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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2012, he says he realized he could use modern technology to amplify the support structures and staff they did have in place. Renick knew GSU did not have enough academic advisors to give their roughly 50,000 undergraduate students the kind of support and attention that might be found at a more resourced institution with more staff.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

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They include those currently in our alumni databases, friends of the college/university who annually comprise the president’s Christmas card list, or perhaps they are associates of Board members. Strategic engagement with these donors will give institutions a leg-up.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. I can go to conferences to build relationships with these students, creating a database, bringing it back, and sharing it with the department to do outreach,” Waller says. That rose to 61.2% for students who entered in 2017.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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A deep knowledge of database management, statistical analysis, and research techniques are generally necessary skills for an analytics team. A role that exists in most institutional research offices today, the data analyst role focuses on retrieving and analyzing datasets from the data warehouse and other campus data resources. Norris, D.

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From Demonstration to Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The executive order requires federal law enforcement agencies to review and revise policies on use of force and create a database to help track officer misconduct. It can be done, as Sharpton proved in 2012, when he and others called into question the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies.

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