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Academic Progress at FBS Schools Continues, But So Do Racial Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michael Harris Michael Harris, director of student-athlete academic services at Boston College, said intentionality is key. These play a role in student retention and completion. Student-athletes are expected to graduate in eight semesters. Even the team’s chaplain, Fr. Jack Butler, creates a home away from home environment.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.

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Why your institution needs an up-to-date flexible work policy

EAB

Eager Although your institution may already have a policy in place, it is important to make intentional decisions that actualize the cost savings, talent retention, and productivity benefits of flexible work. Next step: Begin drafting your institution’s policy.

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Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

Civitas Learning

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point lift in first-year retention from 2012 to 2020 and even stronger gains for second and third-year retention A 7.7