Pride in the Halls
Dr. Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. — remembers the...
The science of recruiting.
Dr. Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. — remembers the...
Each fall, Charmin Smith, head women’s basketball coach at University of California, Berkeley, welcomes three other Black female Division I head coaches and their teams...
Key Takeaways Reflect on your motivations and goals for joining law enforcement to ground your career. Protect your personal time by not engaging with work...
John Thomas has been appointed chief of police at the University of California, Los Angeles. He served as special advisor to the senior vice president...
Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. Those are the...
The University of Southern California has canceled the valedictorian speech for its 2024 commencement ceremony due to safety concerns, prompting widespread criticism via social media...
Adler University has named Dr. Lisa Coleman its next president. “Having spent my career addressing how to transform inequitable systems, it is an honor to...
It was love at first sight. I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically...
As the U.S. veers into another major election year, some higher education scholars predict that issues related to the ivory tower will inevitably take center...
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) has released one of its latest report on the perspectives of law enforcement....
The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College recently hosted its second spring symposium addressing Black male identities, manhood, and masculinities. BMRI Executive Director...
Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. The decision comes in the wake of...
Happy weekend, everyone! We had another busy week covering legislative, regulatory and business stories in New York’s cannabis industry. Let’s take a look at what...
NEW YORK – At the National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York City, social justice leaders gathered to discuss the impact of anti-Diversity, Equity, and...
In our society, most of us view ourselves as modern beings, with our primal instincts tucked away and under control. We live in our houses...
Like a lot of people my age, I ache. Before I open my eyes in the morning, my shoulders and knuckles tell me if it’s...
Picture the moment you watch a police officer kneel on a Black man’s (George Floyd) neck on the side of a busy street with folks...
Tania D. Mitchell has been named the associate provost for community engagement at the University of Maryland. She serves as the Rodney Wallace Professor for...
New York’s Cannabis Control Board expanded marijuana regulators’ authority to issue provisional licenses, heard complaints about proximity protection and approved 101 new adult-use cannabis licenses...
I led global teams that delivered over $1B in revenues annually and quit at the peak of my career. Here’s what I learned. As a young girl growing...
A coalition of eight licensed cannabis processors is launching a trade group, which they intend to serve as an advocacy organization as well as a...
Karen Niemi has been appointed executive director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She served as a distinguished CEO and president for SEL and...
What does Diverse: Issues In Higher Education mean to you? That might depend on what type of reader you are or your line of work....
While 17.4% of respondents plan to decrease hires, nearly 83% of employers anticipate increasing (24.9%) or maintaining (57.7%) hiring for the college Class of 2024,...
EdTrust has released three reports on family engagement that lays out a different vision for families to be involved with their schools in a way...
Eight community colleges are now members of the Achieving the Dream (ATD) Network, joining more than 300 institutions nationwide as part of the higher education...
Dr. Paul Sniegowski has been named the 21st president of Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion. He will take the helm Aug. 1, succeeding...
Angel Reece, Black woman, role model, and elite college athlete. We got you. We are two Black women higher education scholars, who love women’s basketball...
Dr. Katina Lang-Lindsey, an assistant professor at Alabama A&M University, has been named among the newest cohort of Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators...
DeWitt, NY – It’s been a long wait for Jonathan Maxim, who first announced his plans to open a retail recreational marijuana dispensary last fall....
CJ Charlton has been appointed director of the aviation program at Delaware State University. He serves as a United Airlines captain and chair of the...
Undergraduate credentials awarded in the 2022–23 academic year fell by 2.8%, continuing its downward trend for the second year in a row. More students earned...
Tickets now available for NY Cannabis Insider’s next industry meetup at Riff City in Buffalo on May 14. Prospects for a cannabis relief fund in...
Getting into Howard University was a dream come true for Durmerrick Ross. It was fall 2016 and the nation was alive with activism in the...
A small central Pennsylvania borough on Tuesday night rejected a measure that would have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. The North York Borough...
Key Takeaways Actively seek opportunities to learn how to navigate change and uncertainty in your field. Embrace new challenges as a chance to grow. Regularly...
“Since the second decade of the nineteenth century, black-owned book publishing has existed in the United States, the books released by these publishing enterprises have...
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...
Keith Humphrey has been named campus police chief at the University of Memphis in Tennessee. He served as chief of police for the city of...
Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced its selection of seven community colleges to participate in the second cohort of its Accelerating Equitable Outcomes initiative. Dr....
Key Takeaways Relationships are the heart of sales. The life insurance industry hires for two reasons: you have a natural market of people to prospect...
State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report...
“Hawaii” Mike Salman is the co-founder and CEO of Chef for Higher, a culinary brand on New York’s legal cannabis market. He answered eight simple...
Ashley Owens has been appointed interim Title IX coordinator at Pennsylvania State University. She serves as director of student accountability and conflict response on Penn...
The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing...
Picture this: you are in a hospital setting and you witness another staff member ask a Black medical student if they need help cleaning up....
Agnes Scott College has been awarded $1 million in federal funds to train physician assistants and clinical mental health counselors in maternal and pediatric care....
Happy weekend, everyone! Between a judicial invalidation of cannabis marketing regulations, a story about some illicit shops gaining proximity protection from the Office of Cannabis...
Key Takeaways The most rewarding aspect of working as an industrial engineer is seeing tangible improvements and increased efficiency in processes and systems. Professional certifications...
One day, while walking to a work meeting at a university in a supposedly progressive Northeast state, I encountered a disheartening sight. A photo depicted...