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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Stout, who has led the organization since 2015. There was also a robust focus on the humanities.

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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.” Renick’s team also discovered that certain courses did not pair well together, and students should be advised to take them successively instead of concordantly. postsecondary institutions.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 Over the past five years, EPW has served 909 students, 68% of whom are Latino. Since 2015, 64 students, 93.75% of whom are Latino, have been placed in internships. “I As the Hispanic population in the U.S.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Since launching in 2014, UIA institutions have increased the number of graduates of color produced annually by 93% and the number of low-income graduates produced annually by 50%, resulting in 118,000 more graduates than projected. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. Proactive Advising.