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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

Curry, who previously served as the Dean of Student Services at Compton College and has been instrumental in the colleges growth, success, and rebuilding, says that his role in this process was to also be courageous. This was about fostering community and belonging. Sometimes you have to say stuff and get people united because you said it.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Then, you see the successes.”

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006.

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“The summit is open to all students allowing a space to network and connect with others who have surpassed the obstacles and become successful. The path to that success beginning with completing a college degree.” College students and professionals engage in dialogue about critical issues, successful strategies, and solutions.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives. The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. Every student is a success story,” says Curry.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. One is a very high college success rate. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A.

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The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Between 2006 and 2021, Black student enrollment dropped from 7% to 4% and Indigenous student enrollment dropped from 1% to 0.1%. The Steve Fund and many national experts anticipate that eliminating racial considerations in admissions will dramatically reduce the number of students of color in selective higher education institutions.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. Dr. Donna Y. Collier, Z.,

Education

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Unequal Distribution

NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

College Access Challenges Students of color and those from low-income families face a range of financial and academic barriers to college access. This analysis concurs with past research that merit-based scholarships primarily benefit wealthier students (see Heller 2006, Miller 2023, Price 2001). Department of Education.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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JANUARY 30, 2023

In the first blog post in this series , I discussed the necessity of a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. By using data to accurately assess institutional successes and challenges, the accountability discussion can become more illuminating and nuanced. link] McLendon, M.,

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The goal was every student would receive an access code by the 2020-21 academic year. Here are some of our successes, challenges, and the lessons learned along the way. Now more than ever, Dweck’s (2006) message of a growth mindset is key to instill in our students. Mindset: The new psychology of success. References.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Additional barriers to academic success include lower teacher expectations, lack of referrals to accelerated courses, attending under-resourced schools, and dealing with racial and psychological trauma. in order to be successful in college. Their resilience is clear – achieving in spite of the mountainous barriers and hurdles.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In 2024, the nation lost a number of individuals who were passionate for helping to ensure that higher education remained accessible and diverse. She went on to have a successful career in educational publishing and moved to Virginia. Christopher Edley Jr. While this is not an exhaustive list, we pause to remember some.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

Making Equity a Priority

Examples of Excelencia

The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Mental Health of College Students of Color

Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Unequal Distribution

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

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