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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. They’re on a journey.

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After a Successful Tenure, Hauser Prepares to Pass the Torch

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She’s solidified the administration, faculty, and staff, which was previously prone to attrition. It took just under seven years of deliberate efforts, including phazing out developmental education and leaning into dual enrollment, but eventually CMC’s Latinx student representation grew from 14% to 30%.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her focus is student success initiatives, which include a lot of different focus areas, including guided pathways and holistic advising, developmental education reform, and a number of things that lead to increased student success, particularly with underserved populations, says Felder. These reforms can be broad-based.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In my position, I had the power to discontinue all developmental education and create a new path for students to be successful.” From there, she began to work with representatives — faculty and staff — from both two-year and four-year institutions. A framework was built.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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Build out co-curricular supplemental instruction to support increased demand for developmental education. Schools that have not paid much mind to developmental education may soon need to do so. Meet with your team and your faculty to intentionally decide on a strategy, but don’t delay. The time to get ready is now.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Build out co-curricular supplemental instruction to support increased demand for developmental education. Schools that have not paid much mind to developmental education may soon need to do so. Meet with your team and your faculty to intentionally decide on a strategy, but don’t delay. The time to get ready is now.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

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Online and flexible learners: Embracing the innovations that came from the forced move online during the pandemic and supporting faculty in helping these learners succeed. Advising: Adopting tandem advising models consisting of a professional advisor, a faculty member, and specialists from offices like financial aid or career advising.