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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the 2022-23 academic year, the College Fund supported more than 4,000 Native American scholars in 43 states to attend 267 colleges and universities. Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The school’s mission-vision aligns with my work as a scholar and leader, and I believe the school is poised to reach new heights in the areas of K-12 and higher education, human development, exercise, health, and wellness.” In 2022, Diverse recognized her with the Diverse Champions Award.

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

March 3, 2022, a middle school teacher at San Francisco’s Creative Arts Charter School wanted to incorporate active learning in her history lesson on slavery. For instance, research shows that collaborative testing not only improves scores and reduces anxiety, but also supports long-term retention and peer learning (see Cortright et al.,

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Higher Ed Leaders and Scholars Discuss Promises and Pitfalls of AI Tool Usage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ChatGPT launched in November of 2022,” Watson said. AI has promise in terms of recognizing student patterns and how they relate to student persistence and retention, said panelist Dr. William J. Within two months, there was a survey of students that found 89% had already given ChatGPT a try."

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Intentionality is Key in First-generation Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% Our Fall 2022 first-gen, first-year retention rate (81.5%) outpaced their non-first-gen peers (78.6%).

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Panel Takes On Higher Ed Burnout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2022 Gallup poll found that educators reported the highest level of burnout of any industry , and 35% of college and university workers reported “always” or “very often” feeling burned out at work. Permitting faculty and staff to rotate in-person work or to only come in on certain days might help with retention.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. Working with our campuses, we’ve put in place high standards to raise their overall retention rates, overall graduation rates and overall attainment rates.”