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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.

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Report Emphasizes the Importance of Professional Social Capital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We saw evidence that relationships were critical to fill in that missing variable to the completion and economic advancement equation,” said Michael Collins, JFF vice president and leader of JFF’s Center for Racial Economic Equity. “We We wanted to create a framework and supports for institutions.”

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A Life of Ministry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There, McManus served as the coordinator of disability support services and worked as a minority retention counselor. “I After her time at PTC, McManus returned to her alma mater and worked as the coordinator of educational career services and placement. By 2000, McManus was ready to relocate to Maryland.

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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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Here are five speculations, although this is not a comprehensive list: Retention will likely be put under considerable pressure. It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant.

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

EAB

Here are five speculations, although this is not a comprehensive list: Retention will likely be put under considerable pressure. It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males. & Alexander, L.D.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

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This trend will shape the composition of the students you serve while dictating the importance of retention to maintain enrollment. 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.