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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams became the director of the Career Advancement Center, where he would spend the next five years inviting first generation, low-income students, women, LGBTQ+, and other under-represented undergraduates into pursuing their graduate degrees. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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“Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it

EAB

Factors Contributing to Move-In Melt Based on our last year’s data, we saw move-in melt primarily happening in two student groups: international students and students without financial aid packages where the enrollment team believes they may be eligible for need-based aid.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

Certainly without necessarily naming any names or calling anyone out, I just wondered if you had a sense of how effective university leadership teams tend to be at communicating in these times of crises. Are our international students somehow affected one way or another? AS: Absolutely.

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How to Recruit Adult Career Switchers

EAB

And tell us why maybe some of those same old recruiting playbook aren't going to deliver what has become almost a mythical double digit growth for the university leadership that they're looking for?

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Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities have reduced graduate student admissions in funded PhD programs, while federal traineeships and scholarships were paused or downsized. Students lost critical internships, field placements, and expected stipends or tuition coverage. International students, who contributed $44 billion to the U.S.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition, as an African American female, it was critical for me to share the internal battle of navigating SB17 while dispelling micro-aggressive/passive-aggressive leadership, policing tone/voice, and code-switching. Also, I’m concerned with how this will affect our international students.