Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Strategies are meant to build a relationship-rich education to help students feel connected and persist through graduation. “In In Fall 2022, our first faculty mentor pairings were made,” says Ben Telesca, vice president for student affairs, SRSU. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Long Beach College Promise is another Latino-serving program in which students are tracked from the K-12 system (the Long Beach Unified School District), through community college, and into CSULB to make sure students are fully supported through all the educational pathways. Morishita, interim president at CSULA.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. For example, 27% of community college students reported that they have had difficulty paying their rent or mortgage in the past year, and 21% have skipped or reduced meals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

student affairs, academic affairs, foundation, and alumni affairs) that dedicate resources, opportunities, and supports intended to: (a) undo legacies of educational disparities that Black/African American males have historically witnessed and (b) build capacity for students engaged in these communities (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Geographically, most of the students (42) are from California; the remaining 18 come from other states. When Prothrow-Stith joined CDU in 2016, developing an independent medical program, the university’s long-held dream, became her job. Offodile’s message to those who want to be on the path is, you belong.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

In 2020, as the nation contended with the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests across the country, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an uptick in interest and applications. Florida A&M University (FAMU) has seen a surge in applications since 2021, according to Dr. William E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“The UCLA AANAPISI designation represents the importance of understanding the various lived experiences of students on campus,” Kurland said, emphasizing the distinct needs of the nearly 50 ethnic groups that fall under the AANHPI category.

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