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Corequisite Courses Can Help Students Graduate Quicker and Earn More

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community college students assigned to corequisite mathematic courses instead of remedial courses not only graduate faster, but earn higher wages. Douglas said the study’s results indicate just how significant an obstacle mathematic remediation can be. We can see the results of reforms most clearly in math.”

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in Fall 2016 to 87.4% Increases in other fields were relatively small, including “other fields,” (2.9%), health sciences (0.8%), and mathematics and computer sciences (0.3%). From 2016 to 2021, domestic first-time enrollment went up by 3% – 8.7% This comes after a 12.9% in Fall 2020. for Hispanic/Latinx; 8.5%

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the study, Indiana’s grade retention policy was in effect from the 2011-2012 through 2016-2017 school years. Student academic outcomes were measured by results on statewide end-of-year mathematics and ELA assessments, Hwang said.

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Report: Fall Transfer Enrollment Remains in Decline in 2022

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That being said, no discernable pattern emerges among major changes between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and other non-STEM majors, said Dr. Mikyung Ryu, NSC’s director of research publications. in Fall 2022), a trend mostly unaffected by the effects of the pandemic.

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Targeting the Technical : Prioritizing Analysis of Student Transcripts in Degree Reclamation Efforts to Improve Student Completion Outcomes

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Within general education requirements, mathematics, science, and English/written communication were the requirements most often missing from student transcripts, suggesting they are especially challenging milestones on the path to completion. Many near-completers were missing general education. References. 1 Ryan, C. & Bauman, K.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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These individuals incorporate the skills of several other roles, by “merging the skills of statistics, mathematics, programming, communication, and business knowledge” (8). The data scientist is generally perceived as a rare amalgamation of the individual analyst roles (8). Organizing for evidence-based decision making and improvement.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Exploring group counseling interventions for Black boys in middle school: Using the achieving success everyday (ASE) group model for racial and mathematical identity development. We also examine programs and interventions that have been specially designed to improve Black males' mathematics skills. Hines and E.C. Fletcher (Eds.).

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