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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. Morales, president of CSUSB. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diversity of the US Public Health Workforce Pipeline (2016-2020): Role of Academic Institutions ,” developed by researchers at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) looked at public health student diversity from 2016-2020 using a Diversity Index (DI).

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted. She oversaw 15 departments and was responsible for the academic success of John Jay’s 13,000 undergraduates.

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Cazenovia College Closes, In a Possible Harbinger for Similar Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although prior to 2016, most higher ed closures were of for-profit institutions, Cazenovia is part of a shift in which small, non-profit colleges that rely on tuition revenue have been imperiled. The reasons, says Burns, are financial and social. On Wednesday morning, the board of trustees voted to close the college.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Assistant professor and program coordinator Eleisha Moreno, who has worked with EAP since 2016, says this recognition from Excelencia in Education is validating. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Applying to more colleges: In 2021, the average number of college applications submitted by new college freshmen rose to 7 from 6 applications the year before. 9% increase in six-year completion rates from the fall 2015 cohort to fall 2016. Community colleges have seen a.9% Let us know here. Please enter a message.