Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. 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. IRSC’s fall 2022 enrollment increased by 8.9%, with its incoming cohort breaking their ten-year average enrollment by more than 1,000 students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways. In 2022, Diverse recognized her with the Diverse Champions Award.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

However, in recent years, higher education, like many industries, is facing significant challenges in filling critical leadership, faculty, and support staff positions due to an aging workforce, a need for more qualified internal candidates, and increasing competition in the labor market.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. Dr. Thomas A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

Michael West, head of Penn State’s Department of African American Studies, has resigned from the role, alleging that leadership broke promises and questioning the school's commitment to diversity and equity, Centre Daily Times reported. There were 10 fewer Black tenure-line faculty overall in fall 2022 compared to the year before. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Working with our campuses, we’ve put in place high standards to raise their overall retention rates, overall graduation rates and overall attainment rates.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

Dasha Lundy, executive vice president and chief operations officer, is hoping to follow in the footsteps of other HBCUs who have regained accreditation through TRACS, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, like Paine College in November 2022 and Morris Brown College (MBC) in April.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The paper cited a 2022 report — “ A Dream Derailed? It stated that, by aligning policies with students’ interests, institutions supporting student success through broader acceptance of transfer credit and other practices aimed at reducing costs to students are reaping the benefits of greater enrollment, retention, and completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Mary Dueñas has a clear goal. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. trillion by the end of 2022, according to the U.S. In spring 2020, Black male retention at Whittier dropped to 30%. In spring 2020, Black male retention at Whittier dropped to 30%. Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), said the plan to pursue HSI status, announced in 2022, was intentional. NAU applied for classification and then appointed key leadership to ensure we serve our Hispanic students well,” Cruz Rivera said. She notes it helps build community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% Edward’s “familia” or family of students, faculty, staff, and leadership. Our Fall 2022 first-gen, first-year retention rate (81.5%) outpaced their non-first-gen peers (78.6%). For many, the hilltop is their “segunda casa” or second home with the St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment. “We

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The long-running lawsuit between Maryland’s HBCUs and the state was finally settled, and Morgan State received its first appropriation from those funds on July 1, 2022, amounting to $15.1 Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But a November 2022 article in U.S. Response to the pandemic In 2022, Claflin, an HBCU institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was an AACN Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award Winner. She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Since 2022, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We in management and leadership. In the fall of 2022, Webster hosted a diversity career fair for which corporations were asked to provide a statement about how DEI shows up in their organizational mission. “We underrepresented minorities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

My data mindset was shaped very early in my leadership career, Stout says in an interview with Diverse. We picked colleges we aspired to be like, looked at their data, and then we had a habit with the leadership team to look at the data on a regular basis, quarterly at least, and assess goals based on the data.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. November 1, 2022. Leadership began by listening to staff to identify and resolve disconnects between departments, which had been limiting their ability to market and fill open courses. EAB · How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Surprisingly, according to research, one third of HBCUs recorded their largest gifts between July 2020 and December 2022, post Robert Smith’s gift, and surprisingly those gifts also came from individuals. From behind their corporate desks and from the vantage point of their leadership positions, they empathize with the HBCU Case for Support.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. And that's how I started to solidify my position to keep us moving forward."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. It is absolutely time for us to be doing this,” says Martinez.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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EAB

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

How Ogden School District is Restoring Teacher Morale and Improving Retention with EAB Ogden School District's Success Through EAB's Teacher Morale Collaborative About Ogden School District consists of thirteen neighborhood elementary schools, six secondary schools and one youth-in care school.

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EAB

MARCH 24, 2023

Blogs What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today's competitive labor market Competition for talent is at an all-time high, forcing colleges and universities to rethink their historical approach to attracting and retaining talented staff on their campuses.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity Change leadership acts as a vital bridge between intent and action. What does effective change leadership look like in practice? Change leadership goes beyond the mechanics of managing a change; it’s leadership beyond execution.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Data-Activated Strategic Decision-Making and Planning as the first step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

That’s why EAB's District Leadership Forum is conducting a nationwide survey on student behavior. October 13, 2022. October 3, 2022. September 23, 2022. September 16, 2022. August 26, 2022. August 23, 2022. Teacher Recruitment and Retention. August 18, 2022. July 22, 2022.

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EAB

AUGUST 31, 2023

Blogs Effective principal leadership drives district success. They are the common denominator for school improvement, with direct impacts on teacher retention and indirect influence on student achievement. These barriers might be holding your principals back.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Tailoring and implementing the right mix of initiatives for each institution is crucial to improving retention and graduation rates. This approach has yielded impressive results: an 8% improvement in retention from 2016 to 2021, and an overall retention rate of 80% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, surpassing their retention goal.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Prospective students need to see themselves represented among campus leadership and faculty starting from their first touchpoint with your campus, which could be a tour, an info session, their first day of class, or simply your website. The program opened in Fall 2022 and is already serving over 70 students. September 22, 2022.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Blogs The 6 most in-demand topics for district leaders last year AskEAB's 6 most popular research requests in 2022-2023 Each year, EAB’s Dedicated Advisors pass hundreds of questions from district leaders and school administrators to our AskEAB team. This is no surprise, as 25 states (and Washington D.C.) Program evaluation: 4.5%

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