Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Accolades for the Moving the Needle campaign are not hard to find among women whove ascended to the highest echelon of the academy since the ACE-led initiative began in 2009. Montague of Volunteer State Community College raised serious questions about the unique pressures faced by women leaders, particularly women of color.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. Though completion rates have climbed, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3%

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. You cannot just wait until the next chancellor comes along to keep them moving."

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