Accessibility, Equity, Facilitation and Retention

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr.

Retention

Retention Facilitation First generation Faculty

Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. Collaboration among various departments, including academic affairs, student affairs, and equity and diversity offices, ensures a comprehensive approach to student and administrator support.

Student affairs

Student affairs Administration Administration Academic advisor

A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu.

Mentoring

Mentoring Advising First generation Retention

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The project aims to provide guidance and insights for colleges and universities seeking to create effective and sustainable career development programs that promote equity and opportunity for historically marginalized learners.

Grant

Grant First generation Career services Facilitation

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

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. & Alexander, L.D. Chapter 12: Brown, D.

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Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching

How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These researchers pioneered and popularized the idea that retention is driven by “ student engagement.” Metrics: First-year retention Student engagement efforts started organizing under the umbrella of a “ first-year experience ” during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Student success

Student success Success Developmental education Guided pathways

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges

EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Accessible campus community. Do you offer your students digitally facilitated interactions to help them find their place on campus with options like student clubs, athletic teams, and peer mentorships? How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success. Flexible academic pathways. December 20, 2022.

Community college

Community college Mental health Students Facilitation

Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Technology can facilitate seamless communication among academic advisors, counselors, and health professionals, ensuring that students receive comprehensive and holistic support. Read more: Recommendations on customizing your early alert system to close equity gaps and help more students graduate.

Mental health

Mental health Student success Placement Success

What we learned about the future of student success from 1,200 success leaders

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From enrollment declines to widening equity gaps, we are just beginning to come to come to terms with the disruption the pandemic had on our industry. We learned that students mental health may be the greatest threat to retention. 2 programs that facilitate positive mental health conversations among Black men. get your copy.

Student success

Student success Success Mental health Students

What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These responses doubled those of the prior year’s survey, and they far exceeded other common retention threats such as finances and academic difficulty. You can help them by providing quick access to simplified guidance on how to immediately respond to a student in distress. We need to prepare for many more years of this.

Mental health

Mental health Student success Success Students

Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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. Between July and September 2020, 13,003 students had access to the Get Ryerson Ready course shell on D2L, and 2,552 students (a 19.6%

Student affairs

Student affairs Curriculum Online learning Faculty

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces New Partnership with the Institute of International Education Center for Access and Equity

COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces New Partnership with the Institute of International Education Center for Access and Equity February 26, 2024 — by Terrance L. Explore our collaborative initiatives to broaden access to international education and unlock transformative experiences for diverse student populations.

Equity

Equity Access Accessibility Education

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

COE

MAY 10, 2024

Hamm This comprehensive report provides a 50-year historical trend analysis, shedding light on the state of equity in higher education and offering insights to policymakers, educators, and the public on how to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. WASHINGTON, D.C. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S.,

Low income student

Low income student First generation Higher education Equity

What does a data management platform actually do?

EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

With trustworthy data stored in a secure location (known as a data warehouse), a data management platform allows your campus to govern data, assign data access based on user roles, put data into action, and develop customized dashboards. Edify automatically standardizes data from those systems so that it is clean, accessible, and trustworthy.

Compliance

Compliance Database Retention Equity

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

COE

JULY 17, 2023

Dr. Brown, an accomplished higher education professional and a passionate advocate for student equity, will assume his new role on August 14, 2023. ” Dr. Aaron Brown’s extensive experience and unwavering commitment to educational equity make him an ideal choice for the role of executive vice president.

Education

Education First generation Leadership Grant

How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Further, low retention and graduation rates continue to affect overall student success and disproportionately impact vulnerable student groups (e.g., Read below for three solutions you can implement to shift toward student-centered advising and positively impact retention. BIPOC and first-generation students). Learn more.

Faculty

Faculty Mental health Advising Retention

4 reasons your team won’t use data—even if they want to

EAB

MAY 1, 2023

If you hear: It would be great if we had data on term-to-term retention. Case in point In 2021, EAB hosted a focus group for an institution that hoped to understand why the equity dashboard they created wasn’t being utilized. There are many valid reasons why consumers might not have access to the data and analytics they'd like.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

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A Continued Commitment to Community

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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

How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges

Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

What we learned about the future of student success from 1,200 success leaders

What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces New Partnership with the Institute of International Education Center for Access and Equity

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

What does a data management platform actually do?

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

4 reasons your team won’t use data—even if they want to

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