Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

that help learners from low-income backgrounds achieve upward mobility; provide student and employee success solutions to colleges and businesses; invest in education-focused innovations to improve learner outcomes; and provide information, tools and counseling to help millions of borrowers successfully repay their federal student loans.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

How have undocumented students been advised throughout the college application during the transition to test-optional policies? It’s been observed, though, that such a purpose has long since become obsolete, as curricula across the country have become more aligned and the number of students taking the tests has grown.

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Mongoose

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There is a potential 10-15% drop in “traditional” incoming college students projected to occur starting in 2025. The 2008 economic recession caused a decline in U.S. It is being called the Enrollment Cliff or the Demographic Cliff, but no matter what you call it, higher education will be affected.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Critical to the success of all the priorities and actions identified above involves increasing representation of marginalized communities who are under-represented within student, faculty and staff populations, and ensuring their active inclusion within the institutional fabric and at decision making tables. Increasing Representation.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Alan Sugg was an incredibly effective leader, very kind, very engaging, and everything came back to student success. When you truly know individuals and try to understand where they're coming from, you have a much better sense of being able to make the right decision and focus on students.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.

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