth forms.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Enrollment officials at colleges that experienced robust increases aren’t even waiting for the official numbers and are instead publicly announcing enrollment upswings. Administrators at colleges that had modest gains are being more circumspect and have adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been considered one of most confusing and frustrating governmental forms, a 108-question gantlet of information on finances and family for students trying to pay for college. It raises a lot of anxiety and fear because it’s much less publicized.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: Wellesley College students have made their position clear: the majority of them want the women’s college to open admissions to all transgender people, including those who identify as trans men. "Wellesley College acknowledges the result of the non-binding student ballot initiative," the statement read.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

According to Helen Thigpen, deputy commissioner for government relations and public affairs for the system, Montana universities are “considering providing additional direction for existing accounts. The Montana University System is currently considering additions to its policy that would address this issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But the world of higher education will be listening carefully for what Biden may say about the many issues America’s colleges and universities are facing, several of which have assumed national prominence in recent months. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, by email. Dr. Kenneth K.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Image: As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. Even if we had the time, it would be hard to know what to do.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities , a book Mossberger coauthored with Dr. But just south of Colo. In Memphis, Tenn.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

in interdisciplinary studies (political science, economics, and sociology) from Spelman College, a master's degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. Abrams holds a B.A. from Yale University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Although Weiss had never run a museum, his background as an art historian specializing in the European Middle Ages and as president of a small liberal arts college, Haverford, proved to be valuable preparation for his job. Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Yolanda Watson Spivas 25+ year career in postsecondary education spans a range of executive leadership, general management, federal government, public affairs, operations and academic officer positions. Watson Spiva serves as the President of Complete College America (CCA).

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Under the policy, tenured faculty members would be subject to review every five years based on several factors, most notably their cooperation with the Stop WOKE law which aims to keep colleges from “indoctrinating” students with divisive concepts including race and white privilege.

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