Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Early inspiration In her first community college position, much of Stouts work focused on access and reaching as many stakeholders as possible. Dr. Stout is a thought leader, says Dr. Steady H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Her previous roles included serving as president and CEO of the College Success Foundation in Seattle and Project GRAD Atlanta. These institutions are typically under-resourced and some of the last to access new, innovative technologies and data systems, which is all the more reason he says CCA chooses to partner with them.

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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. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

A Gallup poll was released, bearing terrible news: only 36% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, down 12 percentage points from 2018 and 21 percentage points from 2015, when more than half of U.S. citizens expressed high confidence. Observers were left wondering what to make of the contrast.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

This enrollment achievement reflects the growing recognition of the critical role that community colleges play in providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality education to students from all walks of life,” said Jimmy H. Baker, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

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. Renick’s team also discovered that certain courses did not pair well together, and students should be advised to take them successively instead of concordantly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. Dr. Donna Y. Henricks, K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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. So, the focus ought to become, ‘what about success?’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In fact, he viewed solitary as a hallmark of his success. In fact, he viewed solitary as a hallmark of his success. This trend reversed sharply with the passage of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which banned people in prisons from Pell access. In 2015, the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. Thu, 12/15/2022 - 06:00. College to Career. Completion Grants.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 10, 2024

i In 2015-16, just 30% of students were immigrants or children of immigrants. Immigrant students and their descendants face many barriers that limit their access to and success within the postsecondary system. for three or more generations.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Scorecard has gone through several iterations and updates since its initial release in 2015, including one announced earlier this month, so I can only imagine how differently my search would have played out had I had access to the additional information the newest iteration of the tool now offers.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. We grew our network this year, from 11 to 14 institutions, to provide even greater opportunities for learning and scaling the most promising student success practices.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

However, prison reform and the drive to expand access to education programs in prisons have been gaining momentum. However, despite high student interest, a lack of funding for these programs renders many incarcerated students unable to access educational opportunities currently. Ready to find out more?

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Building on their early success, Mott’s Second Chance Pell Program Coordinator, Mary Cusack , recently turned to a long-standing transfer partner in the region, Ferris State University. Best Practices Explore the 15 student success best practices that power the Moon Shot initiative.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

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% The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach to success 1.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Student Success. Student engagement is everything when it comes to student success. The more engaged a student is during their university experience, the more successful they will be. When institutions create first-year experience programs, they are creating foundations for future success and retention potential.

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The Advisor That Cares

JUNE 10, 2023

My innovation plan was born out of a desperate desire to increase student motivation to seek the information they need to be successful in their academic pursuits. 2015, November 5). When I began the ADL Program , I was advising for a few online graduate Master of Education programs (including this one). Reference TEDx Talks.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

These six trends will have long-term impacts on how community colleges interact with students and getting ahead of them now will position you for success in the future. Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. We grew our network this year, from 11 to 14 institutions, to provide even greater opportunities for learning and scaling the most promising student success practices.

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Thrive Alliance Group

MARCH 22, 2024

Working with students from an underserved community, though challenging, proves rewarding each day; providing therapeutic services to students, who otherwise would not have access to quality mental health care. It’s rewarding to think you may have had something to do with their success.

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The Advisor That Cares

JANUARY 22, 2023

While I could not begin to estimate where professional learning dollars are spent in my organization toward professional learning, I have seen some improvements concerning access. Employees can access a variety of topics and develop at will those that interest them. 2015, August 4). Center for Public Education. link] TNTP.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Stress is more likely to be experienced as positive or performance enhancing when we have sufficient control over a situation, perceive a reasonable ability to overcome the stressor, and have access to positive psychosocial supports and safe environments. 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2020; Kirmayer et al., Mitigating Barriers.

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Clair Kamp Dush

MAY 31, 2019

The number of submissions to the National Institutes of Health has grown continually over the past 20+ years; in 2018, NIH received more than 55,000 grant applications, of which about 20% were funded, though the success rate varies by NIH institute. Retrieved from: [link]. Who is actually receiving grants? Galinsky et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

When Dr. Benjamin Pauli moved to Flint, Michigan, in June 2015, the town was already one year into a water crisis without knowing it. Through 2015 and 2016, volunteers, celebrities, and politicians clambered to the beleaguered city, ushering in national attention, funds, and bottled water.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

School counselors can serve as a gateway to providing all students with opportunities that will help them toward academic success, socio-emotional development, and college and career readiness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By refusing to stand on the sidelines, never letting others define her limits, and daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm embodied the American spirit,” Obama said in 2015, when he presented Chisholm with the Medal of Freedom posthumously at a ceremony held at The White House. Curwood was published by The University of North Carolina Press.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Alston decision limits the NCAA’s ability to regulate and govern education-related benefits for student-athletes that increase access to internships and graduate school. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v. One of our other recommendations was to close the educational opportunity gaps for Black college athletes’ success.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, I have loved having opportunities to do the good work, to have more impact over time, and to now lead an institution that is fundamentally about access, equity, inclusion, for people who are left behind in higher education.” access and inclusion for all, regardless of background. .

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