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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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. Sound familiar?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For many community college students, gateway math courses—required for entry into many programs of study—have functioned more like gatekeeper math courses. Students have a lot of trauma around math,” said Dr. Laura Schueller, strategy director for Complete College America. What they found was striking.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Image: Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. 1 reported barrier to academic success in the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates on academic life, conducted in January by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Image: Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. 1 reported barrier to academic success in the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates on academic life, conducted in January by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing. This reliance on numbers has driven many colleges to focus heavily on metrics in an effort to improve outcomes, streamline operations, and secure funding.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 25, 2025

Louisiana Expands Corequisite Integration to English Courses Ashley Mowreader Tue, 03/25/2025 - 03:00 AM A statewide overhaul of remedial education has seen early success, with passing rates jumping over 40 percentage points among corequisite English students. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2024

Skeptical faculty are beginning to change their tune on the implications of artificial intelligence in the classroom, so much so that some believe generative AI tools rival the instruction of a professor. However, building AI programs for students requires faculty to also be up to speed on the technology, Pazz said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It was about the degree to which “intelligence” can be authenticated within the scope of the Eurocentric framework and without knowledge of students’ sense of contributions and achievements of people worldwide who look like them. This article, written by Dr. William B.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Image: Three California community colleges are fighting to start new baccalaureate programs, which their leaders insist would fill critical local workforce needs and help students who couldn’t otherwise afford to pursue a four-year degree. The programs aim to admit between 25 and 35 students per year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, TCU students often transfer to PWIs to continue their education or engage in bilateral mobility between TCUs and PWIs while working toward degree requirements. The movement and transition between these institutional types can be jarring to Indigenous students. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Mathis of the John E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. However, much of the emphasis has been placed on access rather than preparation.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Sean Burke , associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan. Richmond Hill , interim provost of the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living crap out of my students. that’s not entirely true: it came from my sense that as a grad student and a young professor not much older than my students, I needed to establish my authority.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 19, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about the power of humanizing online learning for college students. In this episode, I interview Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Faculty at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District (Scroll down to access the transcript.) I give a prompt to faculty to think about.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living crap out of my students. that’s not entirely true: it came from my sense that as a grad student and a young professor not much older than my students, I needed to establish my authority.

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Continuous Learning Institute

JULY 4, 2022

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about the challenges and opportunities of improving equitable outcomes for STEM transfer students. 11:34:00: The research process and general themes: No clear STEM pathways and uncovering structural barriers to transfer student success. 23:54:50: Barriers that faculty create for students.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Through interactive discussions and sharing of ideas, educators can learn from each other and develop new and innovative ways of effectively interacting with students, a significant component of student success in online learning (Jaggars & XU, 2016).

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ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

Her recent book, “ Creating Inclusive Online Communities : Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students ” focuses on how to better support college students in online learning environments. I was initially interested in how youth of color use technology in schools and to prepare for college.

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Today's Learner

MAY 28, 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutes I met my first suicidal student while serving as a 23-year-old instructor at a local community college. The student was calm and matter-of-fact. Many professors from diverse disciplines face students today whose mental health is interfering with their academic success and general well-being.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Through interactive discussions and sharing of ideas, educators can learn from each other and develop new and innovative ways of effectively interacting with students, a significant component of student success in online learning (Jaggars & XU, 2016).

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

Why this is important Students need transparency when it comes to faculty expectations around AI use in class. Since expectations around AI use will vary from instructor to instructor and discipline to discipline, it is especially important that we provide students with clear expectations at the beginning of the term.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU ) has expanded efforts to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse students and employees. The offices of diversity and inclusion and development have partnered to ensure cultural proficiency-themed research grants are available for faculty, students, and staff.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Todays world is one in which students are digital natives who take technology for granted and non-traditional students need high-quality education delivered at a distance. Almost one-third of all students enroll in at least one distance education course. The largest percentage of distance education students (67.8

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Candidate Response: Given the current socio-political climate, Student Affairs (SA) assessment has a huge opportunity and responsibility to catalyze success for ALL students through inclusive, intentional, and liberatory approaches. I seek the opportunity to serve and support this community to the best of my ability.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Boards are charged with overseeing an institution’s mission, vision, values, strategic direction, financial health, academic quality, student success, community engagement, diversity, inclusion, research, faculty development, campus safety, and more.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. 2016; Kahn, 1993; Medina, 2011; Nilson, 2016).

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2025

In general, educators recognize the value of student feedback: it can help us better understand the classroom experience, modify learning activities, or adjust our policies and practices to improve student outcomes. It rarely asks questions focused on student learning. 2016; Kahn, 1993; Medina, 2011; Nilson, 2016).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2025

With over a decade of experience in higher education partnerships, Alana shares insights into how corporate partnerships can help institutions reach millions of stopped-out students and build sustainable enrollment pipelines. To effectively support these students, institutions must rethink their approach to education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. First, however, let’s ask why those inequities realities persist.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2025

Faculty and administrators collaborated on a COACHE scorecard to track actions over time. Two results cited in the discussion include efforts to address salary equity and provide more competitive packages for doctoral students. I actually started out in higher ed working in student affairs. We don’t expect to end up here.

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