Higher Education

Apr 24, 2024

Ece Yilmaz ’24PHD: ‘I Want to Live in a More Inclusive World, Where Individuals Are Not Confined by Societal Expectations, Stereotypes and Biases’

When Ece Yilmaz '24PHD received a Fulbright Grant and started applying to doctoral programs in the United States, the welcoming environment at the NC State College of Education stood out to her. Now, she will be graduating with her Ph.D. in the Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development higher education opportunity, equity, and justice concentration. 

Apr 22, 2024

Roshaunda L. Breeden Joining College of Education as Assistant Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice

Roshaunda L. Breeden will join NC State’s College of Education as an assistant professor of higher education opportunity, equity, and justice, beginning Aug. 16, 2024. Currently, Breeden is an assistant professor of educational leadership within the College of Education at East Carolina University. 

Jan 29, 2024

W. Dallas Herring Professor Emerita Carol Kasworm Explores Landscape of Higher Education for Adult Learners as Co-author of New Book

Adult learners over age 25 make up approximately 30% of all undergraduate students in the United States.  However, many institutions of higher education are not designed to meet the unique needs of this population of students.  

Sep 27, 2023

Doctoral Student Kobie Joyner Receives 2023 Thomas R. and Dorothy E. Koballa Fellowship

Kobie Joyner, a doctoral student in the NC State College of Education's community college leadership program, has been awarded the 2023 Thomas R. and Dorothy E. Koballa Fellowship. 

Sep 27, 2023

Doctoral Student Ashley Mackey-Whitworth Named Recipient of 2023 Edgar J. and Ethel B. Boone Adult & Community College Education Award

Ashley Mackey-Whitworth, a doctoral student in the NC State College of Education's Community College Leadership program, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Edgar J. and Ethel B. Boone Adult & Community College Education Award. 

Sep 14, 2023

Doctoral Student Jayla Moody Marshall Elected to ASHE’s Council for Ethnic Participation Executive Committee

Jayla Moody Marshall, a doctoral student in the NC College of Education's Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development higher education opportunity, equity, and justice concentration, has been elected to serve as the graduate student representative on the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Council for Ethnic Participation Executive Committee. 

May 17, 2023

How Can One Lead with Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education? ‘To Engage in a Way That is Excellent Means Looking at How We Can Improve the Society and Conditions Around Us,’ Says Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita Mary Ann Danowitz

NC State College of Education Professor and Former Dean Mary Ann Danowitz shares what it means for a leader to work toward inclusive excellence as well as how inclusive excellence can be applied on a global scale. 

May 5, 2023

Keon M. McGuire Joining College of Education as Associate Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice

Keon M. McGuire will join NC State’s College of Education as an associate professor of higher education opportunity, equity, and justice beginning Aug. 15, 2023. Currently, McGuire is an associate professor… 

May 1, 2023

Doctoral Student Lisa Marshall Named President-elect of American Nuclear Society

Lisa Marshall, director of outreach, retention and engagement for the NC State University Department of Nuclear Engineering and a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development’s Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice concentration has been named vice president and president-elect of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). 

Feb 9, 2023

‘I Have New Insights and Perspectives that Will Inform My Teaching, Research and Scholarship’: Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor and Senior Advisor for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Joy Gaston Gayles Reflects on ASHE Presidency

As Joy Gaston Gayles steps down from her role as ASHE president, she reflects on why she believes it was important to focus on humanizing higher education, the most rewarding aspects of serving as ASHE president and how the experience has helped her to grow as a scholar leader.