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How to Move Latinx Students into High-Paying Jobs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia’s leadership recommended these institutions should be models for others, to create more pipelines from which promising Latinx talent can connect with high-wage earning jobs. So, we took a proactive approach and invested in career services. Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University. “So,

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Securing ongoing leadership support and investment. College to Career. Understand and map the current career readiness reality.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

We've found a misaligned perception between how campus leadership and business leaders view student career outcomes. Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education.

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Ready to Innovate With Us?

The University Innovation Alliance

danielle Fri, 01/27/2023 - 11:35 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership University Innovation Lab 3minutes Are you feeling siloed, stuck, or overwhelmed in your efforts to better serve first-generation, low income, and students of color? Ready to Innovate With Us? Join us in the Lab!

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New Report Shows Pandemic Negatively Impacted “Gen P’s” Interest in College

EAB

This view is particularly prevalent among first-generation and lower-income students. I’m not mentally ready for college” was a concern expressed by 28 percent of first-generation students versus 20 percent of non-first-generation students. Learn more at eab.com.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

The University Innovation Alliance

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As career services professionals who work or have worked in Texas, this has impacted us deeply that such a heavily populated minoritized state would pass legislation that could hurt the very citizens the state strives to elevate within their workforce agendas.