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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. The introduction of the Fannie Jackson Coppin Scholars program has been another game-changer in student success. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. The data shows that, from 2011 through 2020, there was a 39% drop in Black male enrollment in colleges across the United States.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Educators should employ methods such as compassionate pedagogy to combat such disillusioned propaganda and empower Black students, while promoting healing and reintegrating caring and love. CMH counselors must increase awareness of their biases and work to identify systemic barriers that impede student success.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. All employees see themselves as student success advocates.

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study, “Helping or Hurting: The Effects of Retention in the Third Grade on Student Outcomes,” examined this practice’s effects, looking at how the state of Indiana’s test-based retention policy – based on third-grade reading tests – impacted student success, disciplinary outcomes, and attendance up to five years down the line.

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How Civitas Learning Uses AI to Power Student Success

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AI is at the core of our Student Impact Platform and has been since the company’s founding in 2011. We use AI in predictive modeling, a type of supervised machine learning, to predict student outcomes and help institutions create and carry out effective student success initiatives.

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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011. This return etched Allen all the more into the history of Meredith.

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