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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Expansion and diversity in higher education (1980s-1990s) During the 1980s and 1990s, higher education in the United States underwent transformative changes marked by a significant expansion in access and a growing emphasis on diversity.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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. The program offers a B.A.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This entails being anti-racist, equity-minded, and culturally responsive, as we have written about in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and several other scholarly outlets. Ford We write this being very mindful of Mason and the need for school counselors to be effectively prepared to work with minoritized students.

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

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The project aims to provide guidance and insights for colleges and universities seeking to create effective and sustainable career development programs that promote equity and opportunity for historically marginalized learners.

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Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success. Closing the Equity Gaps. Those equity gaps often stem from an outdated profile of the typical college student: a full-time, on-campus resident with an understanding of available resources and the bandwidth to seek those resources on their own.

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Research Underway by Gates Foundation Partners to Better Understand Test-Optional Admission

NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

The 2021 task force also noted that simply going test-optional or test-free will not in and of itself universally improve equity. EqRC is studying the implications of equity in admission for historically excluded populations.

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Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point increase in overall six-year graduation rates from 2008-2014 a 13.5 increase in first-year student enrollment from 2021 to 2022 a 1.9

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The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

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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Data and Student Success in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In our mission to elevate student success and educational equity, the UIA sometimes comes face to face with the uncomfortable idea that the institution itself may be part of the problem it’s trying to solve. Is Institutional Culture Part of the Problem? Dr. Renick has testified before the U.S.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

We have a long way to go to achieve equity in the academy for Black males. 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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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

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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Breaking Down the Biden Administration’s New Accessibility-Focused Mental Health Policy

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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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Navigating Pathways to Success

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

A Continued Commitment to Community

Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

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

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success

Research Underway by Gates Foundation Partners to Better Understand Test-Optional Admission

Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

Data and Student Success in Higher Ed

Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Breaking Down the Biden Administration’s New Accessibility-Focused Mental Health Policy

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