Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.” Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Erin Castro, the associate dean and associate professor who co-founded the initiative with 12 undergraduate honors students in 2016.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

That explains quite a bit about Gomezs scholarship, teaching methods and service. Dr. Anne Marie Todd, Dean of the College of Social Sciences, says Gomezs research provides the foundation for his teaching and service. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 14, 2025

Reading Time: 11 minutes Student retention remains one of the biggest challenges in higher education, with dropout rates continuing to concern institutions worldwide. For colleges and universities today, student retention in higher education has evolved into something far more holistic than it once was. Find out today!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2025

Rice University has unveiled plans for unprecedented enrollment growth, aiming to increase its student population by approximately 30% by 2028 compared to 2020 levels, university officials announced Monday. Students from families earning less than $75,000 receive comprehensive coverage for tuition, fees, and living expenses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

That explains quite a bit about Gomezs scholarship, teaching methods and service. Dr. Anne Marie Todd, Dean of the College of Social Sciences, says Gomezs research provides the foundation for his teaching and service. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Emily Roxworthy “Removing the tuition burden for the MFA acting and writing programs is an important investment in the future of storytelling and the performing arts,” said Dr. Emily Roxworthy, dean of USC’s School of Dramatic Arts. “So By offering free tuition, we can now give more of these promising students the artistic home they deserve.”

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Academe Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The university’s legal resources shall be used to defend the rights of Northwestern University and its faculty, students, and staff from unlawful federal actions, including from censorship of teaching and research on identities and diversity. Northwestern shall not limit speech, scholarship or criticism of any nation or government.

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Campus Sonar

MAY 6, 2025

Next we looked at Siena Heights competitors to understand some of their student experience differentiators to inform their strategic and marketing plans from an environmental scanning perspective. The dean wanted to understand how the new research pillars were contributing to the schools reputation before her vision was publicly announced.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

Creating a sense of belonging is crucial to student success and persistence, especially for nontraditional, working students in online programs. The programs rigorous nature, combined with students full-time jobs and family commitments, leaves little time to build peer connections or a sense of community.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 25, 2025

Through a dynamic partnership with global business management consulting and accounting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany) is equipping students with critical skills and real-world experience in cybersecurity, business, and professional development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. SVMC’s initial idea was to fund scholarships.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

April 21, 2025, by Dean Hoke : With this profile of Davidson College, I complete the tenth and final entry in my series exploring small colleges across the United States. Although it maintains historical ties to the Presbyterian Church (USA), Davidson welcomes students of all faiths and backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Daniel Diermeier, the university's chancellor, announced the university’s commitment to offering full-tuition scholarships to admitted students of families whose annual income is $150,000 or less. “We Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Du Bois Department of Afro American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as doctoral students, they saw similarities in their research but began experiencing challenges within existing organizations aimed at supporting their work. Jacinta Saffold and the organizations president, Dr. Nneka Dennie enrolled at the W.E.B.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. “I ended up picking Temple University, but JEVS will continue on after a disabled student graduates from Temple” and help them find housing and employment, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. Nationally, only 24% of African American, Latinx, and Native American students finish within two years. DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Dr. Valerie Paley Through a partnership with the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), New-York Historical has been teaching CUNY students the ins and outs of museum operations via a graduate degree in Museum Studies program. Puras said that SPS’s student population consists of almost 70% students of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) These student-athletes were also interviewed about the support services that they needed. Community College. Engage in relationship building.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Campus mental health seems to be improving, and more students are aware of their college counseling centers. But heightened awareness surrounding campus mental health services has become “both a blessing and a curse,” says Dr. Helen Marlo, dean of Notre Dame de Namur University’s clinical psychology department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. They weren't a part of the success. We really have to be flexible.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

There, attendees gathered to discuss the use of information technology to advance scholarship and education. Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. How do they understand it?

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Deans for Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With a rigorous approach to instruction, he taught students to analyze literary works in both standard English and Pidgin. To lift up and recognize the different identities and capacities that students bring, and open up opportunities and different ways of engaging and thinking.”. When I was little, I loved dance class so much.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. It’s about completion scholarships. Some context: completion scholarships are typically small grants of money that colleges or universities will give to students who are nearly finished.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Before Alabama A&M, she was a science education research assistant doing research on improving science education for urban students, particularly those of African descent, according to her faculty bio.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. The college enrolls approximately 1,800 students representing diverse backgrounds from 47 U.S. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, ensuring personalized attention and mentorship.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

She is a member of the Hutton Honors College, is the recipient of the Dean's Scholarship, and is recognized as a Founders Scholar. School: Indiana University Major: Finance and Business Analytics Year: Sophomore Natasha Kim plays midfielder for women’s soccer at Indiana University, where she majors in finance and business analytics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

million grant through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Highly qualified STEM educators equip students with knowledge and skills – and ignite a passion for STEM that will guide their students into the workplace,” said Weddington.

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The PIE News

MAY 31, 2024

The prize is sponsored by former NAFSA president and chair of the NAFSA board of directors, John Hudzik and his wife Anne, and will be awarded to individuals who have made sustained contributions to areas such as scholarship activity, administrative leadership, community engagement, and education.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

” Hooten hosts reading forums on classic literature for Pepperdine’s prospective students, parents, alumni and other community stakeholders. As a faculty member, she introduces students to timeless stories from ancient Greek, Roman and Biblical literature, as well as enduring works from the medieval ages and Eastern authors.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. Students are always on their phones. When I sit in advisory board meetings, what I hear from employers is they want students who can lead and serve. Many struggle to actively pay attention. The reality is very different.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions. “There is socioeconomic diversity, but there isn’t a strong representation of what might be defined as middle-class students,” he says.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Students complete a liberal arts core while pursuing majors in fields like engineering, agriculture, the sciences, business, and the humanities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Networking, he said, with other scholars has provided him with the “due diligence that I am sending my students into the right spaces for graduate school where they are safe on campus and off.” asked Martínez-Alemán, who is also an associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at Boston College.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

” He argues, “We must demand that all students, not just the most privileged, have access to the kinds of enticing perks too often reserved for honors students.” The issue is not that public honors colleges are failing to reach more students. ” As two leaders of honors colleges, we agree.

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