Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. This recognition] means a lot.”

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

If these educators can access PSLF, we can help our youngest children, their families, and their communities.” Retention levels of those who received the grant were 96% across the state. There’s a heavy misunderstanding of what really happens in the classroom, our first leverage points for early math, literacy, P-21 skills.

Education

Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Community colleges are vital in providing accessible higher education opportunities to diverse student populations in rural, suburban, and urban communities alike. For TCC, focusing on student well-being is central to a broader strategy to boost engagement, retention, and completion figures.

Mental health

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Retention – Proactive and Triage. When institutions create first-year experience programs, they are creating foundations for future success and retention potential. It’s crucial that socioeconomic status and accessibility be at the center of all institutional technology conversations.

Retention

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I’ve observed how access to actionable, institution-specific insights empowers our partners to enhance student success efforts by giving them the ability to: Democratize information across the institution. De mocratizing Information Traditionally, just a few key administrators have had access to institutional data.

Student success

EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

While loan payments will continue to be stalled for students actively enrolled at your institution, there are a number of ways they could negatively impact your students—and your retention rates— today. These concerns could impact retention as current students think critically about taking on more debt.

Student loans

EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

Many states have third-grade reading retention laws , which require students to meet a reading standard before moving on to the next grade. Few prep programs, if any, include a curriculum conferring scientifically-based reading instruction methods or the five components of literacy. Low reading proficiency costs districts, as well.

Literacy

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

From the days of old when punch cards held reams of research to the present day when information is stored in data-rich, mobile accessible clouds, the student experience is directly connected to an institution’s technology. It’s essentially a built-in experiential digital literacy program. Social Media. Mobile Messaging via Bots.

Literacy

Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

College students in rural America need accessible mental health services now more than ever. Limited access to affordable childcare. Barriers to care impact student health and well-being in rural communities Rural barriers to mental health services are commonly summarized within three categories: Accessibility. Talk to TimelyMD.

Mental health

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.

Retention

EAB

MAY 1, 2023

If you hear: It would be great if we had data on term-to-term retention. They don't have access In a Fall 2022 survey sent to new Edify partners, only 15% of respondents indicated that they had direct access to the data they need to do their job. But typically, the reason is simply that no one thought to give them access.

Retention

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

And so today, I'm super excited to be joined by another advocate for college access, Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania. The most popular one right now is on financial literacy. The students today have so much more access, and it's not just because of the Internet. Did they have access to other resources?

Mental health

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. Chapter 12: Brown, D. Frazier, R.-M.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Supreme Court decision rejecting race conscious admissions at colleges and universities, institutions will try to find ways to provide access for underserved populations while accommodating the current parameters. With the U.S.

Higher education

Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

We have requested that there are some therapists of color that look like our students so that it could help to address the stigma around mental health and make our students a little bit more comfortable with accessing and utilizing the services,” Parsons told The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Mental health

COE

MAY 8, 2023

Congress created the TRIO programs because it recognized that low-income, first-generation students often face significant financial and societal obstacles to accessing and achieving success in higher education. I have long supported the TRIO programs and worked to ensure they reach the most needed students.

First generation

COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. McNair and Perseverance Blog Ronald E.

First generation