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Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

Timely MD

In a Gen Ztressed webinar hosted by TimelyCare, experts Brianna Yahaya, M.S 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. Proffitt, M.A.,

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Is Your Team Strategically Equipped to Make The Most of Your Software?

Civitas Learning

This approach empowers institutions to uncover hidden gaps and drive outcomes like improving retention, scaling advising, and strengthening cross-campus collaboration. To address this, ACC partnered with Civitas Learning and took a collaborative approach, engaging faculty, advisors, and student success staff from the beginning.

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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On Monday, October 28, Believe in Students is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m. These students are disproportionately affected by basic needs insecurity, making it essential for institutions to address these challenges to improve retention, academic performance, and post-graduation success,” said Fraire.

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CIC and ACUE Announce Network to Better Equip Teachers for Student Inclusion and Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have jointly announced a network to give faculty and staff ways to improve student belonging and inclusion. When students know they belong, they stay and succeed, and ultimately go on to become the future leaders our country needs.”.

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How Pedagogy is Helping Students Feel Like They Belong

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cochrane is a member of the Faculty Academy, a statewide initiative that trains faculty in a pedagogy called “Real Talk,” created by Dr. Paul Hernandez, senior advisor to the president and CEO at Achieving the Dream (ATD), a partner network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We We get students of color primarily through word-of-mouth and because of the fact that we have so many faculty members who are people of color,” Cummings says. We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. Online, 18.1%

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The metrics include course completion, retention, program completion and program completion with wage gains. At the same time, the deans are talking to their faculty about the data in the classroom that faculty are using. Additionally, there are webinars throughout the year that focus on different initiatives.