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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. If something is even perceived as being not fully designed for all students, Thompson says a redesign is called for to foster greater student success.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. It was intrinsically attractive, and then became law.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John’s University, was the assistant director and then director of ACP from 2009 to 2014. Pompey says as ACP followed up with students who graduated high school and went to college, they saw increasing success rates. Also, collegiate athletic departments have stepped up their efforts toward retention and student success.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” That began with pre-college summer camps to introduce students to engineering and the university. Watford says.

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The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

EAB

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% rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4%

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. You cannot just wait until the next chancellor comes along to keep them moving."