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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. While researchers have proposed consistent recommendations to help address these challenges, few, if any, of these recommendations have been translated into policy. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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International Student's Detention Raises Questions About Visa Policies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The document cites laws indicating deportation is applicable when an individual fails to maintain immigration status or when their presence "would have potentially adverse foreign policy consequences." Gnaydn's attorney argues in the lawsuit that none of these legal grounds have been met in his case.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), a predominately white institution (PWI) in a region with a very low Black population. Albany State University; M.S.,

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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s a label that marks us as “unwelcome” and our scholarship as “controversial.” And while it’s incredibly unsettling, I believe there’s a powerful irony here – when we’re pressured and marginalized, our scholarship often grows stronger and more urgent. Historically, exile has been a crucible for the intellect.

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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, the first underrepresented minority Provost in Western Michigan University's history, announced his resignation from the position after a two- year tenure marked by significant institutional achievements. During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While this is not a program specific to Native Americans, the state’s four tribal colleges are eligible institutions along with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and all University of Minnesota campuses. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education. Dr. Gresham D.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. I did it because of the implications of my scholarship around Black women, girls, my experience with social class and racial identity development, she says. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A.