Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 10, 2024

Universities across the country are revising or ending certain financial aid criteria and scholarships in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 rulings against race-conscious admissions in higher education. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a press release on the anniversary of the court’s decision.

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HEPI

JULY 21, 2024

Promotion for academics, especially those on teaching and scholarship (T&S) pathways, is fraught with challenges. Scholarship activities that significantly impact student learning and success are frequently undervalued. This is particularly crucial for expatriates who may be less familiar with the UK higher education system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Jayla Moody Marshall We are honored to present this scholarship to such exemplary recipients who embody our foundations mission. Janella Benson is a Ph.D. Jayla Moody Marshall is a Ph.D.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Quad Fellowship program for STEM students in Australia, India, Japan and the US was expanded last week to include students from the 10 ASEAN countries. The expansion was announced at an event at the White House on February 7 to celebrate the success of the inaugural cohort of Quad Fellows who enrolled on the scholarship in 2021.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 2, 2024

So when he received a fully-funded scholarship to study over 3,000 miles away at the University of Edinburgh, he couldn’t believe it – and, at first, his family didn’t. “My Ngwambe is one of the nearly 45,000 young Africans who has received a scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation. “I My mum thought it was a scam,” he laughs. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing attacks to higher education, experts who study the field are gathering this week to debate and respond to the growing political challenges that have impacted colleges and universities. asked Martínez-Alemán, who is also an associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at Boston College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

Grace Alexis Stephens Generations College boasts a 120-year rich legacy of providing accessible and high-quality education to campus-based and online students from diverse backgrounds across 40 states. Generations College is dedicated to empowering single parents and breaking barriers through education.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Department of Education for a longstanding initiative that fosters higher education opportunities for underrepresented and low-income students. Department of Education, was established in 1989. The post Conservative Legal Group Challenges Graduate Scholarship appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

AI is not a mere accessory to the academic toolkit; it represents a fundamental transformation of the educational paradigm. Too much of our current higher education system is still predicated on memorisation, a relic of a pre-digital era. This is not to dilute the rigours of academia but to enhance them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Salt Lake Community College The Native American Community Scholars & Fellowship program – set to begin January of next year – will pay for the tuition costs for students taking up to 18 credit hours. The s tudents do not need to be degree-seeking students, nor are they subject to a credit hour minimum to be eligible. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

My hope is to continue to transform lives through higher education.” Wade Scholars will benefit low-income, high-achieving students. Funds to establish the program will support two students per year with full room and board scholarships for their first two years on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The gift by an anonymous donor will be used on programmatic and scholarship support at the historically Black medical school. The gift is expected to help the college broaden its educational offerings and encourage students to champion improved health outcomes for all.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 16, 2024

In the context of higher education, modern learners are a quick Google search away from answers to their most pressing questions. So how can your institution ensure that as many eyes as possible are landing on your webpages, and that a good number of those eyes belong to promising prospective students?

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HEPI

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This HEPI blog was co-authored by Kate Brown, interim Director at Unite Foundation, and Denise Rawls, Executive Director at the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL). In Scotland and Wales, Estranged Student is a required field for institutions returning student data.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

In line with that vision, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere present the following article on recognizing Juneteenth and offer ideas on how to integrate this important day into higher education settings. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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idfive agency

JULY 14, 2024

confidence in higher education spotlights a chilling drop in public trust. This nearly evenly split public opinion—almost as many Americans distrust higher education about as much as they trust it—crystallizes the case for better branding. The post Public Trust in Higher Education is Plummeting, A Serious Brand Problem.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

AUGUST 7, 2024

Reading Time: 12 minutes As we navigate through 2024, the landscape of higher education marketing is evolving at an unprecedented pace. The competition among institutions to attract and retain students is fiercer than ever, and traditional marketing strategies are no longer sufficient to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. I'm a first-generation student.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By Nell Gluckman Winthrop University has pursued several nontraditional sports, including cornhole, disc golf, and esports, as a way to recruit students beyond its region.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

The nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans , or PWNA, recently announced that the consumer financial services company, Synchrony , has awarded $100,000 to support Indigenous education. Synchrony is providing the grant for 2023 and 2024, through its philanthropic program, Education as an Equalizer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind?

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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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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 670,000—from the Class of 2025. The program, launched in 2015, is a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for the state’s community college students.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

As PA Media reports, Prof Arif Ahmed , director for freedom of speech and academic freedom at the Office for Students (OfS), said many universities and colleges in England have “international arrangements” – including admitting overseas students on scholarships and hosting institutes partly funded by foreign governments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. After looking into and providing a solution to assist the student, Weatherspoon wanted to know what more the institution could do.

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The PIE News

JULY 22, 2024

Founded in 2010 by IIT Madras alumnus, Sarvesh Agarwal, Internshala’s foray into international education comes after years of finding success in helping college students and freshers kick-start their careers in India. million Indian students are expected to pursue their studies abroad in 2024.

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MindMax

MARCH 1, 2023

Recent higher education trends have made it clear that now more than ever, colleges and universities must have successful strategies for engaging adult learners. There is also an increasing number of students simply opting out of the college experience, choosing alternative paths instead. from 2021 to 2022 alone.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Colleges and universities are always trying to understand how they can best push their students toward higher retention and graduation rates. Still, it’s easy for communication to get crossed between what students want and what leaders believe they should provide. A new report from Anthology studying U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. labor force. labor force.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The traditional model of higher education institutions in the UK has largely relied on student recruitment as the primary means of funding both staff salaries and research activities. Among the leading factors in attracting international students are the university league tables, which heavily rely on students satisfaction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Brigid Flanigan The Portland Community College Foundation has received a $1 million gift pledge to launch the college’s First-Year Experience initiative, benefitting historically underserved students. The gift was made by Tenfold Senior Living founder and principal Brigid Flanigan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ensuring that students from all backgrounds can enroll and thrive at Rhodes, regardless of their financial circumstances, is one of our core institutional commitments.” The college offers merit-based scholarships, need-based financial aid, fellowships, ROTC opportunities, and other programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 3, 2024

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission recently reported the largest year-over-year increase in the state’s college-going rate since the 2015 launch of Tennessee Promise, a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for community college students.

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