Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

The findings point to Clery Act violations such as failing to compile and publish accurate crime statistics, from 2016-2021. Further lapses in Clery Act compliance could jeopardize the terms of the university’s participation in the federal student aid programs or result in other administrative sanctions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE. Could you talk about the intentionality behind including students as part of this process?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. The current administration is led by a Latinx president and provost and includes more female leaders than ever before.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. In 2016, he was tapped to lead the school’s law center, which was founded at the historically Black university (an HBCU) in 1947.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Department of Education Hispanic serving institution (HSI) designation in 2016; received the Seal of Excelencia certification in 2021; created the Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement; developed the Engineering Technology/Cyber Security Research Center; and established the Institute for Autism and Related Disorders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

created a “hostile environment” for her and Gwen Kea, SAU’s vice president of finance and administration. McPhail attributed the issues to incomplete audits, a lack of record maintenance and documentation under a previous administration, and an unreliable former auditor. SAU faced an earlier probation between 2016 and 2018. "I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In recent years, Alabama has been the #1 state in terms of opioid prescriptions written, with 121 per 100 people in 2016. The ravages of the opioid crisis meant that Alabama was in desperate need of social workers. But creating the program was not easy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For students who started community college in 2016, which means a portion of their six years overlapped with COVID, 35% obtained a credential. Dr. Frank Fernandez, associate professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy at the University of Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Through and through. Dr. Ruth M. López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Dr. Ruth M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Colleges and universities can make the benefits even more meaningful by accepting SNAP on campus (Oregon State began doing this in 2016 and Penn State recently began as well) and/or exempting SNAP recipients from meal plan requirements. The average benefit for a single adult is around $2,000 a year and it is higher for students with children.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

This has had real effects across the American higher education sector: since 2016, new international student enrollment had been decreasing year over year across colleges and universities in the United States, even before it plummeted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. We take a look at institutions that have excelled at graduating a diverse student base.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. After earning tenure, Byrne began taking on administrative roles, one which notably put her in direct contact with Macaulay Honors College. Upon completion of her Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Albany State University recently announced its president, Dr. Marion Ross Fedrick, had been appointed executive vice president for administration and chief of staff at Georgia State University, effective July 1. The environment wasn’t what was described.”

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#RealCollege Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It began in 2016 in recognition by MATC’s faculty union, American Federation of Teachers Local 212, that basic-needs insecurity was undermining the ability of MATC students to complete their studies. In its first year of operation (2016–2017) the FAST Fund pilot assisted 26 students.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JANUARY 7, 2022

In general, previously enrolled students were not close to meeting the credit requirements for the technical/applied degrees analyzed in this study: business administration, early childhood education, paralegal studies, criminal justice, and dental hygiene. Many near-completers were missing general education. References. 1 Ryan, C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While anti-racism mitigated this, educators also need supporting anti-racist, administrative leadership and policies. Yet, even with anti-racist practices in the classroom, Black and Latinx students still had increased propensities for being resegregated in special education, due to early assessments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Dr. Jane Close Conoley In terms of data, administration analyzes persistence rates, graduate rates, enrollment yield rates, GPA levels, the average number of credits taken per semester, financial aid needs, technology needs, and housing and food insecurity needs. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Dr. Erika D.

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Longstanding methods of managing data in silos make it difficult for faculty and administrators to agree on common data sources and shared dashboards. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that 97% of college administrators surveyed believe that higher education needs to use data and analytics to drive better decisions.

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a media interview with Brandon Wolf , a survivor of the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and a civil rights activist. In this blog, I’ll outline the imperatives for campus administrators to act on, as well as five actions you can take today.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Instead, he found purpose and fulfillment instead as a mental health counselor with a terminal degree in his field and a campus administrator who cares deeply about students. Ultimately, that unexpected detour was just the beginning of his professional journey. Researchers found a significant escalation in perfectionism.

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College Planners of America

AUGUST 27, 2024

Still, the agency said it recognizes the time sensitivity and extra administrative burden for institutions and is offering technical assistance to help colleges with the process. It’s the difference between pushing a button versus making thousands of keystrokes in terms of administrative burden.”

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College Planners of America

AUGUST 27, 2024

Still, the agency said it recognizes the time sensitivity and extra administrative burden for institutions and is offering technical assistance to help colleges with the process. It’s the difference between pushing a button versus making thousands of keystrokes in terms of administrative burden.”

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NACAC's Admitted

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since 2016, the Character Collaborative has hosted an annual meeting prior to the start of the NACAC conference. John’s Preparatory School (MN) and a former higher ed administrator and author of the 2015 book Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education.

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NACAC's Admitted

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since 2016, the Character Collaborative has hosted an annual meeting prior to the start of the NACAC conference. John’s Preparatory School (MN) and a former higher ed administrator and author of the 2015 book Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education.

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Student Research Foundation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Teachers and school administrators, are there Hispanic students in your classrooms? million in 2016 to 3.27 Or are you instructing non-Hispanic students about their Hispanic neighbors across the U.S.? In either case, here are some statistics you should have available. . Demographic information from USAFact.org.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrators and department leads should conduct a thorough audit across all departments to understand what’s available to support students so they can decide what initiatives and programs need a closer look. Administrators and leaders should collaborate with Institutional Research to schedule regular reviews.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The analytics function should be headed by an executive-level administrator who can bridge the gap between academic and institutional priorities and the technical workings of the analytics function. In an ideal analytics organization, executive, functional, and technical roles are necessary to support the organizational mission.

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Sharp cuts in state and federal funding, especially after the 2008 recession, led to a need to bring in more tuition revenue, and competition for enrollment has led schools to spend more on administration, services and amenities. The good news is that some states are beginning to reinvest in higher education.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The research findings presented below draw from analysis of the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) 2016 Canadian Reference group, which included 42,642 students from 42 postsecondary institutions (colleges and universities) across Canada (ACHA, 2016; Ezekiel, In Press). student leaders, administrative leaders).

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

From 2016 to 2022, the total Fall headcount decreased by 25%, and retention and graduation rates told a similar story. Recognizing the vital role of faculty, administrators implemented creative strategies to secure buy-in. Fall-to-spring retention rates stood at 78.4%, while fall-to-fall retention rates were 47.90%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2025

of Asian American Pacific Islander college presidents nationally when Berkeley City College hired her to Dr. Rowena Tomaneng its top job in 2016. During 12 years there ending in 2003, Suzuki constantly urged mid- and senior-level AAPI administrators of Asian descent to pursue the top jobs. Rowena Tomaneng was part of the tiny 1.5%

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We believe that sharing the best templates, tools, resources, and materials will make innovation adoption easier and faster for thousands of student success administrators. We're excited to see the Lab support our member campuses. To access the Lab as a non-UIA member, please add your name to our wait list.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

This approach has yielded impressive results: an 8% improvement in retention from 2016 to 2021, and an overall retention rate of 80% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, surpassing their retention goal. If I’m the registrar and the student calls in, I can understand all the touchpoints that student has had.” Read the Blog 4.

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