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How to support students and equity amid COVID19 chaos

Your host, David Pluviose checks-in on the latest ideas, coverage and hot topics from the Diverse newsroom. We cannot lose focus on equitable access and inclusion amid the chaos that COVID-19 has wrecked on higher education and the current and prospective students it serves. In this episode we share strategies that support and prioritize […]

December 3, 2020

KICKOFF: Meet our host, Hispanic Heritage month

Welcome To “In The Margins” brought to you by Diverse Issues In Higher Education (diverseeducation.com). In The Margins is here to bring you the latest, most relevant thought leadership as it pertains to the never ending goal of achieving equality in higher education. This is important work that can’t be taken lightly, so regardless […]

December 3, 2020

African-American

Georgia’s Black Voters Can Make History Again

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made a brilliant choice in opening her remarks at the Democratic presidential ticket’s victory celebration with a quote from civil rights icon and former Georgia congressman John Lewis, who wrote before he died, “Democracy is not a state. It is an act.”

December 3, 2020

The Digital Divide for Tribal College Students — COVID, CARES Act, and Critical Next Steps

In this episode staff writer Sara Weissman shares a story that focuses on the digital divide for Native Americans by bringing in voices of tribal college leaders and their students during the COVID 19 pandemic. Many don’t know but Native American colleges and universities have long struggled with the worst internet connectivity in the nation […]

December 3, 2020

Dyersburg State Community College Expands Prison Education Program

Over the years, Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) has worked to bring college courses inside prison walls. Most recently, after receiving $918,750 as part of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s Correctional Education Initiative, DSCC’s prison education efforts expanded to include West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) and the Women’s Therapeutic Residential Center.

December 2, 2020

University of Maryland Administrators Partner With Black Student Leaders on Campus Climate

The University of Maryland recently assembled a group of Black student leaders, representing about 30 student organizations, to help advise university leaders on how to set an “anti-racist agenda,” announced Dr. Darryll Pines, the university’s president.

December 2, 2020

Kami Chavis, a Towering Law Professor, Appointed Vice Provost at Wake Forest University

Kami Chavis, associate provost and law professor at Wake Forest University, has been appointed vice provost for three years, continuing her three-year stay in the provost’s office.

December 2, 2020

Betsy DeVos Criticizes Free College During Virtual Conference

During the virtual 2020 Federal Student Aid Training Conference Tuesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos criticized the idea of free college, The Hill reported. She described it as a “socialist takeover of higher education,” adding that the United States economy would be “ruined.” “Somebody, somewhere pays the bill,” DeVos said. “And the bill is coming […]

December 2, 2020

Students Sue Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia for Spring 2020 Refunds

Students are suing Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia to refund a portion of tuition and other fees to those who had to take classes online when the COVID-19 pandemic started in March, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. According to the two class action lawsuits filed Monday, “the students did not receive the full educational […]

December 2, 2020

University of Georgia

University of Oregon Opens New Biotech Campus

The University of Oregon has officially opened the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, a new biotech campus to spur scientific discovery and research. The campus was funded by a $500 million lead gift from alumni and Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny. “This marks a transformational moment in our […]

December 2, 2020

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Gen Z is Using Their Voice and Their Vote for Change, But Are We Listening?

On November 5th, the country saw the highest voter turnout in over a century, leading to the election of the first Black women Vice President in the history of the United States, who is also a HBCU graduate. Additionally, another historic unspoken milestone was reached, according to a recent Tufts University study. Fifty-three percent of young people showed up to the polls, which was the largest youth voter turnout in decades. Some may ask, why?

December 2, 2020

African-American

TMCF Partners With John Deere to Support Black Farmers

In partnership with the company John Deere, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is launching the Farm Fellowship internship program, an initiative to support Black farmers. The fellowship will welcome three law students who will work with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund to offer legal resources to Black farmers, with a focus on […]

December 2, 2020

African-American

Cardinal Appointment Generates Excitement and Hope for Future of Catholic Church

Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington D.C. made history Saturday—becoming the first African American cardinal.

December 1, 2020

HSI by Choice or By Circumstance: Examining R1 Hispanic Serving Institutions

Representing 18% of the U.S. population, the growth of the Latinx population continues to grow and disperse throughout the nation. According to the Pew Research Center, the growth of the Latinx population accounts for more than half of the total U.S. population growth since 2010, with Texas, California, and Florida experiencing the largest share of the Latinx population growth. Similarly, higher education institutions throughout the nation, and within these specific states, have seen significant increases in Latinx student enrollment.

December 1, 2020

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Nobel Prize Spotlights Sickle Cell’s Disproportionate Impact on African Americans

CRISPR is a new technique that involves cutting out a tiny piece of the mutation or defective gene that causes sickle cell disease in the hopes that the corrected gene will then work to make normal hemoglobin (a protein in red blood cells) instead of the sickle-shaped hemoglobin that gives the disease its name.

December 1, 2020

Leadership & Policy

National Leadership and the Significance of the Breadth and Depth of American Identity

As President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris assemble the people, resources and programs that they will bring to the White House in January, they will create tremendous possibilities and opportunities for all Americans. This is true even for those who did not vote for them.

December 1, 2020

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Maricopa Community Colleges Face Sharp Enrollment Decline Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Enrollment in the Maricopa Community Colleges system decreased drastically this fall, continuing a downward trend since 2010 that has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, AZ Central reported. Enrollment numbers this fall are at 102,761, as opposed to 120,212 last fall – a 14.5% drop. Glendale Community College has had it the worst in […]

December 1, 2020

Glendale Community College

Former Lehigh Student Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Roommate

Former Lehigh University student Yukai Yang admitted Monday to poisoning his roommate’s food and drink with thallium – an odorless and tasteless heavy metal substance formerly used in rat poison, the Associated Press reported. Yang, 24, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Juwan Royal. Under a plea agreement, other charges in two separate cases […]

December 1, 2020