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The rural college earned the $700,000 top prize by demonstrating exceptional student outcomes, particularly in graduation rates and economic mobility for graduates. The college has achieved these results while serving many lower-income students, showing how intentional support systems can close equity gaps in higher education.

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DJ Windsor American Institute for Boys and Men Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) experienced a drastic decline in Black student enrollment during the decade between 2010 and 2020, according to a new report from the non-partisan research group, American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. Specifically, whether intentional or unintentional, harm has been done to students/learners. Combined and individually, curriculum and/or instruction can traumatize students, in this case Black students.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Berger is an award-winning scholar and social justice educator who is making higher education more accessible to underrepresented students. She is an associate professor of history and art history and director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The National Student Clearinghouse is partnering with OneTen , a coalition that aims to close the opportunity gap for Black talent by working with companies to hire Black Americans without four-year degrees. We’re delighted to team up with the National Student Clearinghouse, which holds verifiable and trusted data of millions of Americans.

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MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Along lines or race and ethnicity, Black and Latino graduates in the humanities typically earn less than their white counterparts.

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JULY 3, 2024

When Nicole Lynn Lewis founded Generation Hope in 2010, she realized that her organization could be the first place that parenting students are ever told “Yes.” “The Roughly one-in-five college students today are also parents. When we remove barriers, we see young parents and student parents do incredible things,” said Lewis. “We

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted. increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). For comparison, Black students and white students saw decreases of 8.5% On the graduate level, Latino students were 9.4% trillion, despite comprising only 19.1%

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MARCH 6, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinx people accounted for over 50% of the U.S. Deborah Santiago, CEO and co-founder of Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and success of Latinx students in higher education. HSI is a federal designation for institutions with at least 25% Latinx student populations.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From 1996 to 2010, she taught at the school as a professor of communication, graduate program director, and department chair. “I I am ecstatic to return home to NKU, where my professional journey began, and to give back to the people and place that invested so fully in me,” Short-Thompson said. Short-Thompson holds a B.A., and a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Throughout the report, “Exploring the Educational Experiences of Black and Hispanic PhDs in STEM,” it is clear that Black, and to some extent Hispanic, students have very different experiences than their white and Asian counterparts.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

As the NCAA’s director of minority inclusion since 2010, Ford has been on a mission to create a culture of inclusion and equity for student-athletes, coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds. Ford’s wish: “To see in my lifetime that the work I am doing now is no longer needed.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

As a former student-athlete himself, husband to a former college gymnast, and father to two former college football players, Governor Baker is deeply committed to our student-athletes and enhancing their collegiate experience. Emmert, who has led the NCAA since 2010. . Baker will replace Dr. Mark A.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

In addition to her service as AALS President, Testy served as a member of the AALS Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017 and on the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students from 2007 to 2009. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Phil Murphy This comes amid rising suicide and depression among students. State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I The deadline to apply is Jan.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Leading one of the largest and most diverse universities in the western United States, García has a strong commitment to multicultural alliances and a belief that these coalitions strengthen institutions and communities, as well as students. In 2010, U.S. Committee on Measures of Student Success.

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APRIL 25, 2023

In 2010, Barrino-Taylor received an honorary high school diploma from Andrews High School , 10 years after dropping out. When it comes to my family, my girls, my children, I want to show them that no matter what she’s been through, you can always get back and go after it again, and that’s what I am doing.”

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AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Page in a book published in 2010 concluded diversity created “better groups, firms, schools and societies.”

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APRIL 10, 2024

More students earned certificates than any year in the past decade, while associate degrees awarded fell to its lowest point in a decade and bachelor's degrees awarded fell to its lowest since 2015–16 academic year. These decreases happened whether the student was a first-time credential earner or had earned a credential before.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

The study found that the amount fell from 39% in 2010 to 32%. It’s good for the human body, good for students — it helps them be better learners, better prepared; it increases cognitive functioning and helps with stress management.” Dr. Bradley J. Alexandra Szarabajko, chair of exercise science at Columbia College – examined 331 U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We use the term and notion of resegregation in special education to describe the overrepresentation of Students of Color in special education, an issue that continues to persist today. In fact, these resegregated practices cause short-term and long-term harm for Students of Color (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2020).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. As an undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin, she worked with fellow classmates and friends to mentor middle school and high school students throughout Texas.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Throughout the day, leaders and educators came together to try and bridge the divide between secondary and post-secondary education, creating solid pathways for Black and Brown students to walk toward credentials that provide careers and economic mobility. Students become very familiar with the environment—they will finish at home.”

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MARCH 28, 2023

A key concern illustrated in the report card is that of disproportionate representation between leadership and student athletes at Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions. The vast majority of university leaders are white despite most student athletes – in Division I football and basketball – being Black. were white.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

By next year, all Michigan public school districts and charter schools will be required to collect specific tribal affiliation data from their students and staff. Before this policy, Native American students could designate their race or ethnicity on MDE forms by marking "American Indian or Alaskan Native."

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MARCH 22, 2024

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. Higher debt makes sense for some students but not for all. Now, I regularly tell students a potent fact: More than 65% of DCC students graduate with no student-loan debt.

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MARCH 10, 2023

HSIs are a federal designation achieved when an institution’s student population is at least 25% Latinx. Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Between 2010 and 2020, U.S. Méndez Méndez, president of Universidad Ana G. 6 and 7, 2020 at a 5.8

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One of AMPHS’s greatest achievements is how the organization and Sullivan laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) in 2010 via the Affordable Care Act, Sullivan said. One common answer was student debt.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Jack Thomas In my own journey, leading a campus with such diverse student representation has reinforced the importance of embracing diversity and fostering a culture of inclusivity. This period witnessed a remarkable increase in minority enrollments and the establishment of support programs designed to cater to diverse student bodies.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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MAY 20, 2024

This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since 2010. UConn Hartford’s Asian American student population comprises 17% of all students on the campus, according to UConn. And that is because many of our students are first-generation and low-income.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Ray Martinez III To build the new model, Martinez says Texas’s higher education stakeholders and policy makers have come together to ask, “What do we need to do as a matter of state policy to ensure that students have the support they need, the scaffolding to ensure they can be successful in completing a post-secondary credential?”

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Scott says that, like Howard, she’s deeply committed to addressing the structural barriers that stand in the way of helping students achieve. This year’s meeting in Philadelphia from April 11-14 — under Howard’s leadership — will focus on how researchers should be working to dismantle racial injustice.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. During that time, she saw his hands-on approach with staff and students. “If Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. Don’t let your hands fly the way so many Puerto Ricans like you do when they’re excited about something. In a professional setting, tell no one that you’re queer.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

How institutional leaders communicate and engage with students, faculty, and other stakeholders must constantly be tempered to address ambiguity and evolving needs. Leaders must strive to listen, to respect, to consider varying perspectives and cultures, to create rational and responsible solutions, and to adapt to the changing terrain.

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