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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the early aughts, Renick says, it was standard practice for student support programs to address equity gaps and low graduation or retention numbers through the creation of targeted programs, like initiatives for first-generation students, and African American male initiatives. postsecondary institutions.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

Timely MD

The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39. civilian labor force compared to all other major categories of educational attainment since 2012. For many of these students, one of the greatest barriers to academic success is a lack of basic needs support.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. The number of annual graduates from low-income backgrounds has increased by 50%. The number of overall annual graduates has increased 32%. Find and share it via your podcast app!

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

The number of annual graduates of color at UIA institutions has increased 93% from 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. The number of annual graduates from low-income backgrounds has increased by 50%. The number of overall annual graduates has increased 32%. Find and share it via your podcast app!