Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. This requires thoughtful retention efforts. At that time, they transition to either a professional advisor in their school or major or mostly to faculty advisement.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% Our wrap-around support includes monthly events, a first-year seminar, customized internship programs, and intentionally celebrating the first-gen identity. Edward’s “familia” or family of students, faculty, staff, and leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Faculty and staff serving Indigenous students at PWIs must be aware of the varying institutional contexts and how students navigate and experience their educational pathways. Most universities and colleges continue to occupy large land bases and are maintained by taxing those stolen lands.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

They impact student performance and retention.” The government affairs department of Equality Texas has been surveying students and faculty at the Texas institutions impacted by SB 17 to gauge how it has been implemented. “We know there’s a real need for this, and these centers have such a big impact on students,” says Gooch.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” Campus housing could have a discernable impact on retention and graduation. By example, fall 2023 students with housing had a retention rate of 89.6% Throughout the year, we try to organize events for students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

It was an event that crystallized, for me, the CSU’s institutional, societal, and moral imperative to take meaningful action,” said Koester in a statement. “We They conducted listening sessions and focus groups with more than 250 Black students, faculty, and staff. The report drew praise from higher ed equity experts. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Smith says Claflin nursing faculty have gone above and beyond to offer psychosocial support to the students. She credits the faculty for creating an environment where students feel safe discussing their concerns while continuing their education with sustained quality. MacNeil School of Nursing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

As colleges and universities are expecting more faculty, staff, and students to return to campuses (in person) this fall, there is an opportunity for student affairs and human resource professionals to plan college-wide [re]engagement activities. College communities can vote on the best videos and showcase it on the website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. Hiring practices have been implemented to help attract and retain Hispanic faculty. She notes it helps build community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Despite her vice president title, her role had morphed into a mix of event planning and student affairs tasks, far removed from the strategic DEI leadership she had envisioned. CDOs should actively seek allies across their institutions, including faculty, staff, and student groups who share a commitment to DEI. Dr. Harrison Davis, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

To accomplish the goals that the fundraising will enable, she sees it as essential that the faculty, staff and board work collaboratively on the visioning for the university. This includes creating new means for retention. She oversaw a Campus Master Plan that reflected the institution’s core values, such as diversity and inclusion. “I

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

This approach empowers institutions to uncover hidden gaps and drive outcomes like improving retention, scaling advising, and strengthening cross-campus collaboration. Once teams are aligned on the vision and how the platform supports their work, professional development cant be a one-and-done event.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

VenturEd Solutions was proud to be a Diamond sponsor at this annual event where over 3,000 educators, administrators, and industry leaders gathered to explore the future of independent schools. Our team just returned from the annual NAIS Thrive 2025 conference, held from February 2628 in Nashville, TN.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

assistant vice president for retention at Emory & Henry University, weighed in on what colleges and universities can do to help support underrepresented student groups to ensure they receive the care and support they need to succeed. Launching outreach campaigns to highlight underused resources in emails, social media, and campus events.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Data-Activated Strategic Decision-Making and Planning as the first step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

Collaboration is Key Collaboration between faculty, advisors, support services, community-based organizations, employers, and students is also key to holistic support. One featured partnership between the City Colleges of Chicago and One Million Degrees is having a measurable effect on student retention and success.

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EAB

AUGUST 28, 2023

The plan should serve as the “North Star” guiding what is otherwise “a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over car parking,” as Clark Kerr famously quipped. But in the current environment, most faculty and staff are already doing as much (or more) than they can manage. Ready to find out more?

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

For TCC, focusing on student well-being is central to a broader strategy to boost engagement, retention, and completion figures. Having access to virtual care means students, faculty and staff do not have to go into an office, they don't have to take off work or set an appointment.”

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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

This org design trend may be a response to recent political events and a sense of mistrust of campus safety officers among students. Increasing Retention Rates for Black and Latino Men. Faculty and Staff Mental Health and Wellness Resources Website Audit. Go to resource center. More on student affairs. December 6, 2022.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrators and departmental leads should start by identifying initiatives, events, services, and programs already available across the institution. These include guest speaker sessions, faculty development programs, and student job fairs that are often overlooked in traditional initiative audits.

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Timely MD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Foster a sense of student belonging on your campus Learn more about the intersection of a sense of belonging and academic success, retention, and mental wellness. Faculty engagement and student well-being Faculty have a crucial role in enhancing the student experience. Learn more 4.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

While this is worth celebrating, it’s also important to look at short-term retention rates to understand who is leaving community colleges early on. Even though completion rates have improved, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3% for students starting in fall 2020.

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EAB

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While it’s important to support Black and Latino men throughout the entire student lifecycle, our research team found four moments when that support is especially critical for retention and graduation. And on campuses where students of color outnumber faculty of color, those faculty face an additional burden of uncompensated labor as mentors.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Busteed joined us in 2021 for our Presidential Experience Lab , EAB’s signature event for college and university presidents to take inspiration from out-of-industry exemplars to consider thought-provoking concepts, lessons and trends to help shape their leadership e­fforts and institutional strategy. Subscribe to the EAB Briefing.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management? Retain more students and close equity gaps Retention and student equity efforts rely heavily on data; without establishing benchmarks and tracking progress toward KPIs, there is no meaningful way to judge progress.

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Timely MD

MAY 3, 2024

“Whether that be RA checks in the residence halls…as well as peer mentors, that we might have in some of our first-year experience courses and then, the first year experience, staff or faculty leading that particular course.” Faculty and staff are encouraged to co-create experiences with students. “We

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EAB

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The director will provide supervision and mentorship for the academic technology team and partnership with others in information technology services as we support faculty members in their ability to leverage technologies and their experience of the Carleton classroom environment. Teacher Recruitment and Retention. December 1, 2022.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Roy said that college students have been deeply affected by recent events, including the nation’s racial and political divide, school shootings, natural disasters, and climate change. Panelists said that faculty and staff are increasingly part of what they described as a “public health approach” to student mental well-being.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Roy said that college students have been deeply affected by recent events, including the nation’s racial and political divide, school shootings, natural disasters, and climate change. Panelists said that faculty and staff are increasingly part of what they described as a “public health approach” to student mental well-being.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

The three share tips on collecting and using data to convince faculty and senior leaders to become enthusiastic partners in the effort. And I know firsthand a lot of folks said this was such a highlight of the event. DC: And I'll add on to that, even more so with the faculty component. Learn more. Transcript 0:00:12.0

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Students were also encouraged to join and engage with peers, staff and faculty via online message boards, hosted on the PeopleGrove platform by the Tri-Mentoring Program (Ryerson’s peer-to-peer mentoring program). As such, we knew which faculties the participants came from as well as their entry point into Ryerson. message boards).

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

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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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

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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Timely MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For example: Co-sponsoring events with different departments and offices can help remove silos and bring students together. Inviting counselors to events and locations where students are can also help. Talking to the very people who make up the community – students, faculty, and staff. Where is the best place to start?

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EAB

APRIL 26, 2023

I have spent most of my higher education career serving post-traditional learners—first military students, then new immigrants to the US, and now as an adjunct faculty member at a community college. A single event can derail their best efforts in the classroom. Provide curricular flexibility Today’s college students need flexibility.

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