Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Higher education is continually evolving, and 2024 has presented new opportunities for institutions to better address students’ changing needs. Traditional metrics, such as retention and graduation rates, don’t fully capture whether students succeed during college. How are they doing this?

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2025

Lavariega Monforti, who has served as Interim Provost since Fall 2024, brings extensive academic leadership experience to the position, including previous roles as CSUCI's Vice Provost and Accreditation Liaison Officer. "Dr. Together, we will advance innovation, promote student success, and expand pathways to social mobility."

First generation

Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

What features will help us be more proactive, scale support, and still create a student-centered environment? At the core of every institution is one goal: student success. A major driver of success has been the robust training program led by Hilda Gartke, Coordinator of Student Affairs Training.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

population were measured separately in May 2024. The latest survey shows that 87% of AAPI adults worry about increases in student loan debt. The students were grateful for support from counselors, from faculty, Tomaneng said. We already know that DEI programming increases student engagement and leads to student success.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

He published his fi ndings in a 2024 study for The Review of Higher Education. These types of classes help students develop a sense of identity, help build their sense of belonging and give them confidence, Nguyen says. And if they do that, then certainly AANAPISIs would be in that group.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Trump has brought a sense of uncertainty as 2024 draws to a close. As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Student debt issues loom, and problems due to the rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA linger.

Mental health

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

He has 20 years of higher education experience serving in a variety of roles, including assistant vice provost, associate dean for student development and achievement, first-year experience instructor, and elected member of the faculty senate. Hamm Click to view the page: Three TRIO Leaders Honored with the 2024 Walter O.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

Taking away federal funding which is there to support student success or even the threat of taking away federal funding immediately is not fulfilling the goal of our civil rights laws. Department of Education in the Biden-Harris Administration from 2023 to 2024. We need to fix what is happening on our college campuses.We

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population. Institutions must respect this reality by maximizing flexibility for learners and structure their programs to promote student success.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2024

Six individuals have been recognized in The California State University’s (CSU) first-ever Black Student Success Scholarship Program. Each will receive a $5,000 award for the 2024-25 academic year.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Kim Cassidy Dr. Kim Cassidy will step down as president of Bryn Mawr College in June 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the school’s leader, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I In 1993, Cassidy joined Bryn Mawr faculty at the women’s college and served as provost for six years.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Dr. Terri Gomez Gomez’s “deep understanding of our campus’ strengths and opportunities; her student-centered approach to leadership; her dedication to faculty and staff excellence; and her unwavering commitment to the success of our diverse students,” said President Dr. Soraya M.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. To have an institutional-wide approach to student success. At the same time, the deans are talking to their faculty about the data in the classroom that faculty are using.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Most UW employees will now see pay raises of 4% in 2023 and 2% in 2024.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Prairie View A&M University was named among seven colleges and universities and colleges receiving a 2024 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. We commend these colleges and universities for their exemplary work in advancing the intercultural skills of their students, faculty, and staff in today’s dynamic landscape.”

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

It is about taking a bold stance to break the old and create new systems and structures that support our students’ success. I’m ready to share my unapologetic Freedom Dreaming thoughts, the full realization of unapologetic leadership, put into practice, in the name of student success.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

Can students get childcare, or food? Because you can’t have student success without those things.” The 2024-25 maximum Pell Grant covers just 26% of the costs of attending college. Even after receiving aid like the Pell Grant, students from low-income backgrounds are still turning to loans to cover the loose ends.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

It is designed for students who are interested in Black history, life, and culture. Sacramento State, which enrolls more Black students than any other CSU campus, plans to use the CSU funds to support faculty who will teach in the Black Honors College and provide release time for work to implement the initial program offerings.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Lizette Navarette will become the next president of Woodland Community College, effective January 2024, The Appeal-Democrat reported. Navarette’s employment agreement will be put on the agenda for the district’s governing board at the Dec. 14 meeting for public review and approval, officials said.

Community college

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.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Reddick, University of Texas at Austin Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Make your career journey what you want it to be and don’t wait for others to define it for you.” Sáenz is the associate dean for Student Success, Community Engagement & Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Victor B.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

Tutoring

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. If something is even perceived as being not fully designed for all students, Thompson says a redesign is called for to foster greater student success.

Low income student

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. This job requires being on 24-hours a day,” he says. “I at Stanford.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

By following the students’ lead, Bennett strives to integrate healing-centered leadership approaches, pleasure activism, and her love for the arts into the center’s programming. One of my proudest experiences during my time as director is that we increased our scholarships for UofL students for the academic year of 2024-2025,” says Bennett.

Equity

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The challenge will intensify with the expected spike in fall 2024 enrollment due to the ACC Free Tuition pilot program.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

To bring about that change, CBCE sponsors an annual free and virtual conference that allows those committed to Black students’ success and wellness to gather. More than 3,000 participants from the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the Bahamas attended the conference in 2024.

Equity

Timely MD

JULY 2, 2024

More than one in three currently enrolled students have considered stopping out of their degree or credential program within the last six months, according to Gallup and Lumina Foundation’s State of Higher Education 2024 report. Why do some students persist while others fall back? Brown, Ph.D.,

Student success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students. To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S. Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services.

Advising

Believe in Students

APRIL 1, 2024

Questions about the motivations of faculty and students. Our students feel it. Our faculty partners feel it. Celebrating 2023 2023 was a year of change and growth for Believe in Students and our network partners. Attacks on efforts at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

Student success

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

Student success

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The challenge will intensify with the expected spike in fall 2024 enrollment due to the ACC Free Tuition pilot program.

Faculty

EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Building on their early success, Mott’s Second Chance Pell Program Coordinator, Mary Cusack , recently turned to a long-standing transfer partner in the region, Ferris State University. Through this transfer pathway, students will receive their associate degree enroute to their bachelor’s in business administration.

Education

The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 13, 2024

Speaking with host Michael Moe , she discussed her personal experiences with student success, the UIA’s first ten years, how to scale change, and the value of embracing failure. It's not that people are lazy, don't care, or don't want to help students. It's that higher ed was never designed around students.

Student success

Civitas Learning

MAY 28, 2024

Austin Community College (ACC) is one of many institutions committed to student success amidst this enrollment uptick, especially among first-generation and underrepresented students. Engagement tracking ACC’s data confirms that students who engage with their advisors are more likely to persist and graduate.

Community college