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University of Phoenix Tribal Operations Team Offers Targeted Support for Indigenous and Tribal Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The team focuses on supporting tribal students’ academic success while helping them identify growth opportunities. Another key success of the program is improving student retention and completion rates. We are here to help them be successful.” That’s why we are here.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to her service as AALS President, Testy served as a member of the AALS Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017 and on the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students from 2007 to 2009. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My first NASPA conference was focused on the lack of current research on minority student retention. Terrell said that he went on to co-edit a book with Dr. Doris Wright, a professor at Kansas State University titled , From Survival to Success: Promoting Minority Student Retention. This was in 1988 when I was 29,” he said.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Hawkins Jr.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. They’ve become one of our greatest modes of recruitment and retention,” said Kauai.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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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. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we fund initiatives across the U.S.

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