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Workgroup Releases Recommendations for Black Student Equity

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Since the 2015 launch of Graduation Initiative 2025, a state-backed project to improve graduation rates, the California State University system (CSU) has made significant progress, with students from all groups earning degrees at higher rates. The report drew praise from higher ed equity experts. “It But disparities persist.

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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

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times higher than non-members, and CCA Alliance institutions have seen a 10% overall increase in credentials awarded since 2015. The data, she adds, is critical to pinpointing areas for improvement, especially when working with states that might be confronting anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language. Dr. Dhanfu E.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks chronicled the history of Black AERA leadership in a March 2016 article, titled “Expanding the Epistemological Terrain: Increasing Equity and Diversity Within the American Educational Research Association,” that appeared in the journal Educational Researcher. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Joyce E.

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Decolonizing the School Counseling Profession to Support Black Students

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This entails being anti-racist, equity-minded, and culturally responsive, as we have written about in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and several other scholarly outlets. Ford We write this being very mindful of Mason and the need for school counselors to be effectively prepared to work with minoritized students.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Beck, administrators, faculty, staff, and student leadership have used data and intentional practices to re-center campus culture around an equity-minded student success agenda and solidify strategic direction in closing equity gaps. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

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Modality While campuses are more prepared than ever to deliver remote instruction and may be enticed by online, asynchronous modules, institutions must be mindful of the needs of the population they are serving. Programs must meet instructional time minimums to comply with regulations.

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Report Finds Guided Pathways Adoption Slow

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First presented in a 2015 book by scholars at Columbia University’s Community College Research Center (CCRC), Guided Pathways is designed to get students on clear tracks by giving them structure. It’s incredibly influential,” said Dr. Frank Harris III, co-director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab at San Diego State University.