The Unique Brand of U. S. Higher Education: A History of Minority-Serving Institutions and their Impact on Student Success
06/17/22 • 46 min
On this Juneteenth Weekend, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, co-host of the AdmitIt podcast, sits down with Dr. Marybeth Gasman to discuss the history of race and culture embedded within the minority serving institutions in the United States. We discuss the positive impact these institutions have on student success, the realistic challenges of their survival and ability to thrive, and why it’s important to advocate for their sustainability within the larger higher education ecosystem of colleges and universities in the United States and globally.
Dr. Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education, the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice, and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University.
RESOURCES
Publications by Dr. Gasman
Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022).
Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015).
Relevant Context Material
Consider a College With a Focus on Minority Students, U. S. News and World Report
Minority Serving Institutions, American Council on Education
Education Dept. Delivers $1.4 Billion in Stimulus Funds to Minority-Serving Institutions, AACRAO
On this Juneteenth Weekend, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, co-host of the AdmitIt podcast, sits down with Dr. Marybeth Gasman to discuss the history of race and culture embedded within the minority serving institutions in the United States. We discuss the positive impact these institutions have on student success, the realistic challenges of their survival and ability to thrive, and why it’s important to advocate for their sustainability within the larger higher education ecosystem of colleges and universities in the United States and globally.
Dr. Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education, the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice, and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University.
RESOURCES
Publications by Dr. Gasman
Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022).
Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015).
Relevant Context Material
Consider a College With a Focus on Minority Students, U. S. News and World Report
Minority Serving Institutions, American Council on Education
Education Dept. Delivers $1.4 Billion in Stimulus Funds to Minority-Serving Institutions, AACRAO
Previous Episode
Early career paths of admissions and enrollment professionals
Admit It explores the early career paths of admissions and enrollment professionals with four guests:
- Krystin Woodell (UNC Pembroke - Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions),
- Anthony Olaiya Wright (NC State University - Assistant Director of the Goodnight Scholars Program),
- Jacqueline López (NC State University - Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions), and
- David Stevenson (Appalachian State University - Assistant Director of Admissions for International Admissions).
Each guests elaborates on their experiences navigating the early admissions and enrollment professional career path and provides insights for listeners on how to develop themselves to get to that next level in their career.
Next Episode
Peer Mentorship to Support New Student Enrollment
Admit It sits down with Jackson Boyar, Co-Founder and CEO of Mentor Collective and Stephen Ostendorff, Dean of Admissions of Molloy University and new Mentor Collective partner, to discuss how peer mentorship programs can increase admitted student yield and overall student success.
Resources:
Programs and/or Mentors for Newly Admitted Students: January 2022 | 60-Second Survey
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/admit-it-an-aacrao-podcast-229233/the-unique-brand-of-u-s-higher-education-a-history-of-minority-serving-25903424"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to the unique brand of u. s. higher education: a history of minority-serving institutions and their impact on student success on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy