Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6 million students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

million, and 85% of them will require some postsecondary education. A college degree may not be the only postsecondary option for high school graduates, but it may be preferred among those who value earnings potential. Two-thirds of good jobs are expected to be obtainable for those on the bachelor’s degree track.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The state of Michigan is expanding a program that provides a tuition-free community scholarship to adults ages 21-24 who have not yet earned college degrees, FOX 2 reported. This expansion will help us reach our Sixty by 30 goal—to have 60% of adults earn a postsecondary education or training by 2030—and build on our economic momentum.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Originating from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, TRIO programs have expanded access to higher education for over six million Americans, creating pathways from middle school to doctoral degrees. Drawing from the values instilled in me through TRIO, I have spent years working to expand educational access in underserved communities.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

MindMax shares this focus on creating pathways , in the context of continuing education and higher ed. The students CFES serves may go on to enroll at schools MindMax is partnered with, whether for a degree or a microcredential. MindMax is currently prioritizing compassionate reenrollment efforts targeting stopout students.

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MARCH 4, 2025

The recent cancel lation of critical grants and contracts at the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) jeopardizes the future of congressionally mandated and statistically robust surveys on postsecondary education experiences and outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

California adults with some college, no degree (SCND) are about to receive a leg up. Four higher education organizations have come together to target and return SCND students, helping them complete their degrees and keep California on track to economic success.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Amid faltering enrollment rates and increased national scrutiny of the price and worth of a college education, Colorado is weighing a new formula to measure the “economic value” of degree programs offered by the state’s public institutions of higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 1, 2023

How former dual enrollment students are disrupting postsecondary education for the better. I was 19 years old when I graduated with my bachelor’s degree—just a year after completing an associate degree at my early college high school and “transferring” into college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Akunvabey holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology/anthropology and Africana studies at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, as well as a master’s and doctorate in higher and postsecondary education from New York University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2024

Harriette Scott Harriette Scott has been named vice president for postsecondary education at the Southern Regional Education Board.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Online degree searches currently outperform overall higher ed searches. Enrollment for undergraduate and graduate students decreased by 4.1% Outreach should be segmented behaviorally and demographically for a growing online adult learner. The objective is to meet prospective students where they are.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Department of Education (ED) to expand its collection of admissions data and disaggregate that data by race and ethnicity to address racial and ethnic gaps in bachelor’s degree attainment. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona In a Feb. 1 letter addressed to Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2025

workforce to attain a college degree or a credential of economic value by 2040. It will demand a full reckoning with the systemic barriers learners face and a coordinated effort by institutions, policymakers, and communities to make education more affordable, accessible, transparent, and aligned with workforce needs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 22, 2023

In theory, I am open to the idea that too many people are going to college, and by “college” I mean four-year degree programs. Whenever someone says they think fewer people should go to college, my first question is “Which people?”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

More than half of all working-class Americans hold a college degree or credential beyond high school, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation, a higher education advocacy group. As of 2023, the rate of adults with a postsecondary credential has increased to 54.9%, a 17-percentage point bump.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

has been appointed vice president of external relations and economic partnerships at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2024

Varying Degrees 2024 is New America's eighth annual survey on higher education. New America Americans still generally value higher education and support more investment from the state and federal government to make it more affordable, according to a new report from New America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The dynamic education leader, who also made Diverse ’s “25 To Watch” list in 2009, has Washington insiders tuned into the issues that impact college access, minority students, and success in postsecondary education. from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The program’s main objective is to ensure rural students do not need to leave their regions to receive a high-quality postsecondary education. This group is overrepresented among students who’ve attended college without earning a degree, wrote Stephanie Sowl, a program officer for the Foundation.

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JUNE 29, 2023

However, they recommend that these opportunities be redesigned to fit modern ideals surrounding postsecondary education. According to the survey, 65% of Gen Z teens say education after high school is necessary, compared to 45% in January of 2021. Thirty-five percent would rather it last two years or fewer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Higher education is a ladder to social and economic mobility and stability, and learning certain skills like leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving and communication, can make the difference in a graduate feeling their time in postsecondary education was both worth the expense and helped them achieve life goals.

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JULY 30, 2024

It builds on Phase 1, which was launched earlier in 2024 , and affected public and private degree-granting institutions, as well as private training institutions. According to the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), in 2023, 20% of Canada’s international students studied in the province of BC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Hope Chicago is launching a program to support the parents/guardians of Hope Scholars through postsecondary education pathways, thereby reducing economic and social inequity. The Parent Scholar Program includes debt-free higher education options for more than 4,000 Chicago students and their parents.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We’ve been making the case, backed by data, that higher education provides the best opportunity for social and economic mobility, that a college degree really represents the best long-term value for people. “The education marketplace has shifted significantly and fundamentally,” Burns said.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JUNE 5, 2024

Most, but not all, of the data visualizations on this site use data from IPEDS , the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. For instance, if you look at Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity , you'll see this. In this post, I'll start with a few of the easiest and quickest ways to get data out of IPEDS.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. While the current educational landscape for incarcerated students may be sparse, this wasn’t always the case.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Due to the debt, they take longer to compete their degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It We count on our higher education system to help us get the professionals we need to have a vibrant economy,” said Gadkaree. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

“We’re often rural, and if we don’t offer the programs students have to leave or — more often — they bypass the degree. Estrada attended CMC for her associate degree. At the time that she matriculated, a bachelor’s degree was not yet available. CMC’s campuses are typically far apart, mountains away from each other.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Lawrence has served as vice president for postsecondary education at the Southern Regional Education Board. in urban higher education from Jackson State University; an MPA from North Carolina Central University; and a bachelor's degree in history from North Carolina A&T State University. Lawrence holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. When seeking increased social and economic mobility through higher education, many place-bound individuals encounter limited or no realistic options for affordable, quality postsecondary education programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Just over half of all Latino college students (51%) earned a two- or four-year degree within six years, the report showed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

With Iowa being a predominantly white state, I had limited options of a diverse experience growing up into my college and postsecondary education,” Hollingsworth says. “I With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A recent report by Jobs for The Future (JFF) and American Student Assistance (ASA) suggests alternative pathways are in for another boost in popularity, thanks to parent and educator interest. Nearly all educators (97%) thought their students would be interested in learning more about non-degree pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

The ETS Cares Scholarships will be awarded to public high school seniors graduating in May or June 2023 facing great challenges and still intending to enroll full-time in a postsecondary educational institution this fall or pursuing a degree. Scholarships will be rewarded up to $10,000 each. The $20,000 Lenora M.

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