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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. The campus has seen significant upgrades to its facilities, creating modern learning spaces that foster collaboration and creativity.

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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, the percentage of first-time students enrolling in transfer-level math and English courses within their first year of college rose dramatically between the fall 2015 and fall 2020 cohorts. Collaboration becomes a lifeline in leading the implementation of AB 705.

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020, we partnered with Intel to introduce the nations first AI and machine learning associates degree and certificate program. As more two-year colleges begin implementing bachelors degrees, I encourage their leaders to collaborate with Maricopa Community Colleges. Of these jobs, 58 million will require a bachelors degree pathway.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 The Executive Dashboard was meticulously designed through a collaborative development process involving strategic decision-making and technology choices to meet MDC’s unique needs,” says Pumariega.

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Graduating Into The Unknown

Active Minds

This moment, filled with unknowns, feels similar to my own graduation: it was the Spring of 2020. Here’s my advice for adapting when graduating into the unknown: Collaborate with your people Graduation shifts the landscape of your campus community, but the connections you’ve created are far from over.

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the unanticipated: reflecting & looking forward

Catherine Cronin

Throughout the year, I worked individually and in collaboration with others to explore issues in digital, open and higher education. This drew on GTM and team members’ expertise as well as principles of data feminism (DIgnazio & Klein, 2020 ). A very personal highlight was a keynote at Lehman College in the Bronx.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, as a staple in the community, the Black church can collaborate with college campuses or minority student organizations to implement spiritual wellness, a component of psychological health for racially minoritized populations, cited as being helpful. Such inhospitable conditions also increase physiological symptoms (i.e.,