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% million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Gloria Ladson-Billings.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Tennessee Promise, a last-dollar scholarship program that kicks in after a graduating high school student receives aid through the Pell Grant and other state grants, drew over 67,000 applicants this year. The figure may continue to rise as those impacted by Hurricane Helene are encouraged to apply past the Nov. 1 cut-off.

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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. Which Students Have the Most Difficulty Paying for College?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

She said that completing the packet was optional, but only if completed would her students earn their pen license and move from years of pencil use to the holy grail , ink. Instead, we should learn alongside our students to become AI literate. California students to learn about AI and media literacy soon. link] Lambert, D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

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MARCH 19, 2025

Educational accessibility is largely a policy choice and all of us must continue to advocate for greater accessibility of postsecondary education for all. But, the sticker price published on college and university websites is not what many, or even most, students pay.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

A Manhattan Institute report , “How Micro-credentials are Revolutionizing the Higher Education Business Model,” examines how states are investing in the short-term programs that now appeal to high school students and non-enrolled adults ages 18 to 30. Communicating value to stakeholders, policymakers and students.

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Title: How High School Students Are Thinking About Higher Ed Author: Ben Cecil Source: Third Way In the face of declining enrollment and deteriorating public perception of higher education’s value, a recent report from Third Way explores how high schoolers feel about postsecondary education and their likelihood of attendance.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

A Wake-Up Call to the Student Affairs Profession About Male Students Melissa Ezarik Fri, 01/05/2024 - 03:00 AM Addressing the impacts of toxic male identities can help narrow the gap in men’s achievement in postsecondary education, writes Joe Henry, a dean of students. Byline(s) Joe Henry

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Defining, Measuring and Unifying Approaches to Student Success Melissa Ezarik Wed, 11/22/2023 - 03:00 AM What does it mean to succeed in college? Discussion at the Student Success US event centered around how higher ed professionals, their institutions and students at different stages in postsecondary education might answer that key question.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Title: Pell for Incarcerated Students Working Group Report Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) The signing of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act canceled the ban on access to Pell Grants for formerly or currently incarcerated adults.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In October, The University of Connecticut’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP) hosted stakeholders for discussion about expanding postsecondary education within the state’s correctional system.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But Worden, who has an intellectual disability, has limited higher ed options Maine, where few colleges and universities have what she needs: an Inclusive Postsecondary Education, or IPSE, program. The post Proposed bill could help students with intellectual disabilities go to college appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

The South has made strides in college affordability, but significant challenges remain for lower-income students, according to new data released Thursday by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). more need-based financial aid than the national average a notable achievement in supporting students with financial need.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

The Student Voting Campaign Brief provides information to assist administrators at colleges and universities in promoting access to voter registration at their institutions. A recently released brief offers resources to assist postsecondary education leaders in their efforts to promote civic education and engagement.

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 3, 2023

Title: SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion Source: The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) Today’s students must often navigate higher education and its associated costs while facing increased basic needs insecurity and limited need-based financial aid to close the gap.

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MindMax

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Leaders in education, business, government, and philanthropy (plus 100 students!) You might be wondering why someone like me, whose company focuses on higher education marketing and enrollment , would attend a K-12 conference. MindMax shares this focus on creating pathways , in the context of continuing education and higher ed.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Higher education should be a gateway to greater economic and workforce opportunities. But in some cases, students’ return on investment varies widely because factors like race, income, and geography contribute to disparities in student outcomes.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 million Americans under the age of 65 without credentials, despite attending a postsecondary institution. How are we supporting students in the midst of all these legislative bans?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2024

SREB recently released its "The Skills Employers Demand: An Analysis of the Research" report to aid educators and policymakers as they work to integrate soft, employability skills into secondary and postsecondary education. It is unclear how businesses perceive the validity of the credentials.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Testing and research giant ETS, is offering a number of scholarships for underrepresented students who demonstrate academic excellence. Lowery Scholarship; and the Robert (Bob) Moses Scholarship, named in honor of the late civil rights activist and member of the 1960s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Almost 90% of students whose family income places them in the top quintile of earnings decide to enroll in either a two or four-year college, while just over 50% of high school graduates coming from the lowest quintile of earnings go on to enroll in postsecondary education.

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MAY 15, 2024

Against these larger societal forces, many higher education institutions have focused considerable attention and resources on improving access and affordability for their students. Many institutions are providing new opportunities for adult learners, veterans, international students and other previously underserved populations.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Online students and other non-traditional audiences are increasingly an area of focus for institutions nationwide. But there is one large group of non-traditional students that’s been previously excluded: incarcerated students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

million undergraduates, typically deliver the minimum economic return to students, according to a recent report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP). Threshold 0 is met if a student in question earns at least a high school graduate and enough to recoup their investment in college within ten years.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly 80 percent of community college staff have concerns about their institutions’ ability to meet the needs of a growing immigrant student population, according to a new report from the nonprofit Upwardly Global. For the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

and he has made it his mission to ensure his students fit in and find a sense of belonging in their school. The methodology connects students’ real lives to the classroom, engaging them in personal conversation and critical thinking about hypothetical scenarios. Real Talk students are also more likely to persist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

It also can inform policymakers and institutions about targeted strategies to improve the returns on postsecondary education for all students,” said IHEP President Mamie Voight.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Lawrence A.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

DJ Windsor American Institute for Boys and Men Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) experienced a drastic decline in Black student enrollment during the decade between 2010 and 2020, according to a new report from the non-partisan research group, American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM).

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AUGUST 7, 2023

The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) is the survey’s first iteration to ask students about food insecurity and homelessness, and it may have unearthed a different kind of pandemic students have long been struggling with in pursuit of postsecondary education. million and 3.6

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 1, 2023

How former dual enrollment students are disrupting postsecondary education for the better. As a low-income student, my best opportunity to fast-track into an affordable college degree was dual enrollment. As a low-income student, my best opportunity to fast-track into an affordable college degree was dual enrollment.

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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. Of the Latino students in U.S. The vast majority of these students are citizens of the U.S. (90%),

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MARCH 27, 2024

“We have been working with postsecondary institutions to ensure international students are enrolled in the programs to support a pipeline of graduates for in-demand jobs.” Nova Scotia has been allocated 12,900 Provincial Attestation Letters, which are being used to prove that students have been accounted for under the cap.

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