Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Throughout the past year, we revamped our long-standing Send Silence Packing® exhibit after its original debut in 2008 to better meet the wraparound mental health needs of the communities we visit. In 2020, we launched our K-12 program and have been expanding ever since to reach middle and high schools nationwide.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

By partnering with the Pell Institute, Ascendium is working to reduce institutional barriers to accessing and completing college and to help more learners from low-income backgrounds achieve their educational and career goals.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Indeed, during the 2008-2009 recession, giving fell along with the economy, and it took three years for philanthropy to start growing again. Understandably, fundraisers don’t want to seem tone-deaf to the possible financial hardships or fears of their constituents. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs. Even more impressively, going back to the fall 2008 cohort there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates. This could be a trend that continues in other states.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

NACAC’s role in facilitating conversation about equitable admission practices in the current admission context is to ensure careful examination of admission policies and practices, particularly as it applies to improving equity outcomes for college access.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

percentage point increase in overall six-year graduation rates from 2008-2014 a 13.5 Academic advisors and career educators are now better equipped to access students’ graduation and professional development plans from one platform, allowing for more informed and holistic discussions with students.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

They need tech help, they need Wi-Fi access at home. The advisors aren’t necessarily the experts in all these areas, but they are the touch point by which the student can access these sources.". They’re the touch point for students to gain access to the resources and supports they need. But in other cases, it’s much more.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Even more impressively, there has been a 4% improvement in completion rates when compared to the fall 2008 cohort. One way to keep applicants engaged is by providing proactive, consistent, customized guidance about each onboarding task in a format that is responsive and accessible. Here are three ways you can improve transfer access.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tim Renick, who has led Georgia State University’s student success efforts since 2008, is the founding executive director of Georgia State’s National Institute for Student Success, and Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A survey from 2008 found that 65% of women aged 25-45 had some variation of disordered eating and of them, 10% met criteria for eating disorders. It promotes health policies that give better access to care and reduces weight stigma. 89% of teen girls have been on a diet by age 17, and 81% of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

On-campus worship, outreach efforts, and networking to improve the accessibility of services for those lacking transportation or carpools to assist with attending in-person services can be helpful. This may make accessing support like food banks or religious services difficult.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

In the few weeks since announcing her candidacy for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has ignited a level of hope and optimism not observed within the American electorate since Barack Obama’s run for president in 2008. In May, Harris announced a $16 billion investment in HBCUs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Encourage and advocate for Black males to pursue dual enrollment and other accelerated course/program options in high school to provide access and help equalize and narrow postsecondary education matriculation disparities.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Stress is more likely to be experienced as positive or performance enhancing when we have sufficient control over a situation, perceive a reasonable ability to overcome the stressor, and have access to positive psychosocial supports and safe environments. Stress and Mental Health in Marginalized Sociodemographic Groups. Mitigating Barriers.

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Active Minds

AUGUST 9, 2023

And progress has been made — including expanded crisis response services and mental healthcare access in schools. Recently, the Administration took another big policy stride toward increasing the accessibility of mental health care, which will have an amplified effect on LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth and young adults.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Number two, I’d served on that campus from 2008 until 2011 and loved it dearly. For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Jesse Louis Jackson’s historic presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 and the election of a virtually unknown political figure — Barack Obama — in 2008. Chisholm is increasingly invoked as a symbol of universal access to economic and political power,” writes Curwood. Chisholm paved the way for the Rev.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Education, Duncan served as the chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 2001 through 2008. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The bills intended to restore long-standing voter protections that were invalidated by the federal courts, expand ballot access, curb partisan gerrymandering, and curtail voter suppression tactics. Missing in the polling data and media discussions of voters’ concerns is how ballot access is an intersectional issue.

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