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MAY 4, 2025

Todd, who has served as president and CEO of Denmark Technical College (DTC) in South Carolina since 2020, will assume his new role on July 1. "I Talladega College's Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Willie L. as the institution's 22nd president. A Georgia native, Todd holds a Ph.D. A Georgia native, Todd holds a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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JUNE 27, 2024

Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 and the national retention rate (returning to the same institution) rose one full percentage point to 68.2%. We’re happy to share that our one-year retention has increased overall 2.3

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. The University of Hawai'i M?

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JUNE 10, 2024

Terri Gomez has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Gomez was honored in 2024 by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis for her leadership in empowering vulnerable communities.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year. Toldson, professor of the counseling psychology program at Howard University and national director of education innovation and research at the NAACP, agreed. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Although 82% of institutions have a designated point of contact for student veterans (Department of Veteran Affairs, 2018), determining how students find the point of contact and what their experiences are can provide valuable information for recruitment and retention. at Kansas State University. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At CCC, a Historically Black College and University, fall 2022 enrollment jumped 22.2%, the highest enrollment gains of any community college in the state. It was most pronounced from 2016 to 2020, where we dropped about 25% of our enrollment. When he became president of IRSC in late 2020, Moore brought business acumen to his new role.

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APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C.

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JUNE 13, 2024

Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. Edward’s University following the introduction by President Johnson in 1972. This first-generation program is possible at our university through generous donor support, most notably by Luci Baines Johnson and Ian Turpin.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Martin APA Task Force Report on Promotion, Tenure and Retention of Faculty of Color in Psychology details the many obstacles that psychological science faculty from underrepresented groups face, including being tasked with additional responsibilities, hostile work environments, and biased evaluations. population – according to 2020 U.S.

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JULY 29, 2024

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Founded in 1987, EHS works with individuals and academic institutions to provide housing for students attending New York City’s colleges and universities as well as students who come to the city each summer for internships. Campus housing could have a discernable impact on retention and graduation. versus 83.8%

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MARCH 10, 2023

At times like these, the university must support our students and the community in general,” said Méndez Méndez. Even though UAGM - Gurabo enrollment dropped from 17,167 in 2016 to 13,553 in 2020, Méndez Méndez and other leaders made conscious decisions that would keep the cost of tuition level. 6 and 7, 2020 at a 5.8

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. Economist Dr. Anthony P. MCC is introducing a new framework for leaders that will drive critical thinking, professional development, and community accountability.

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JULY 14, 2023

As chancellor of Arizona’s most extensive community college system, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), with nearly 140,000 students, paired with 10,000 faculty and staff members, my leadership philosophy is that we all play a role in the recruitment and retention of our students. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. The report, based on 2020 data from 543 public four-year institutions, graded schools by comparing the percentage of minoritized students to the percentage of minoritized faculty. “It reflects something that we’ve long known,” said Dr. Kimberly A.

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APRIL 10, 2024

These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A. Sasso, an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator at Delaware State University. Sasso is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator at Delaware State University. Dr. Pietro A.

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MAY 26, 2023

For a college or university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. One of only two schools in the University System of Georgia with HSI status, GGC has consistently developed programming for Hispanic students over the past decade. Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Texas received HSI designation in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Past studies have found that corequisite instruction improves retention, completion, and graduation rates for students regardless of their socio-economic background. There were too many ‘exit points’ in long, remedial sequences of courses,” said Sarah Truelsch, director of policy research at City University of New York (CUNY).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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JULY 27, 2023

percentage point recovery from the suppressed persistence level of those who started in fall 2020 means nearly 22,000 more students are still in college today.” According to Dr. Thomas Brock, director of the Community College Research Center at Columbia University, the consequences could be serious. But for her, the message was clear.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2020, NJIT created the Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, which is made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as business and community leaders who work collaboratively to address recruitment, retention, engagement and persistence among Latinx students.

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JUNE 30, 2023

In a similar survey published by Course Hero in September 2020, about 40 percent of all faculty respondents were considering leaving their job as a result of COVID-19 related impacts. Though the positive results of the survey provide Morris and his team optimism, there were other concerning facts that were revealed in the results.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The steepest drops in enrollment were seen at private for-profit institutions (-2.5%) and public four-year universities (-1.6%). 4%, an encouraging number compared to its previous enrollment losses, losing 20% of their enrollment between spring 2020 and spring 2022. But community college enrollment only dropped by.4%,

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OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. The population growth in Texas was in urban and suburban areas,” notes Martinez.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Title: Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Distinguished Full Professor, Saint Joseph’s University Stokes is the inaugural associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at Saint Joseph’s University. She earned a Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). If the university is not providing the resource, he will make a connection.” Michael Drake, president of the University of California. The students availing themselves of AAP have found their way to UCLA.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 4, 2024

The Challenge: Facing declining retention and cumbersome scheduling, JAX State needed to address barriers to enrollment. Jacksonville State University (JAX State) has evolved significantly from a state teachers’ college in 1883 to an Alabama regional university with the highest percentage of accredited programs.

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MAY 20, 2024

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. While this is worth applauding, it’s also important to look at retention rates to understand trends in students who are still leaving community colleges.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D., Remember why you got into this. Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr., Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.,

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The grant will fund research to develop an evidence-based theoretical model for sustainable, equitable career pathways within colleges and universities that house TRIO programs, specifically Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), Student Support Services (SSS), and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point lift in first-year retention from 2012 to 2020 and even stronger gains for second and third-year retention A 7.7

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs Improve the precision of student enrollment forecasting January 31, 2023 Jeff Pidcock Director of Budgeting and Business Transformation, Miami University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Predicting College Student Retention. Lopez-Wagner, M.C.,

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