Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But with the revival of a way for those in prison to better access higher education, per the Second Chance Pell pilot program in 2015 , ITHAKA saw the potential to do more. Heidi McGregor, vice president of communications at ITHAKA, noted that these permissions are similar to how much of everything else is “mediated” in and out of prisons.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. CSUS has seen enrollment of full-time and part-time Latino students increase by 34% and 66%, respectively, from 2015 to 2023. This is a structural effort that we found innovative.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Social media are the go-to engagement channels for both traditional campus communicators and online-only education programs. In 2015, Tim Bounds, Senior Director of Strategic Operations for the Division of Student Affairs at Duke University, wrote about the need for a “ well-rounded student information system.”

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