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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. The university was founded to close an educational access gap in a major American city not served by a public university. During the same 40-year period, Black enrollment doubled.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. One issue highlighted in the report was the shortage of Latino mentors to encourage students to pursue STEM fields. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4 trillion in 2021 comes with 4.7% annual growth, while non-Latinos experienced only 1.9%.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. for students who entered in 2017. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering.

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Spotlighting Rural Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course. How has the college pulled this off?

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Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

While t ransfer pathways can offer students like Coleen an affordable and accessible route to earning a four-year degree, they too often fall short of delivering on this promise. 2017, updated 2021). 2017, August). percent complete a bachelors’ degree within six yea rs. The Institute for Higher Education Policy. ii Shapiro, D.,

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

To access the Lab as a non-UIA member, please add your name to our wait list. They mentor and supervise UIA Fellows, convene student success teams, and ensure organizational accountability for their presidents and chancellors. • Diffusion to the Field 1. The UIA Liaisons are the driving force behind our day-to-day efforts.