Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack The announcement was made by Secretary Tom Vilsack at the 2024 White House Tribal Youth Forum held late last week. Department of Agriculture has announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Whitaker became interim president of Colorado College, a medium, private nonprofit college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2024, just five years after earning tenure as an associate professor at the college in spring 2019. Manya Whitaker serves as a compelling example of rapid advancement in academic leadership. Song Richardson in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King. Her employment was terminated on April 15, 2024, with the stated cause being insubordination and unprofessional and disrespectful conduct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Eight in 10 employers taking part in the National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2024 Internship & Co-op Survey expect to maintain (47.2%) or increase (32.2%) the number of interns they bring in for 2023-24 compared to the 2022-23 academic year. Data for the 2024 Internship & Co-op Report were collected Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

“Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. The program] was so impressive, it helped with retention and graduation, says James. As a student, [the program] did help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

In 2024, White applicants received offers of admission at nearly twice the rate of their Black counterparts, with 79% of white applicants receiving at least one acceptance compared to just 45% of Black applicants. While women comprised 57% of all law school applicants in 2024, they accounted for only 56% of admitted students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

College leaders serious about improving student success and graduating the learners who enroll in their institutions should ask themselves these five questions as we head into 2024: Do we have programs that work for someone living day to day? Many adult learners must prioritize earning a living and caring for their families.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Through campus partnerships, support programs, and academic interventions, she has led advances in student retention, persistence and graduation with the goal of eliminating equity gaps for our most vulnerable students. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s, and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is projecting that 2,000 students will benefit from this program during the 2024-25 academic year. A plan for mainstream colleges and universities has been laid out for intentional engagement in recruitment and retention. This is for individuals who have not already earned a bachelor’s degree.

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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. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1 Sustaining success Retention rates have steadily increased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before the 2024 season, Ward emerged as the most sought-after quarterback in college football’s transfer portal, a mechanism created in 2018 that allowed student-athletes to switch schools and compete immediately without the previous requirement of sitting out a season.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. The summer 2024 META had almost 200 participants.

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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. In 2024, five key Student Impact Strategies emerged: 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia. Ford envisions him having an impact on recruitment and retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. “We In late August 2024, the role Williams initially took at UK (associate vice president of institutional diversity and chief of staff) was renamed. We did some great work.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Sarah Collins Ad Astra’s 2024 Benchmark Report – released on Feb. For instance, ‘walking’ students had a 29% retention rate and a 7% rate of completion. But student who were even just one tier up, ‘speed-walking,’ saw retention rates jump to 53% and likelihood of completing to 26%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In the early aughts, Renick says, it was standard practice for student support programs to address equity gaps and low graduation or retention numbers through the creation of targeted programs, like initiatives for first-generation students, and African American male initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As she transitions into this new role, Gilliam said she had her sights on certain key matters, including student diversity, affordability, retention, and graduation rates. "I Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Emily Labandera The April 2024 report uses publicly available data to provide readers with a “fundamental understanding” of who Latino students are, how they fit a “post-traditional student profile,” and the schools they are attending, said Emily Labandera, director of research at Excelencia. Of the Latino students in U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

These skills have combined in her groundbreaking research around how students of color, particularly Black students, engage with institutional social media as a tool for recruitment or retention. She is finishing her Ph.D. candidacy in the field of higher educational organizational change at UCLA, under the mentorship of Allen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Those are the findings of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Undergraduate Earner’s Report for Spring 2024. These decreases happened whether the student was a first-time credential earner or had earned a credential before. The center collects and analyzes data from almost all U.S. postsecondary institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. Stout and Dr. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference. Most colleges that come into ATD, stay in ATD.”

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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.

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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 1, 2024

Join us for a conversation on the details of the 2024 Student Success Impact Report and what leaders should know about the latest trends. The post Insights to Action: An inside look at the 2024 Student Success Impact Report appeared first on Civitas Learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Wherever his future takes him, he will continue to improve the retention of diverse candidates as they break into the field. Delgado is still fascinated by the questions and answers discovered through marine research, and he says he hopes to one day head a research group, either in the academy or outside.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

They impact student performance and retention.” It seeks to prohibit any state or federal funding from being utilized to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state’s higher education institutions. The University of North Florida (UNF), by example, has shuttered several on-campus centers, including the LGBTQ Center.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The post Student Success Impact Report 2024 appeared first on Civitas Learning. Explore key trends and insights about what works for student success from across the Civitas Learning community.

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EAB

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Podcast Top Priorities for Community Colleges in 2024 Episode 175. EAB experts Dr. They also offer advice on what community college leaders can do in 2024 to improve student retention and modernize the student experience. EAB · Top Priorities for Community Colleges in 2024 Transcript Coming soon. December 5, 2023.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

The Outcomes: UNCA saw an immediate impact, including a nearly 5% increase in first-year fall-to-fall retention and the ability to quickly mobilize outreach during crises using the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform. Before Civitas Learning, there was no efficient way to view a student’s individual journey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

“My research examines the ways in which larger social processes affect students and their overall well-being while also addressing underrepresented and marginalized students in relation to retention and success,” she says. Dueñas says she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine students in their higher educational spaces.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Other AI enhancements in Navigate will make it easier for staff and administrators to generate reports on institutional student retention and success efforts. EAB has assembled a cohort of institutions to test the new features and expects to expand availability in 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The metrics include course completion, retention, program completion and program completion with wage gains. Stout with 2024 Diverse Champions winner, Dr. Keith Curry, president of Compton College. Stout appreciates her time coaching because it enables her to see the work on the ground in action.

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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. These barriers are probably why.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Survey 2024 Voice of the Superintendent Survey A unique annual survey, designed to give superintendents insight into the experiences and perspectives of district leaders nationwide. We are excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Voice of the Superintendent Survey. A complete report of our findings will be published in February 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Prior to starting this position in April 2024, Salcedo spent two years as assistant director for administration of the Academic Advancement Program working with Alexander, who has directed AAP for over a decade. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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