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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence

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Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 and the national retention rate (returning to the same institution) rose one full percentage point to 68.2%. for incoming students who began fall 2013 to 55% for those who began fall 2022.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

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Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

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In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate. These recommendations include: 1. Dr. Carl B.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

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As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Sustaining success Retention rates have steadily increased.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

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University of La Verne President Dr. Devorah Lieberman is shown with graduating students in 2013. In 2015, Lieberman was named President of the Year by the Association of College Unions International for supporting an inclusive and engaged campus community. This includes creating new means for retention.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Once this is accomplished, the other valuable attributes become easy to achieve, like stewardship, recognition and retention, and results/outcomes. Thus, learning about the unique cultural aspects of the generations can help colleges/universities be more inclusive and effective in their fundraising efforts.

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