Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

At a pivotal moment in 2008, he announced that no Vanderbilt undergraduate would graduate with debt, launching a bold financial aid effort that raised $700 million and changed the game for access and completion. You can’t just ask, Are our students graduating? You have to ask, Are our students thriving?

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

high blood pressure, fatigue, and headaches), subsequently, impacting educational success and positive health outcomes for racially minoritized students (Smith et al., Past studies have reviewed the lack of college preparation and readiness encountered in high school, which can impede academic success. Dance (e.g.,

Mental health

Patter by Pat Thomson

JANUARY 26, 2025

In the UK, for example, the 2008 Concordat for the employment of research staff includes a mention of publication: 14. Still working with the researchers, albeit on other projects. Should this be a concern? This is not just my view. There some relevant guidance around contract researchers and their employment.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

If Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008 is a barometer of white backlash, we can expect that states controlled by Republican Party supermajorities will pass more restrictive laws in response to the Harris campaign. A Trump victory, however, would usher in federal judges that will roll back voter protections. Holder case a decade ago.

Access

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. Thomas is also proud of the fundraising success that the college has enjoyed during his presidency, which will end when he retires in June. “In

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In my 30-year journey as a university president, I learned that successful leaders are not those who simply speak quickly, but rather those who learn to listen carefully and ask thoughtful questions. The lessons from the 2008 financial crisis remain relevant today as we continue to face economic fluctuations and budgetary pressures.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Castillo, who has served as the Vice President for Finance and Administration at TAMIU since 2008, will oversee the university’s operations following the unexpected passing of President Pablo Arenaz. Castillo Castillo brings more than 30 years of management experience, having held key roles in both higher education and the corporate sector.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Since taking on the BMCC position in 2008, she has expanded student affairs services to better support well-rounded learning experiences and remove obstacles to student success.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy. The dynamic education leader, who also made Diverse ’s “25 To Watch” list in 2009, has Washington insiders tuned into the issues that impact college access, minority students, and success in postsecondary education.

Educational research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lumina, a private nonprofit working to increase learning opportunities for all after high school, has been tracking credential and degree attainment for adults from 25 to 64 years of age since 2008. In 2008, only one state had set a degree or certificate attainment goal for its own population: Hawaii.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received high honors from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida. “To

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Yet, I remain steadfast in my belief that diversity of thought, equitable opportunities, and inclusive environments are critical keys to success for students, for workers, and for life. Since joining Lumina in 2008, she has served as a strategy officer, director of equity and inclusion, and director of impact and research.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. participate in internships, and receive support from an experienced residential advisor and a manager to build plans for financial success upon graduation. Craig is no newcomer to NYC.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

percentage points, the largest gap since 2008. Fernandez mentioned programs like Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success) led by Dr. Victor Sáenz, department chair and professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The IIT-Wright Engineering Program is an open-ended multi-year agreement that reflects the commitment of both institutions to support the successful transfer of community college students to complete four-year degrees in STEM and related fields. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

Mentoring

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

that help learners from low-income backgrounds achieve upward mobility; provide student and employee success solutions to colleges and businesses; invest in education-focused innovations to improve learner outcomes; and provide information, tools and counseling to help millions of borrowers successfully repay their federal student loans.

Grant

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success. Student Success. These respected campus leaders are skilled in change management, and we look to them for spearheading and scaling student success initiatives at our member institutions. Thu, 08/11/2022 - 06:00. But in other cases, it’s much more.

Student success

The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Accelerator Model as an Innovation for Student Success First-year students sometimes have difficulties adjusting to college’s academic demands, and Dr. Renick’s team noted that freshmen struggled even more during the pandemic. Addressing this problem was the genesis of the accelerator model. Is Institutional Culture Part of the Problem?

Student success

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Through a consistent focus on student success that embraces its identity as an urban public research university, UC has achieved remarkable outcomes, including: a 15.8% percentage point increase in overall six-year graduation rates from 2008-2014 a 13.5 percentage point increase in overall six-year graduation rates from 2008-2014 a 13.5

Student success

EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9% The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach to success 1.

Student success

Mongoose

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The 2008 economic recession caused a decline in U.S. There is a potential 10-15% drop in “traditional” incoming college students projected to occur starting in 2025. It is being called the Enrollment Cliff or the Demographic Cliff, but no matter what you call it, higher education will be affected.

Higher education

EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

These six trends will have long-term impacts on how community colleges interact with students and getting ahead of them now will position you for success in the future. Even more impressively, going back to the fall 2008 cohort there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1. Let us know here.

Community college

NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

History Shows Test Scores Aren’t Necessarily Predictive of College Success Decades of research and practice show that admission test scores cannot and should not be considered an ironclad indicator of potential for success in postsecondary education.

Equity

Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites.

Higher education

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Critical to the success of all the priorities and actions identified above involves increasing representation of marginalized communities who are under-represented within student, faculty and staff populations, and ensuring their active inclusion within the institutional fabric and at decision making tables. Increasing Representation.

Mental health

The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Alan Sugg was an incredibly effective leader, very kind, very engaging, and everything came back to student success. I want to always try to put myself in the shoes of the students that are facing hardships and challenges, and remember that we're there to serve them and help them be successful."

Higher education

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.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

School counselors can serve as a gateway to providing all students with opportunities that will help them toward academic success, socio-emotional development, and college and career readiness. It bewilders us that the priority seems to be for policing not protecting, for sanctioning not supporting.

Counseling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

In the few weeks since announcing her candidacy for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has ignited a level of hope and optimism not observed within the American electorate since Barack Obama’s run for president in 2008.

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Jesse Louis Jackson’s historic presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 and the election of a virtually unknown political figure — Barack Obama — in 2008. Rather, her strategic handling of committee work and legislative procedure laid the groundwork for later successes, and solved problems without fanfare.”

Mentoring

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Following the 2008 financial crisis, Black homeowners were scapegoated for the housing collapse, despite banks having targeted them with predatory loans. The very premise that DEI is to blame for a plane crash suggests that the only way to ensure safety and success is to have an all-white, all-male workforce.

Inclusion