Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. This stifles Black student success and contributes to low graduation rates from high schools.

Higher education

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 4, 2025

Which Students Have the Most Difficulty Paying for College? W hile other resources reveal how much institutions charg e students and how much the y receive in grant s and loan s , NPSAS and BPS are the only source s of information about how students pay for college and how those choices affect future outcomes.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

As part of that work, we’re trying to build an understanding of how HBCUs are perceived within the national context because that helps inform the spaces and places they ought to invest in that can really help them be successful,” said Thompson.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). Demographic information about the recipients was not available.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

In turn, understanding how college students and leaders propose addressing affordability can inform and compel action to meet basic needs, contain costs, and support student success,” Santiago added. For more information, visit: EdExcelencia.org

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2025

As part of that work, we’re trying to build an understanding of how HBCUs are perceived within the national context because that helps inform the question of which spaces and places they ought to go in and making sure that they’re engaged in all of the types of energy that can really help them be successful,” said Thompson.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

Collaboration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

And how do they inform the ways I navigate campus culture and focus on student success? First, I believe a college presidents leadership success can be measured based on the impact that a leader has on the lives of the people they serve. We are there for them when they need us.

Leadership

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, the cost of tuition can be a barrier for families considering private school options, limiting access to these institutions. To address this challenge, private K-12 schools can proactively implement strategies to ensure equitable access to financial aid. Key Strategies for Equitable Access and Promoting Diversity 1.

Financial aid

Civitas Learning

JUNE 24, 2025

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript At Utah Valley University (UVU), student support doesn’t start and stop with a form or a deadline—it’s sustained through consistent, human connection. And it’s working.

Student success

Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In today’s higher education landscape, creating a successful student experience means seeing the whole student—not just their academic performance. Insights help teams create tailored support plans, but many institutions find it difficult to access quality data. So, how can schools access clean, usable data?

Advising

Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

SUMMARY : Adaptable analytics empowers higher education leaders with real-time, actionable insights that evolve with changing circumstances, enabling smarter decisions, more effective planning, and stronger team collaboration to proactively support student success.

Students

Civitas Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Today’s most influential leaders recognize that student success goes beyond traditional measures like retention and graduation rates. A study of Civitas Learning partner institutions reinforces this wisdom, revealing that 39% of students experience a change in their likelihood to persist within a single term.

Retention

Knack

JULY 23, 2025

At the University of New Hampshire (UNH), student success isn’t left to chance. It’s coordinated, data-informed, and scaled to meet the needs of the entire campus. A model that boosts retention, closes equity gaps, and expands access to timely academic support, without overloading staff. The result?

Retention

Civitas Learning

JUNE 10, 2025

In this episode of Next Practices , we’re joined by Kevin McMindes , Assistant Director of Analytics at GTC, to explore how a focused, data-informed approach helped the college significantly boost student persistence rates—turning insight into action, and action into measurable impact. After early wins, interest across campus surged.

Advising

Believe in Students

MAY 22, 2025

We’ve also created a course specifically focused on meeting the basic needs of parenting students – that phenomenally powerful 20% of college students who are most vulnerable to basic needs insecurity. 👥 Group or Campus-Wide Access: To discuss how to bring the #RealCollege Curriculum to your campus or team, sign up here !

Curriculum

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

Success

Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

Greenville Technical College (GTC), one of South Carolina’s largest technical colleges, serves 10,000–12,000 students each term with a mission centered on transforming lives through education. While student success has always been a priority, persistence rates had plateaued despite ongoing investments in programs and initiatives.

Advising

Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

But sometimes, the root issue is closer to home students cant access the courses they need to stay on track to progress toward their degree. Advisors, faculty, and staff need a holistic view of a students experienceacademic progress, goals, challenges, and engagementso they can intervene early and offer proactive support.

Scheduling

Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

At a pivotal moment in 2008, he announced that no Vanderbilt undergraduate would graduate with debt, launching a bold financial aid effort that raised $700 million and changed the game for access and completion. But the key, he says, is not more data. The message? That means more than adopting tools.

Financial aid

Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Organize a Campus-Wide Culture of Student Success Creating a strong support system for students isnt just about adding resources or increasing budgetsits about bringing teams together to make informed decisions and take action. Ensuring open communication channels across departments.

Advising

Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Yet many institutions struggle to adopt a broader approach to student impact due to systemic barriers, such as departmental silos and limited access to actionable insights. Without collaboration and a unified view of student data, they only see fragments of the bigger picture.

Retention

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 23, 2025

For decades, investments in federal education research and data, primarily through the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), have enabled students and institutions nationwide, and policymakers on both sides of the aisle to make informed decisions and improve outcomes across higher education.

Educational research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

So, I think its important to note that without this type of sustained federal investment, a lot of students are gonna be underserved and its gonna greatly impact student success, Nguyen says. It also covers the cost of a mental health clinician who understands the culture of AANAPISI students. San Antonio College.

Tutoring

COE

JULY 24, 2025

From networking with TRIO alumni and government professionals to presenting case studies on education and economic opportunity, these students demonstrated the bold, informed leadership our future demands. McNair and Perseverance Blog Ronald E.

First generation

School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

Sessions on innovative approaches to financial aid and tuition modeling provided administrators with new strategies to make financial aid more accessible and efficient. Discussions on fostering diversity, equity, and belonging emphasized the importance of inclusive school communities and the impact of policy decisions on student success.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Biden Administration undertook, with dedication and persistence, the hard work to ensure students and campus communities were safe. Taking away federal funding which is there to support student success or even the threat of taking away federal funding immediately is not fulfilling the goal of our civil rights laws.

Student success

COE

JULY 10, 2025

Please visit coenet.org for more information about the National TRIO Achiever Award or to purchase tickets to the 2025 Educational Opportunity Dinner. These honorees join a distinguished list of past National TRIO Achiever Award recipients, including Academy Award-winning actress and producer Viola Davis, U.S.

Education

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

Unlike datasets that only include information on students income level, NPSAS examines how students pay for college. By capturing data on veterans use of resources like advising and student services, NPSAS and BPS insights can inform policies and practices that ensure veterans receive necessary support.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

Private and public degree offerings will become increasingly disparate as private institutions attempt to safeguard liberal education and an informed, empowered citizenry, while public institutions, some of which have already been choked by political zealotry, are plunged into dystopiaor, in the wake of resistance, face the loss of accreditation.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. IHEP identified these two institutions by using the Equitable Value Explorer , a free, publicly accessible site that analyzes data from colleges and universities across the country. Data is critical for UNT’s student success as well, said Voight.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Undergraduate LAs operate as part of an instructional team, supporting both students and faculty to create more inclusive, learner-centered classrooms that improve student and faculty success. At FSU, the program has also worked to increase access to STEM majors. “My When that happens, they’re more willing to reach out.”

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is looking to enhance its student success coaching program as its student demographics change. And it is partnering with student coaching non-profit InsideTrack to do so. InsideTrack’s coaching methodology is “trauma-informed” and “healing-centered,” Bauer White said.

Student success coach

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By Elenaor Eckerson Peters Last week, IHEP joined Results for America to highlight promising postsecondary student success models in Colorado and Massachusetts. Yet another example of both investing in and building this evidence base is the federal Postsecondary Student Success Grant program.

Student success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 22, 2023

ED’s latest Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program application includes performance measures recommended by IHEP research By Jessica Vivar Earning a college degree is the best path to turning career aspirations into a successful livelihood and financially secure, fulfilling life.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

“We have to continue to provide these types of resources for community colleges so they can have informed discussions with policy leaders about this topic.” Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges.

Community college

Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Challenge: Deliver on the mission to provide holistic services that support the success of every student every day. The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale.

Retention