Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

When Jenkins arrived, the university faced a challenging 52 percent retention rate. Rather than accepting this as inevitable, his administration launched a comprehensive analysis of student data, policies, and practices. The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Liu found clear advantages for the students who got summer money.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Lee said there is concern of funds from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), CARES Act, and other federal stimulus funds ending. Achieving the Dream works with corporations, foundations, and other partners to support community colleges. This involves foundations with equity missions similar to those of the colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Rueda-Acedo says the service learning is extremely beneficial in retention as well as the students’ personal connection to this profession.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 13, 2023

Enabling Data-Informed Action is the third step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. In this step, leaders enable data-informed action to achieve institution-specific, proactive student success interventions.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

The Department reevaluated this exception due to “the growth in online enrollment and associated federal student debt” since its inception in 2011. What was not expected, however, was their expansion of the third-party servicer definition. This sudden change received swift pushback from key stakeholders.

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