article thumbnail

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. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

Retention 336
article thumbnail

Persistence Rebounds to Pre-COVID Levels, But Not for Everyone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and equaling the average rate for freshmen from 2016-2018. “It All underrepresented groups tracked in the report had persistence rates lower than in 2018. White students persisted at an 80.5%

Retention 246
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These decreases are especially concerning because of how popular a path community colleges have been for these groups: 44% of all Black undergraduates and 57% of all Native undergraduates attended community colleges in 2018. They discussed their ideas Thursday at a panel co-sponsored by CCEAL and the Association of Community College Trustees.

article thumbnail

Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways. In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million. Online, 18.1%

Retention 262
article thumbnail

A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%.

Mentoring 324
article thumbnail

6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible. rate in 2020.

article thumbnail

Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 2018 to 2021, the racial group that saw the largest increase in suicides among people 10-24 years old was Black individuals, with an increase of 37%. recruitment, admissions, retention, milestone navigation, etc.). Grant number: CPIMP221331 Collaborate.