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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As tuition continues to rise, so does the question of return on investment for students and their parents, which inevitably targets less lucrative fields of study like the humanities. The humanities do great things for the way people think, and their ability to empathize and imagine worlds they are not a part of,” said Fleming.

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How to keep moving when higher ed data dries up

University Business

Department of Education laid off nearly all federal staff responsible for managing, analyzing and interpreting higher education data through the National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS data is the silent engine behind most of what higher education institutions use to make the case for their relevance and impact.

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Landscape Review Finds More Questions in Link Between Higher Ed and Civic Engagement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The researchers found a dearth of longitudinal studies on the intersection of postsecondary education and civic engagement. That’s an area for us to go deeper.”

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National Academies release antiracism, DEI recommendations

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. We are an affordable institution.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Emerging HSIs have a Latinx undergraduate enrollment rate between 15% and 24.9%.