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Legislation Would Introduce Grant Program for California Black-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AB 335 builds on that foundation by ensuring these institutions receive the funding and resources necessary to enhance their academic support programs and student services, he said in an interview with Diverse. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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What’s Working Outside the Classroom: New Insights on What’s Really Driving Success

Civitas Learning

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. It also means identifying barriers to persistence and putting the right support structures in place to close those gaps.

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Dream conference is hosted annually by Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education. Students are meeting college math requirements in less time, getting them onto their degree programs,” said Klipple. Success rates have grown from 40 to 60% on average.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Long Beach College Promise is another Latino-serving program in which students are tracked from the K-12 system (the Long Beach Unified School District), through community college, and into CSULB to make sure students are fully supported through all the educational pathways. Morishita, interim president at CSULA.

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

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Addressing Systemic Gaps: Institution-specific analytics can more accurately project course demand for future planning and identify opportunities to offer tailored academic support for challenging courses. Austin Community College (ACC) models this approach by involving faculty from the beginning in designing their early alert system.

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Using Course Insights to Improve Academic Performance

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Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.