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The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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MAY 15, 2025

Wilks, who brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education leadershipprimarily at Historically Black Colleges and Universitieswill officially begin her tenure on June 1, 2025. Clinton holds a sacred legacy grounded in faith, resilience, and opportunity.

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APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. In the last few years, we've had somewhere between 2-3% of students attending. Student success is the second pillar.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Florida A&M University, attests to the success of ELEVATE after taking advantage of the program’s benefits to aid in her own career. “As Applications for ELEVATE 2025 will open on November 15, 2024. Dr. Cheron H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2025

Burrell-Craft, who will begin her tenure in Summer 2025, is the fourth generation in her family to be associated with Grambling, following her grandfather, parents, and brotherall alumni of the institution. "Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. The primary goal is helping increase the number of Native students enrolling in MSU and successfully completing a degree at MSU,” says Leonard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A new report from education advocacy organization EdTrust-West reveals that California's educational system continues to fail Black students despite years of rhetoric Dr. Christopher J. The report highlights disturbing trends showing little improvement for Black students over the past decade, with some disparities actually widening.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Of the 2,465 new students registered for the spring 2025 semester at Bergen, 19% are new transfers. Although about 25% of enrolled students at Bergen come from outside the county, the transfers from other community colleges would be students seeking a special program unavailable elsewhere. fall-to-fall retention rate.

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JUNE 6, 2025

Based on the Sense of Social Fit Scale, the tool reveals that student confidence significantly improves after Success Coaching sessions. These insights support better student outcomes by connecting confidence to academic persistence, mental wellness, and long-term success. What is the academic confidence score?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2025

The initiative allows student-athletes to develop their personal brands at no cost while at PCC, with the added benefit that they can maintain their Opendorse profiles if they transfer to other institutions. "I PCC's initiative represents a significant step in expanding these opportunities to the two-year college sector.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. During the conference, scholars will engage with community college leaders and attend specialized sessions focused on improving student success.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Kristin Mallory Mallory, who currently serves as vice president for Academic Affairs at Wor-Wic Community College in Maryland, will assume her new role on July 1, 2025, bringing with her a comprehensive vision for educational excellence and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

This is the topic we took to task in Fostering Healthier Campuses: Applying Sense of Belonging Theory to Student Affairs Research and Practice at the recent annual meeting of NASPAStudent Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. New challenges may require different supports that change semester to semester or year to year.

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Knack

JUNE 9, 2025

This year’s Best Performing Knack Program award honors institutions with the highest percentage of students actively engaging in Knack-supported sessions—true testaments to strategic implementation and student-centered design. Meet our 2025 winners:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications.

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APRIL 4, 2025

This would come to be one of the most important steps in making this effort successful. As we engaged faculty in discussions about transfer, we shifted the focus from simply identifying equivalent courses to defining the essential competencies students must master in the first half of their major.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

The recent Moodys downgrade of the 2025 U.S. A Backdoor Low-Pressure System: Undermining the Nations Future Success Recently, the U.S. This rollback worsens existing disparities, obstructing access and success for individuals who aspire to make a meaningful, positive, and lasting impact on the lives of others.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. The primary goal is helping increase the number of Native students enrolling in MSU and successfully completing a degree at MSU,” says Leonard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

Ten finalists have been named and are still in the running for the Aspen Institute’s 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The other areas comprise teaching and learning, certificate and degree completion, transfer and bachelor’s attainment, workforce success, and broad access to the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

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.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

When we talk about student success, it’s easy to focus on the classroom. But even the most capable students can struggle if they don’t have access to basic resources like quiet study spaces, reliable Wi-Fi, group meeting areas, and academic support services. percentage point (PP) lift in persistence Library Resources — 5.3

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MAY 8, 2024

The global nonprofit Aspen Institute has named 20 semifinalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a $1 million prize. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students. The 150 schools can submit data and narratives about strategies for better, more equitable student outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. This work would eventually lead to GSU’s development of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

“While we have the highest population of Black students, we are in the bottom quartile for success, and have been for many years,” said Sacramento State President Dr. Luke Wood, adding that the Black Honors College will seek to reverse the trend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She has a record of achievement in a number of areas including student success, enrollment management, faculty development, research, academic program quality, strategic initiatives and partnerships, equity and inclusion, and fundraising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

At the campus level, Gomez is faculty advisor for the student organization Semillas de Centro America, which seeks to sustain a supportive community for Central American students and community members. He also facilitates a leadership retreat for Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, also known as Centro.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Pilar Huffman, director of professional development at Compton College and Believe in Students Curriculum Advisory Board Member. The curriculum’s first course, “The Students We Have,” is currently available for free to colleges throughout the nation. On Monday, October 28, Believe in Students is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Business education is all about preparing students for collaboration, problem-solving, and real-world applicationand peer learning is a natural extension of that mission.

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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. Since 2018, she has been coaching Harford toward improving success measures. For 41 years, Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

“Our goals are to attract the best and brightest students and to make sure every student is successful once they are here,” said President Dr. Jay Hartzell. Dr. Dr. Jay Hartzell The requirement will be applied during the fall 2025 semester application period, Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The goal was to achieve these numbers by 2025, but NJIT hit its target by the spring of 2024. It was also a time to strategize on ways to retain Latinx students, which includes building additional initiatives to support student success. Preparation for success begins long before students enroll as undergraduates.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

Targeted outreach, such as messaging students who’ve started but not completed registration, is far more effective. The 2024 analysis in our 2025 Student Success Impact Report found that institutions are not only increasing outreach—they’re measuring its impact.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Our team just returned from the annual NAIS Thrive 2025 conference, held from February 2628 in Nashville, TN. Discussions on fostering diversity, equity, and belonging emphasized the importance of inclusive school communities and the impact of policy decisions on student success. Missed us at NAIS Thrive? Lets connect!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

As the universitys chief student affairs officer, she develops and oversees numerous initiatives to enhance students sense of belonging, well-being, and career opportunities, creating pathways for student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Layla has an extensive background in System-wide leadership and advocacy, and intimate knowledge of local colleges operations, student success goals and challenges. Prior to that she served as a fiscal analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau then a Wisconsin Technical College System policy advisor.

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