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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. Completion Grants. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.

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How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity

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Blogs How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity Change leadership acts as a vital bridge between intent and action. Create a Sense of Urgency UWM recognized the pressing need to address equity gaps in student success. What does effective change leadership look like in practice?

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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Supporting the Whole Student Through Holistic Advising: Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

As a first-generation student, U.S. It wasn’t always easy to know where to go if I needed advice on what classes to take, what to declare for my major, how to get financial aid,” Cardona shared in a keynote at last week’s Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit.

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Celebrating Lacey Leegwater’s 18 Years of Service to IHEP

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

After 18 years of dedication to our organization, Team IHEP is bidding a bittersweet farewell to a true champion of college access, student success and educational equity. Her determination to advance college access and success for first-generation, students of color, and students from low-income communities is an inspiration.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Molloy University and a 2020 Emerging Scholar, in his letter nominating Means this year. “My During his tenure with Elon Academy, he worked with more than 120 students and their families, leading to a 95% college persistence rate during his tenure there.

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