Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college. We did some great work.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Rueda-Acedo says the service learning is extremely beneficial in retention as well as the students’ personal connection to this profession.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Applying to more colleges: In 2021, the average number of college applications submitted by new college freshmen rose to 7 from 6 applications the year before. Even more impressively, going back to the fall 2008 cohort there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates. rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4%

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Even more impressively, there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates when compared to the fall 2008 cohort. While this is worth celebrating, it’s also important to look at short-term retention rates to understand who is leaving community colleges early on. rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4%

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point lift in first-year retention from 2012 to 2020 and even stronger gains for second and third-year retention A 7.7

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

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. So, we’ve grown our enrollment both by increasing applications but also by increasing our retention, and we’re much more in demand,” Thomas says. “We

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