Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

A new study reveals alarming trends among college students nationwide, with seven in ten considering taking a break or dropping out entirely due to mounting pressures. The survey, conducted by higher education virtual health provider TimelyCare, highlights the significant challenges threatening student success across American campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population. Institutions must respect this reality by maximizing flexibility for learners and structure their programs to promote student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Students and their families don’t understand the inner workings.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

will become interim president of California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), effective Dec. He is a student-focused leader with a longstanding dedication to educational equity and a demonstrated commitment to institutional achievement through university-wide collaboration.” Harper, Jr. 31, Bakersfield Now reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

According to Ess Pokornowski, Reintegrating students face a unique set of overlapping challenges: they are leaving a total institution where choice, communication, access to healthcare, access to technology, and opportunities for education and gainful employment are all dramatically limited.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2023

Leonard Taylor will become director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) at Indiana University Bloomington, effective July. I am very excited to join the IU community during this next chapter of my journey,” said Taylor. “IU, in communication arts, communication science, and rhetoric also from UW-M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Nwosu Nwosu is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and student success at Herbert H. My career has been and will continue to focus on student success, and what struck me at SUNY Oswego was the energy around campus to create opportunities,” Nwosu said. Lehman College. Nwosu holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

He served as vice president for student success at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Clasemann holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Creighton University, a master’s in organizational management from the University of Phoenix, and a Ph.D.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale. But dispersed student information across multiple systems made implementing an integrated and collaborative student success network challenging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Fliger holds a bachelor’s in interpersonal and public communication from Purdue University Fort Wayne; a master’s in speech communication from Miami University; and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and culture from Bowling Green State University. in rhetoric and culture from Bowling Green State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

“Under his leadership, Amarillo College became one of the top community colleges in the nation. His focus on student success and his deep understanding of what students need to succeed is evident in his remarkable tenure, and it’s what will take ACC into the future.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? But it does depend on what each community college in our region tells us they most need.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill highlighted the confusion that such messaging creates when, after their board of governors instituted a DEI ban, university officials voted to divert $2.3 million of previously designated funding to campus police instead. million of previously designated funding to campus police instead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

“The college has strong local support and a reputation for its groundbreaking programs, dedication to student success and strong partnerships with industry and community.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Temple University have released a guide for higher ed institutions on how to implement completion grants for their students. Dr. Christel Perkins Completion grants are funds given to students who need them to finish out their degree or academic journey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

That quote from Jack Welch, American business executive and writer, has stuck with Dr. Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college. Community college leaders with extensive experience in and knowledge of the community college serve as one of the most diverse faculties in a national university leadership program. Roueche and Margaretta B. Mathis of the John E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

IHEP helps the schools align their transfer processes with four principles: that credits earned at an institution will transfer and apply to a bachelor’s, that costs will be streamlined and not change over the course of the student’s path, that time-to-degree will be minimized, and that degree pathways will be clearly communicated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With this as a backdrop, the Education Writers Association gathered a panel of experts to discuss social mobility as part of its annual Higher Education Seminar, hosted at the University of California, Riverside. The panel on social mobility at the University of California, Riverside. It’s how human beings do everything,” he said.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As higher education continues to shapeshift to meet the changing needs of students, many leaders are asking what role each department plays in supporting student success. Everyone is responsible for student success” is easy to say but harder to do. But this is a missed opportunity.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 16, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube Today’s guest is Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar, former University of Central Oklahoma President and CEO and Principal Consultant of Arc C-Suite Advisory. 5:24] – It is easier and less expensive to retain a current student than to recruit a new one. [7:35]

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

The University of North Florida (UNF), by example, has shuttered several on-campus centers, including the LGBTQ Center. The University of Texas at Austin closed its Gender and Sexuality Center, transferring some of its activities and services to the university’s Women’s Community Center, which UT then closed in May.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

The University of Texas at Austin plans to return to its standardized testing score requirement. Our goals are to attract the best and brightest students and to make sure every student is successful once they are here,” said President Dr. Jay Hartzell. 15, with a guaranteed decision communicated to applicants by Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. MCC is introducing a new framework for leaders that will drive critical thinking, professional development, and community accountability. Economist Dr. Anthony P. Francesca I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

One of most powerful things that universities can do for first-generation students is simple, if not straightforward: designing an on-campus space just for them. We have a first-generation student center on campus. Williams counted only 25 at the schools that partner with the Center for First-generation Student Success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

These programs hail from all across the nation and target students at varying stages on their educational journeys. Some connect with students and families while they attend K-12 schools. Others connect with students while they attend a college or university and counsel them toward a successful completion.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast TSU's Systematic Approach to Student Success Episode 151. Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. I've been here, a part of the Texas Southern University team for over 26 years.

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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.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Though four-year institutions spend a substantial amount of money recruiting undergraduates, the median four-year institution only allocates three percent of its recruitment budget to transfer student recruitment. vii As a result, transfer students comprise a disappointingly low share of enrollment at four-year institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

Recent studies have shown that exposure to diverse perspectives and experiences in college settings leads to increased empathy, critical thinking, and a broader worldview among students. 2019) found that academic engagement and psychological capital resources were significant antecedents of academic performance among university students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

After graduating from Oklahoma State University, she accepted a job there for which she was perfect because she was already helping friends graduate in four years as she had by sharing skills and practices. “We After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“In California, we have great workforce needs across the board, and that’s a huge role for community colleges.” Randall enjoys leading a relatively small college that focuses on student success, and she embraces the vision to serve local communities. “I and for the University of California system it is 79.5%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

James Runcie While higher education has traditionally shied away from comparisons to the corporate world, recent trends—including the demographic cliff and the Great Resignation—have illuminated the need for colleges and universities to consider new ways of doing business. million with a 195% ROI within three years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Its latest insight paper, “2024 Parent Survey: Understanding Top Parent Concerns in College Search, Insights and Recommendations for Enrollment Leaders,” presents data on parental responses as well as recommendations for how institutions can better serve the needs of prospective students and their families. “It Smith University (JCSU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

The findings of this report highlight the pivotal role that HSIs play in advancing student success through intentional and culturally relevant advising,” said Bermea. “By Many also adopt varied, shared advising models involving faculty and professional academic advisors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Missing in the narrative and discussion are the stories we see on our campuses and in our communities, in action every day. Stories about diversity professionals doing vital work to support the strategic mission of colleges and universities and create a better future for us all.

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