Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2025

Two in 5 students report struggling with imposter syndrome, a phenomenon particularly acute among underrepresented groups who often feel their academic success is undeserved. The research, which builds on a 2017 baseline study, shows both concerning trends and promising developments.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

A Simple, Fallen Mathematician: The Humble Genius Behind Supersymmetry Former students praise Gates for the great level of personal investment that he makes in his students growth and success. But his effect was also in modeling what it was to be a successful researcher.

Mathematics

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

Only 17% of veteran students earned a bachelors degree by 2017, compared to 37% of nonveterans. Comprehensive data on how students allocate time and resources outside the classroom is essential for identifying barriers that disproportionately affect certain student populationsand for informing policies that support their success.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Jones is a former New Jersey Superior Court judge who retired from the bench in 2017. The students argue that these precedents should be considered successes in breaking through the gender silo. It always struck me as odd that those rules were set up 100 years ago, when women did not have equal rights. asks Jones.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2025

history if successful. This marks the eighth iteration of the annual report series, which began in 2014 and has been published in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, is running for governor in 2025 and could become the first Black woman governor in U.S.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. DFC’s] success is driven by the level of personal care and support that we can provide our scholars.” DFC’s approach is in line with recent research showing that student success requires a comprehensive approach. How has the college pulled this off?

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Educators from a variety of community colleges shared how student success and sense of belonging is vital to meeting their local workforce needs, and how their unique geographic locations, demographic growth, and regional needs have influenced how they connect with big industry and small to mid-sized businesses.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, high school GPAs (HSGPA) are less likely to be clear indicators of first-year, postsecondary success. That’s according to the latest report from the ACT , which analyzed high school GPAs, ACT test scores, and first-year grades in students from 2017 to 2021. HSGPA would be predicted to earn a 2.0

Multiple measures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. One major key to success in college is thoroughly reviewing and critiquing your work before a professor can. There is no luck when it comes to academic success. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The study, “Helping or Hurting: The Effects of Retention in the Third Grade on Student Outcomes,” examined this practice’s effects, looking at how the state of Indiana’s test-based retention policy – based on third-grade reading tests – impacted student success, disciplinary outcomes, and attendance up to five years down the line.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

This grant is a renewal of the previous grant we received in 2017; but it is double in amount this time, which truly speaks to our commitment to preparing the best professionals who meet the ever-changing needs of the industry.”

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. We must now redouble our efforts, regaining the ground lost during the pandemic and charting a new path toward even greater student success for all learners.

Collaboration

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

vi Access to robust data helps institutions implement evidence-based policies to support successful transfers, and access to better data can help students like Coleen understand how different institutions will support their degree progression, as well as how to minimize financial cost and the potential for credit loss. 2017, updated 2021).

Student success

Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Challenge: Deliver on the mission to provide holistic services that support the success of every student every day. The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

CGU’s former dean of students and campus life, she arrived on campus in 2017 and became the school’s chief student affairs officer in June 2023. "A And with those assets, she has sought to improve student success at CGU and help coach rising student affairs leaders amid issues of turnover and fatigue in the field.

Therapist

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. To have an institutional-wide approach to student success. Since 2018, she has been coaching Harford toward improving success measures. For 41 years, Dr. Karen A.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” As successful programming became established, the programs were replicated for women and other underrepresented minorities. for students who entered in 2017. Watford says. That rose to 61.2%

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

conceptually-based, rigorous, and equitable); and (c) create an inclusive classroom setting where all students can experience success, eliminating restrictive and segregated special education placements. culturally relevant and sustaining teaching) and high-quality instruction (i.e., Strassfeld, N., Hillemeier, M., & Schussler, D.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2024

NEW YORK At The Nightingale-Bamford School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, educators from across the nation gathered to learn the best practices to elevate young girls, particularly those from minoritized backgrounds, into successful futures.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 23, 2023

The School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) older facilities have “aged components that are beyond their service life, obsolete or no longer energy efficient,” according to a 2017 SDP Facility Condition Assessment. And we've seen successful results because of this model. The report also documented 11,480 deficiencies worth $4.5

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 23, 2023

The School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) older facilities have “aged components that are beyond their service life, obsolete or no longer energy efficient,” according to a 2017 SDP Facility Condition Assessment. And we've seen successful results because of this model. The report also documented 11,480 deficiencies worth $4.5

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

“The ability to be flexible, adjust, adapt and still meet your mission, to me that’s resilience,” said Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Ed Excelencia, an organization promoting Latinx success in higher education and at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). 6 and 7, 2020 at a 5.8 magnitude and 6.4 magnitude respectively.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

My first full-time job after earning my master’s degree was to return to Elon to help start a college access and success program,” he recalled, adding the program was designed for students from low-income families or first-generation college students. I want to continue to disrupt monolithic perspectives about rural communities.”

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

72% said that higher education contributes to graduates’ personal enrichment and growth, and 71% said that higher ed contributes to advancing graduates’ wealth and success. 73% agreed that higher education plays a role in national prosperity and development. Observers were left wondering what to make of the contrast.

Higher education

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast TSU's Systematic Approach to Student Success Episode 151. Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. Student success is always changing with the landscape of higher education. May 16, 2023.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

She oversaw 15 departments and was responsible for the academic success of John Jay’s 13,000 undergraduates. Launched as a pilot program in 2017, Byrne is working to find funding to scale the program to a more substantial size.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From 1997 to 2017, he served as artistic director at the Pasadena Playhouse – the same place where, as a child, he got his first taste of the fine arts. “My father was a Presbyterian minister. “Don't let the outside world tell you what you're capable of and that's true in leadership as well. Well, that's b t. Epps should know.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

Fox acknowledges going coed, which happened in 2017, was not an easy process. Fox describes it as “phenomenally successful” with graduation rates around 90% and licensure pass rates near 100%. For us, it was a necessity that we be able to extend our mission to men,” Fox said. Without a doubt, the pandemic caused upheaval.

Curriculum

Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. Here are some of our successes, challenges, and the lessons learned along the way.

Success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This metric allows students to weigh whether the cost of an institution and their potential earnings sets them up for successful repayment. 1) The Share of Students Who Earn More than a High School Graduate. The updates to the Scorecard are a step in the right direction and will help today’s students and many generations to come. [ii]

Students

#RealCollege Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In its first year of operation (2016–2017) the FAST Fund pilot assisted 26 students. Therefore, its mission statement recognizes a second purpose: to promote college and public policies that help students stay enrolled and achieve academic success. It was successful again, and at the end of July MATC announced that it would forgive $6.75

Faculty

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Used properly, data can help to facilitate the goals and growth of an organization and can help leaders and stakeholders better identify and understand areas of concern—and areas of success. By using data to accurately assess institutional successes and challenges, the accountability discussion can become more illuminating and nuanced.

Facilitation

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

A high degree of variation, however, exists in financial aid offer letters sent from different colleges, and many do not clearly convey critical information to their prospective students.

Financial aid

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. When we first started talking about student success in 2014, that language wasn't even used in the field.

Success

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.

Retention