Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In 2009, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Xavier University in New Orleans, an HBCU and the only Black Catholic institution in the world. From there, Williams’s career took off. If you’re not ready to disrupt it, you’re not ready to do it.” The request, she says, seemed to take Williams by surprise. “He He said, ‘Kentucky?’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, a new study offers a reason for caution: for Black, Hispanic, and low-income community college students, online courses only increase degree attainment when taken in relatively low proportions. The effects—both positive and negative—were particularly strong for minoritized and low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

The graduation rate for URM at four-year public institutions (4YP) increased 9 percentage points from 2016-17 to 2022-23, and the graduation rate for low-income students increased 10 percentage points in that time period. Funding for low-income students in Kentucky’s performance funding model has increased.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Prior to these positions, she was Assistant Provost at Colorado Community College System from January 2009 to December 2016. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one for a 2009 series of Inside Higher Ed articles on college rankings. Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.

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