Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. years at St.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, I have loved having opportunities to do the good work, to have more impact over time, and to now lead an institution that is fundamentally about access, equity, inclusion, for people who are left behind in higher education.” access and inclusion for all, regardless of background. .

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Best Framing for the Best Ideas in Higher Ed When higher education leaders present their ideas and results at conferences, sharing perspectives on innovative practices and student success initiatives, the perceived value of their experience depends on how relevant it seems to their audience.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

Chancellor Reyes stressed the importance of understanding just how much work a top leadership position can be: "The more we provide people access to what this lifestyle is, what this job entails, the more you will be having people that can come in completely knowing this is and wanting to immerse themselves and give themselves to it.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Outcomes: An improved scheduling process led to fewer registration mistakes, better schedules for new students, multiple efficiencies in advising workflows, and more effective use of classroom space. Texas A&M University-San Antonio serves a student population of more than 7,300 students.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Outcomes: An improved scheduling process led to fewer registration mistakes, better schedules for new students, multiple efficiencies in advising workflows, and more effective use of classroom space. Texas A&M University-San Antonio serves a student population of more than 7,300 students.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Putting Students First While Dr. Gibson spent much of her career within the TAMU System, she’s studied student success programs nationwide. Moving into higher education, I had a supervisor and mentor, Mary Hendrix , Vice President of Student Access and Success at Texas A&M University Commerce.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Putting Students First While Dr. Gibson spent much of her career within the TAMU System, she’s studied student success programs nationwide. Moving into higher education, I had a supervisor and mentor, Mary Hendrix , Vice President of Student Access and Success at Texas A&M University Commerce.

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Then, in 2009, we embarked on our journey into space, participating in the second-to-last mission to the International Space Station, effectively completing its construction.  In STS-128, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, we launched on August 28, 2009, embarking on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 29, 2023

It was sponsored by the University Innovation Lab , the UIA's digital ecosystem designed to help higher ed professionals accelerate innovation in student success with a wide array of tools, trainings, resources, and community. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

We asked Chancellor Larive her thoughts about keeping people engaged, focused on what they have to do today, and hopeful about what's ahead, and she spoke about the transformational power of higher education: "Higher education changed my life from a low-income, first-generation college student. We do that every day at universities.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She set the tone of her administration with a statewide listening tour to frame her presidential priorities of promoting campus safety, supporting student veterans, and advancing UNM’s mission as an R1 university. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

It was sponsored by the University Innovation Lab , the UIA's digital ecosystem designed to help higher ed professionals accelerate innovation in student success with a wide array of tools, trainings, resources, and community. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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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. 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2020; Kirmayer et al., Mitigating Barriers.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 24, 2023

President Milliron explained how this approach has already made a difference at National: "Our board has adopted a focus on how everything we do is around championing student success, building trust, advancing inclusion, embracing accountability -- and I love our last one, which is 'make things better.' That is a shared process."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Ensuring access to all student populations across the state will always remain a focus,” Martinez says. Russ Deaton, executive vice chancellor for policy and strategy at the Tennessee Board of Regents, helped in the development of Tennessee’s outcome-based funding model back in 2009 when the idea was first introduced.

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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. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one for a 2009 series of Inside Higher Ed articles on college rankings.

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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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