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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unlike Honors Colleges at some other institutions that have created specialized programs to attract Black students, Sacramento State’s model is radically different. The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind. Wood is hoping to recruit some of those students to his campus. “In

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Graduate and undergraduate degrees are expensive,” Crawford says.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleen Perry Keith, GBC’s president, approved funding to expand recruitment to students in Puerto Rico. Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), said the plan to pursue HSI status, announced in 2022, was intentional.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges around the country are exploring residential options, developing housing for the first time, or partnering with organizations such as Educational Housing Services (EHS), a New York City nonprofit group that houses students from colleges throughout the city. “As This is a growing interest, it seems, every year.”

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“He loved training brilliant young minds to serve with excellence and compassion, and that was his greatest joy,” added Drew Ivie of her father who taught Black Howard University medical students to be surgeons and chaired the department there until his death in April 1950. Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, the first African American woman to lead a U.S.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment goals have been met, the BSDT curriculum has been aligned with Clark’s and undergraduate admissions has completely integrated Becker programs into the comprehensive undergraduate recruitment portfolio.

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How AI Can Boost Higher Ed Student Success Outside the Classroom

Liaison International

Human-led campus resources will always be crucial aspects of student support in higher education. But using new tools to support students throughout their careers is also important. AI tools can be highly useful for faculty and staff recruiting and retaining students.