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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This double standard manifests in insidious ways: Overrepresentation in Service Work: We are disproportionately asked to lead diversity initiatives, serve on equity committees, and mentor students from historically excluded or systemically marginalized backgrounds. Yet, we are not compensated for our intellectual property.

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Exploring the Roots of Racial Bias

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the lab, Qian and her team developed an app that can be downloaded to a phone. Qian also teaches undergraduate and graduate students, which she describes, along with mentoring, as rich experiences. Slowik anticipates Qian will take on a research mentor role with the doctoral students.

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Applying the 2025 Student Success Impact Report: Insights from the Civitas Learning Customer Development Team

Civitas Learning

Whether it’s learning centers, peer mentoring, or proactive advising, the findings emphasize that student success doesn’t hinge on one magic initiative. The 2025 report uncovers which programs, practices, and interventions correlate with persistence gains across a diverse group of Civitas Learning partner institutions.

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What’s Working Outside the Classroom: New Insights on What’s Really Driving Success

Civitas Learning

While academic mentoring and coaching continued to show strong results, this year’s analysis from our partner institutions spotlighted notable gains in two key academic support areas: Academic Support Programs and Centers — 5.7 Download the 2025 Student Success Impact Report to read more about what our partner institutions uncovered in 2024.

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3 Keys to Designing an Effective Early Alert Program

Civitas Learning

At the same time, peer mentors focus on alerts for those with less risk, ensuring that limited staff resources are efficiently utilized. Download the Report The post 3 Keys to Designing an Effective Early Alert Program appeared first on Civitas Learning.

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5 Retention Strategies You Might Be Missing

Civitas Learning

In spring 2022, the peer-to-peer outreach campaign’s results included: 2,742 early alerts submitted to peer mentors 27% participation from faculty, up from 13% the prior year Approximately 20,000 messages sent and received 60-65% student response rate 5. Our analysis for this report shows a 6.8 percentage-point lift in persistence.

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TutorOcean Launches New Mobile App to Make Tutoring Even Easier

Tutor Ocean Corp

Students and tutors can now download the TutorOcean for Apple or TutorOcean for Android app to their favourite mobile devices. Students will love the new experience of this mobile application, which has been designed to support learners in finding tutoring help on the go. About TutorOcean.