Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Believe in Students is urging those who work in and surrounding higher education to address the critical need now as colleges are enrolling an increasingly first-generation and low-income student population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion. While performance-based funding has brought increases in retention and completion, it has not had the desired effect. There are things that colleges and universities need to do to increase graduation rates,” said Ansell. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

Even today, we see state governments enacting policies that disproportionately harm socially, culturally, and economically diverse (SCED) students. This would make it more difficult for students from marginalized backgrounds to access and succeed in higher education, further exacerbating existing inequities. Dr. Ivory A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2024

By assessing these environmental impacts on your students, your institution is better prepared to develop a plan to fund long-term resources to address these barriers impacting enrollment, persistence, retention, and program completion. According to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, Lim entered the private sector as an engineer at Structural Dynamics Research Corporation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Thanks to funding from The Kresge Foundation, ATD has partnered with The Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative to enhance South African universities’ data capacity to enhance student success. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference. Most colleges that come into ATD, stay in ATD.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

“We have experienced significant loss of older students, who have typically been our traditional community college students.” Larry Johnson, president of Guttman Community College-City University of New York (CUNY), said most community college presidents would say funding is the most pressing institutional issue. Dr. Everrett A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There are also partnerships with laboratories at Princeton University and Northeastern University that provide students with research internships. One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). During that time, she saw his hands-on approach with staff and students. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The metrics include course completion, retention, program completion and program completion with wage gains. There is currently a cohort with tribal colleges and universities and a cohort of colleges leaning into improvement for student parents. ADT spends a good deal of time on peer and cohort learning.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

University Culture. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. For many students, it's also the primary goal. Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students. College to Career.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. million for bachelor’s degree holders and $1.6

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The grant will fund research to develop an evidence-based theoretical model for sustainable, equitable career pathways within colleges and universities that house TRIO programs, specifically Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), Student Support Services (SSS), and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For years, colleges and universities have doubled down on their investments in student success. Despite their best efforts, many institutions still have work to do to improve student retention and graduation. With decreasing funding, knowing where to invest limited resources is essential.

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NACAC's Admitted

MAY 5, 2022

According to CFPB: “By refusing to release official proof of studies completed, colleges, universities, and non-degree-granting institutions are keeping their students from the very academic and labor market opportunities promised by higher education.” Marchante is NACAC’s Project Manager, Content Strategy & Outreach.

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NACAC's Admitted

MAY 5, 2022

According to CFPB: “By refusing to release official proof of studies completed, colleges, universities, and non-degree-granting institutions are keeping their students from the very academic and labor market opportunities promised by higher education.”. Marchante is NACAC’s Project Manager, Content Strategy & Outreach.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success. Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is proud of our UIA Liaisons. One outstanding example is Dr. Tim Renick , Executive Director of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University.

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Timely MD

JUNE 5, 2024

College and university students face many challenges, including academic pressures and financial strains. These delays profoundly affect students’ health, academic performance, and overall well-being. Don't Keep Students Waiting to Access Care Learn more about how virtual care can help your students thrive.

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). College students in rural communities face a scarcity of resources ARRC data confirms that RSIs serve communities facing socioeconomic disparities. High Native-enrolling (nontribal) institutions. Public two-year colleges.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

This organizational scheme is based on the Carnegie Classifications and is comprised of categories for National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges plus Regional Colleges and Regional Universities. Economic Mobility Index Measure of economic status change for low-income students.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

This organizational scheme is based on the Carnegie Classifications and is comprised of categories for National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges plus Regional Colleges and Regional Universities. Economic Mobility Index Measure of economic status change for low-income students.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 Intro: Hello and welcome to Office Hours with EAB. Give these folks a listen and enjoy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Smith University — an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in North Carolina — concurs that student debt and loan forgiveness will be big stories.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S., Education Bill Blog Helping Veterans Make the Most of the G.I.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Among those affected was the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI). Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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COE

MAY 31, 2024

Wolanin established the program in memory of Dr. Wolanin, who championed student financial aid and college access. Wolanin was a faculty mentor of Stoner’s at the University of Wisconsin, and Stoner has been involved in supporting all five cycles of the internship program thus far. COE and the family of Thomas R. The paid Thomas R.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. Education Bill Blog Helping Veterans Make the Most of the G.I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

As a former college professor and university administrator, I take these attacks both personally and seriously. More than 50 universities are under investigation due to false and manufactured complaints against successful DEI programs, ones specifically designed to ensure that every person feels seen and heard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

I think these divides are taking a toll on students and faculty alike,” says Dr. Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and associate dean for research in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. They are stressed, low energy, some are afraid, and they are less hopeful.” Dr. Stella M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Seriously, don’t look away from the irony of a scene in which a well-educated and powerful man deliberately downgrades a college education in front of a room full of people who have reaped huge economic and social benefits from the pedigree of elite colleges and universities — with many of them cheering him on.

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