Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He often found himself as the first and the only person in boardrooms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2025

One of Jordan’s proudest achievements: building a liberal arts education model that is innovative and accessible to all. “We When Jordan began her tenure in 2014, her top priority was increasing enrollment and improving the institution’s financial status. She didn’t just lead a college — she led a liberal arts movement.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Greenleaf children and their descendants became key regional players in a post-Emancipation society, one working to ensure freed Black children had access to education, another working to financially safeguard and invest in Black communities in D.C. They’re not those schools anymore. Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Since launching in 2014, UIA institutions have increased the number of graduates of color produced annually by 93% and the number of low-income graduates produced annually by 50%, resulting in 118,000 more graduates than projected. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. College to Career.

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Student success Success Advising Low income student 98

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Our starting goal in 2014 was awarding an additional 68,000 undergraduate degrees above baseline over the next decade – a goal that our 11 founding institutions reached four years early with the graduating class of 2020. Beyond our formal expansion, the University Innovation Lab is broadening access to our knowledge and resources.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. In 2014, the position was elevated to Associate Vice President for Student Success in Academic Affairs. In addition, many universities are working to develop partnerships with companies in their areas.

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