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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are the four pillars of transformation, ingredients critical to the mission of Complete College America (CCA), the advocacy organization working to improve college graduation rates since 2009. There’s been elitism amongst institutions, where folks are more about how to exclude students than provide access,” says Watson Spiva.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

From fall 2009 to fall 2022, enrollment grew by 215%, and the university’s current strategic plan strives to further increase overall enrollment and enrollment of specific student populations by 2025. Plus, students can access this tool throughout their academic experience to build workable schedules to progress toward timely graduation.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

From fall 2009 to fall 2022, enrollment grew by 215%, and the university’s current strategic plan strives to further increase overall enrollment and enrollment of specific student populations by 2025. Plus, students can access this tool throughout their academic experience to build workable schedules to progress toward timely graduation.

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

The University Innovation Alliance

President Randall said, "I find history to be the most instructive leadership manual I've ever seen." For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds.

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Health at Every Size: A concept to reduce weight-centric thinking and to promote body positivity

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Research shows that from 1999-2009, the number of men hospitalized for an eating disorder-related cause increased by 53%. It promotes health policies that give better access to care and reduces weight stigma. These rules foster negative connotations around food and can nudge people to identifying food as good versus bad.

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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

Nothing was more instructive than watching five years of those. For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds.