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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. We want our students to thrive in a community where they are comprehensively supported and uplifted,” says Close Conoley.

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Simplifying Financial Aid for International Students

School & Student Services by Community Brands

Diverse Student Body: US private schools’ pride themselves on creating inclusive communities where students from different backgrounds can learn and grow together. Cultural Integration: Schools organize cultural exchange programs, international student clubs, and other activities to facilitate cross-cultural understanding.

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Using Course Insights to Improve Academic Performance

Civitas Learning

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.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

View of the Study Ready module “What to Expect: University Academics” in D2L. The Get Ryerson Ready team considered every aspect of the program through an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) lens, with a particular focus on meeting the needs of Black-identified students. What We Did. In Conclusion.

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Will Your School Start Recruiting Incarcerated Students?

EAB

And I also think it's important to mention just higher education's overall goal in serving the community, and facilitating successful re-assimilation for these students to return as productive members of society. Online programs must exist in conjunction with offering this more emotional support and just facilitating a community.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We utilize this framework to analyze the use of diverse comics and graphic novels to facilitate critical conversations of bringing inclusive visual texts into the classroom.

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