Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

A comprehensive new study by education research firm EAB has identified the most influential factors shaping how students choose colleges, with academic program variety, campus safety, and student organizations emerging as the top three drivers of student attraction. The research, analyzing data from U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Jackson, a professor and dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Education, is among 24 exemplary scholars selected by the American Educational Research Association. Their meaningful contributions to the education research field demonstrate the highest standards of academic excellence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that account for available school, neighborhood, and family resources are strongly associated with those students’ college success, a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Keeping track of the students’ academic progress will provide the postsecondary institutions with adequate information to make offers of direct admissions at the appropriate time, where acceptance and a guaranteed spot is extended even before an application is submitted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

“To continue to carry out our mission, prepare all our students for their careers and advance research across the university, Vanderbilt must contribute even more to the study, understanding and innovative application of these fast-changing disciplines,” said Diermeier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion in the last 23 years, according to a 2022 study by Hunt Institute, a nonprofit education research group. The first wave of the program tackled the enrollment funnel, simplifying the application process from initial recruitment to enrollment. “A lot of these schools have been underfunded for many years,” said Runcie.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out. The number of applicants and their diversity have increased significantly over time. He is the director of the PRISM (Power, Resistance & Identity in STEM Education) research lab.

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