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Negotiating the Future: How HBCUs and MSIs Can Leverage Strategic Enrollment Management for Institutional Resilience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For HBCUs, this means engaging not just students, but parents, clergy, high school counselors, and community mentors who shape the decision-making ecosystem. Strategic enrollment leaders must develop cultural humility and data literacy to avoid overgeneralization and instead build nuanced personas that guide outreach.

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Supporting Counselor Trainees and Practitioners in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unlike traditional trauma, which often results from a single event, racial trauma typically builds over time through repeated exposure to microaggressions, exclusion, and structural violence. It can manifest as anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, or a persistent sense of threat, affecting both individuals and communities. immigration policy.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. Among the services it provides to first-year students are individualized academic advising, tutoring and community-building events. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006.

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Beyond the Numbers: What Families Really Want from the Financial Aid Process

School & Student Services by Community Brands

Families want to be included in the school’s vision: invited to parent councils, leadership programs, alumni networks, and community events. These help demystify the process, foster peer community, and position the school as a trusted partner in family financial literacy. They also create a soft launch into future college guidance.

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Handling Life’s Many Unexpected Surprises

Steve Keating

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received from a mentor was to always expect the unexpected. It wasn’t so much that I should be prepared for any possible unexpected event. Here are several approaches to help you manage unexpected events, no matter when, or how, they might pop up. The advice was really all about mindset.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. The data fellows program examines areas of success and areas that need improvement, advocates for understanding how Latino students experience CSULB, and examines the impact of programming. Dr. Erika D.

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10 Ways to Prepare Students for Next Steps

Student Research Foundation

Host Career Days or Similar Events If possible, hosting a career day could be incredibly helpful for students. This can also provide a promising networking opportunity; students can connect with mentors and industry professionals that may benefit them in the future. Consider including technology and digital literacy in your classroom.