Jamaal Abdul-Alim

2 weeks ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

When it comes to leadership and inclusion, outgoing UC Riverside chancellor Dr. Kim A. Wilcox has a simple rule. “If you go to a university and the vice presidents are not very diverse, that’s the president’s fault because they hire all the vice presidents,” Wilcox says. “And if the deans aren’t diverse, that’s the provost’s fault because he or she hires all the deans.

2 weeks ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

If you were to ask Dr. David A. Thomas what accomplishments he’s most proud of from his seven- year tenure as the 12th president of Morehouse College, he’ll have no shortage of answers. When he took the reins of the men-only historically Black college in 2018, the institution was still struggling with declining enrollment that began with the 2008 recession. Thomas says the recession drove down enrollment from about 2,700 students then to about 1,700 when he arrived.

1 month ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

For Morgan State University president Dr. David K. Wilson, the quest to attain R1 status – the highest designation a university can get for its research enterprise – is about more than just attaining some sort of higher education seal of approval. Rather, it’s about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming up with new innovations that benefit everyday people – particularly those in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campus is located.

1 month ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

As a visiting professor at the University ofConnecticut Hartford, Dr. Qazi Arka Rahmanleads a Critical Refugee Studies course thatencourages students to see refugees as more than“simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, andcrises.”Students often express “that they have never studiedanything like it before,” an analysis of studentevaluations shows.

1 month ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

When President Joe Bidenreestablished the WhiteHouse Initiativeon Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians andPacific Islanders in 2021,higher education wasone of its biggest focalpoints. For instance, in April2024, the initiative hostedthe first-ever AsianAmerican, Native Hawaiianand Pacific IslanderHigher Education LeadershipDevelopmentSummit. The summit– which drew faculty,staff and students fromaround the world – tookplace at the Universityof California, Berkeley.