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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.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When building partnerships with TCUs, we recommend leading with the relationship as the priority and discontinuing efforts to pursue partnering for the purpose of exploiting Indigenous communities and institutions for increased access to resources intended for those communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Those barriers lead to a lack of access to quality education for our minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.” It sponsored a cohort of faculty to participate in an ESCALA program with an eye toward closing the gap in educational access and success for Latinx students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. years at St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Sanders has worked with CEED in various capacities throughout her 22 years at Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC is open access, which means there are students from different backgrounds and preparation levels. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Elliott says the retention rate for online is over 96%, which she attributes to the stellar faculty and flexibility. Online, 18.1%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Another core initiative of the presidency is making sure that NJIT is accessible to students of all backgrounds, including low-income students, and fostering a welcoming and inclusive campus community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. The goal is seen as a way to boost the state’s larger and local economies.

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MAY 30, 2023

Blogs How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines Innovative tips to build and sustain dual enrollment momentum This story was originally published in the League for Innovation’s Innovatus Magazine (March 2023). In addition, more students may be open to nontraditional pathways to access postsecondary knowledge. percent overall.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Access to high-quality higher education is perhaps the strongest path towards reversing the poisonous culture, but today, the success of males in college lags behind their female counterparts-– with ‘cis’ and ‘identified’ Black and Hispanic/LatinX male outcomes the most concerning.” .

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

There, McManus served as the coordinator of disability support services and worked as a minority retention counselor. “I That journey first began at Piedmont Technical College (PTC), a two-year school in Greenwood, South Carolina. I believe that everyone has the opportunity to succeed, whatever that success looks like.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

As more states with conservative leaders pass laws to end or curtail diversity initiatives in higher education, a number of higher ed stakeholders say they are intensifying efforts to ensure access and success for the very students who are being targeted. Our renewal rate for membership is 96%.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

[link] Given the abysmal underrepresentation of Black and other minoritized students in gifted and talented programs, there is a need to help them to be more effective with recruitment and retention. In this article, we maintain that the notion of someplace is important in order for educators to reverse underrepresentation.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Jacob Easley II Growing student diversity contributes to opportunities for cultural knowledge acquisition and unique ways for supporting students and improving their enrollment, retention, and completion rates. To meet these objectives, DEI must be a wholesale commitment.

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