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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thompson notes that students who participate in dual enrollment/credit — attending high school and a community college simultaneously — outperform other students when they get into college, but data showed there weren’t enough low-income and URM students entering that pipeline. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. In 2012, he says he realized he could use modern technology to amplify the support structures and staff they did have in place.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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3 Ways to Help Students Before They Fall Behind

Civitas Learning

Today’s most influential leaders recognize that student success goes beyond traditional measures like retention and graduation rates. A study of Civitas Learning partner institutions reinforces this wisdom, revealing that 39% of students experience a change in their likelihood to persist within a single term.

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Strategic Decision-Making and Planning: Step One to a Fiscally Sustainable Student Success Model

Civitas Learning

Those who’ve found the most success understand that financial stability requires investing in a student success model that supports students and fiscal health. To achieve this, we measured the impact of student success initiatives on student persistence at 48 partner institutions.

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Deborah Santiago

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Launching Excelencia signaled an opportunity for Santiago and her team to accelerate a comprehensive plan for supporting Latino student success in higher education while engaging the rest of higher education.

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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. The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%.

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