IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 2, 2025

Without the data, states could lose essential tools to make evidence-based decisions and promote student success. For example, federal classification changes to financial information provided by Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applicants significantly impacted data sharing and state budgeting in Virginia.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The selected scholars, who emerged from a competitive application process, will convene in Philadelphia this month for ATD's annual DREAM conference. During the conference, scholars will engage with community college leaders and attend specialized sessions focused on improving student success.

Community college

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example, we led the field in urging Congressional lawmakers to restore allowable uses of financial data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to evaluate programs, conduct research, and provide student support services. We elevated evidence-based strategies that support degree completion and student success.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website.

Higher education

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Simplified Application: Streamline the financial aid application process to minimize the burden on families. Now let’s look at how focusing on an inclusive school culture can provide more opportunities for schools to reach new students. Consider using online portals and automated systems to simplify the process.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

Hu's commitment to student success is evident in his track record: under his leadership, the University of Georgia became one of only nine public universities in the U.S. I am honored to join this outstanding university whose mission is to transform lives through discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge," Hu said. "UC

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

His advisor even helped pay some of the application fees. He bases that on his research, which focuses largely on how underrepresented and under-researched populations are socialized within academia as graduate students and early career faculty, as well as how they make meaning of student success.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

According to Curry's letter, as of June 6, the California State University Central Office, which oversees the application process, had received applications from two University of California campuses, three CSU campuses, one private university, and 36 California Community Colleges.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Applications to and enrollment in HBCU institutions have continued to increase. In the first year, 68 school districts and individual charter schools were invited to participate with a focus on low-income students. He feels it calls for new strategies because mental health impacts student success.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2025

Our graduate programs are open to all qualified applicants. Montana State University strictly adheres to all applicable laws with regard to its students. MSU has well-established processes and procedures in place to investigate any claim of discrimination by students, faculty, staff or the public.

University

School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

Discussions on fostering diversity, equity, and belonging emphasized the importance of inclusive school communities and the impact of policy decisions on student success. SSS provides schools with a streamlined financial aid assessment platform, reducing administrative burden and helping schools make fair, data-driven decisions.

Financial aid

COE

JULY 15, 2025

Hamm COE is inviting community colleges—with or without a current SSS program—to apply for the inaugural COE Award for Institutional Effectiveness, which will bestow $10,000 each on three campuses that have successfully embedded TRIO Student Support Services practices into their wider student success strategies. WASHINGTON, D.C.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Foundations continue to focus on awarding scholarships to students who navigate and matriculate in college with ease.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. In the last round of funding, there were more than 100 applications and the department only had sufficient funds for just 10 awards.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Student success organization Catalyze has opened grant applications for the third round of its Catalyze Challenge. Applications open Jul. Dr. Michelle Cheang This round seeks to support learners ages 11-22 by funding efforts focused on career exploration for young adolescents and activating employer partnerships.

Application

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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Aspen subsequently began two intensive fellowships that select senior administrators with the qualities of exceptional presidents and teach lessons from the field about how to achieve exceptional and equitable levels of student success.

Leadership development

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

“Standardized scores combined with high school GPA support this goal by improving early identification of students who demonstrated the greatest academic achievement, the most potential, and those who can most benefit from support through our student success programs.” Also, with an abundance of high school GPAs surrounding 4.0,

Application

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

STEM education

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

AI is at the core of our Student Impact Platform and has been since the company’s founding in 2011. We use AI in predictive modeling, a type of supervised machine learning, to predict student outcomes and help institutions create and carry out effective student success initiatives.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

conservative lawmakers have criticized university departments asking for ‘diversity statements,’ where job candidates write about experience working with diverse student populations and share plans to promote diverse student success. Conservatives have criticized DEI efforts as left-wing ideology and liberal ideas.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

STEM education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Scott Schirmeier The new Recruitment Management module improves Navigate’s customer relationship management capabilities and simplifies recruitment/retention for schools into one platform, allowing schools to implement coordinated communications strategies for prospective students.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sáenz is the associate dean for Student Success, Community Engagement & Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He tries to expose students to various facets of the academy by engaging them in conference presentations and broadening their understanding of various policy and leadership organizations.”

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The first wave of the program tackled the enrollment funnel, simplifying the application process from initial recruitment to enrollment. Using Slate, institutions could track a student’s application and nudge both the student and enrollment manager on its status. So, we focused on admission and enrollment.”

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

By acquiescing, the UW system will have to halt or end several diversity efforts, including freezing the total number of jobs through 2026 with some exceptions; move more than 40 people in diversity positions to student success roles; remove diversity statements from the student application process; and end a diversity-focused UW-Madison hiring program. (..)

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

We are implementing proven, promising practices to improve access and graduation rates for all students. One of the first significant initiatives the board undertook to improve student success was the development of a systemwide general education framework.

Guided pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The agreement would have also required UW-Madison to accept applicants who were the top 5% of their class at a Wisconsin high school and regional campuses to accept those in the top 10%. UW Board of Regents Member Angela Adams The regents’ decision – a close 9-8 vote – came during an Dec.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

It is about taking a bold stance to break the old and create new systems and structures that support our students’ success. I’m ready to share my unapologetic Freedom Dreaming thoughts, the full realization of unapologetic leadership, put into practice, in the name of student success.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

NASPA is well-positioned to advocate for student affairs professionals around the world and, by doing so, we can demonstrate our commitment to student success and the association’s vision for fulfilling the promise of higher education. “As

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Adam Porro, executive director of First Year Development and Student Success at MDC, said that C4S’s support of students, from their first inquiry through graduation and transfer, resonates with their students.

Database

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. While their past transcripts, test scores, and applications indicate something about who they are and how they are doing, the truth is that we won’t know much about their lives without asking better questions.

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Experts agreed these findings and suggestions are not only applicable in California but could be used across the nation. It’s not just a report on diversity, it’s about student success,” said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, president of College Futures and former chancellor of California Community Colleges.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We Rising high school seniors spend the summer before senior year working on college applications with an eye toward at least one early application. years at St. Both graduated. “I

Scholarship