Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

In a timely publication released Thursday, education experts outline concrete strategies to support Black student success in college amid growing national pressures on diversity initiatives and following the 2023 Supreme Court decision limiting race-conscious admissions.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

The setback represents a significant hurdle for proponents of enhanced support for Black students in California higher education, coming just months after the state made history by becoming the first in the nation to establish a Black-Serving Institution designation through Senate Bill 1348, signed into law by Governor Newsom in September 2024.

Grant

COE

JUNE 3, 2025

Today, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) proudly recognizes and applauds the more than 10,000 alumni of the Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) who have come together in an unprecedented show of unity to oppose the Trump Administrations proposal to eliminate TRIO in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. EOC programs report that 60.6%

First generation

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

If TRIO is eliminated, we lose a national infrastructure of academic support and college access that has been quietly yet consistently transforming lives for nearly six decades. Dr. Aaron Brown is the executive vice president of the Council for Opportunity in Education and a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus.

First generation

COE

JULY 10, 2025

This year’s honorees include: Beverly Black’ s early experience with TRIO Talent Search at Southern University of New Orleans and Student Support Services at the University of L ouisiana at Lafayette instilled in her the confidence and tools to pursue higher education.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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. AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Prior to her appointment last July, she served as vice chancellor for academic support of inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. At KSU, Carey-Butler oversees efforts to broaden perspectives around diversity and inclusion among the university community and its strategic partners.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an effort to address the needs of Black and Latinx men in higher education, male resource centers have been looking to increase belonging, persistence, and graduation rates. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. Dr. Roderick L.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

To help them, colleges are going beyond academic support. These factors make it harder for first-gen students to function in institutions that were developed for elite whites. Indeed, six years after entering college, 56% of first-gen students have not earned any post-secondary credential. The location of these centers matters, too.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to pursue select master’s degrees in the university’s School of Professional Studies (SPS), all the while getting financial, career, and academic support.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. At orientation, bilingual sessions are offered.

Retention

Knack

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) Annual Meeting in February 2024, Fordham University showcased its pioneering academic support strategy through a fruitful partnership with Knack, as eloquently detailed by Maura Mast, Dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill.

Tutoring

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For the most part, research institutions have been shielded from the steady enrollment decline impacting higher education. UC’s administrators invested in the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform to support a holistic advising approach required to meet the goals of Bearcat Promise.

Student success

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Second, confidence in the value of higher education continues its decade-long slide. Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours.

Student success

EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, this actually squandered a flourishing landscape for incarcerated students to access higher education. Definitely generates some interest, but I also think we could talk about the civic value in the role higher education plays in serving the community. Definitely the material support, but also the emotional support.

Students

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

DeLuca Foundation , UIA members will scale and study an innovative academic recovery model that's already been successful at one of our institutions. And as ever, we thank you for being part of our movement to redesign higher education around student success. We look forward to sharing with you what we learn.

Student success

Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

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.

Curriculum

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Second, confidence in the value of higher education continues its decade-long slide. Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours.

Student success

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 21, 2024

year initiative provides financial and academic support for students retaking high-priority courses in which they were previously unsuccessful. million, 2.5-year We look forward to sharing more outcomes from subsequent terms as UIA campuses continue to test and refine how they implement the Accelerator approach.

Student success

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report bridget Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:10 Image Graduation Higher Ed Leadership Student Success University Innovation Lab This coming October, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) will celebrate ten years of collaborating with higher education institutions to increase their graduation rates.

Collaboration

COE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

From TRIO to Leadership: How Support and Mentorship Shaped My Career September 30, 2024 by Juan Lopez My journey with TRIO was transformative, shaping both my educational and professional path. TRIO offered crucial academic support, mentorship, and resources that helped me navigate the complexities of higher education.

Leadership

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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. Rachel Barreca (she/her), B.A.,

Student affairs

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

DeLuca Foundation , UIA members will scale and study an innovative academic recovery model that's already been successful at one of our institutions. And as ever, we thank you for being part of our movement to redesign higher education around student success. We look forward to sharing with you what we learn.

Student success

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. JW: And so I think there's that as one side.

Advising

COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It was during this critical time that the Student Supportive Services programs played a pivotal role in my academic journey. The Student Supportive Services programs provided me with essential tutors in physics and calculus, subjects I desperately needed help with.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

We’re not afraid to specifically address Black male student-athlete achievement,” said Harris, who oversees all student-athlete academic support services and is also an athletics diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) designee, which involves overseeing the athletics department’s DEI initiatives. “We

Retention

COE

JULY 17, 2023

—The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, announced today the appointment of Aaron Brown, Ph.D., as its new executive vice president.

Education

EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Improving persistence and retention for Black and Hispanic males A private university in the Northeast utilized Navigate data from the previous semester to narrow their focus to new and transfer Black and Hispanic males in need of greater academic support after the Fall ‘21 semester. Is your student outreach inclusive and supportive?

Advising