Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

NaYoung Hwang Grade retention, the practice of having students repeat a grade if they do not pass certain proficiency thresholds, has been argued to help children develop their reading and literacy skills in early grades, preparing them for educational pursuits in the future. Literacy is really important.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. Despite these gains, Latino students continue to face several hurdles during their academic and career pursuits, such as insufficient financial literacy, career planning, and financial assistance. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The study – published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) – examined data of students in Boston Public Schools during the 2007–08 to 2017–18 school years, of which 3,515 took part in the Boston Debate League.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Access and literacy are key to the data-informed campus If something cannot be measured and the resultant data stored, it is not possible to perform anything other than a “gut-feel” or purely qualitative assessment, a misstep that institutions cannot afford as enrollment and budget pressures increase. Bouwma-Gearhart, J., & Park, H.

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Facilitation Literacy Compliance Higher education 98

EAB

JULY 17, 2023

These institutions noted that students’ data literacy was one of the skills enrollment offices needed more information on to truly gauge academic readiness. Within the US, the number of GMAT test-takers has declined from nearly 104,000 in 2017 to fewer than 48,000 in 2021 – a 54% decrease in just 5 years.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Fast forward to 2017 and user experience design, learning analytics , BYOD, machine learning/artificial intelligence , predictive data dashboards, digital learning systems, and myriad social media have all been assembled into coherent elements of a high tech, high touch environments. That was way back in 2004.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Furthermore, it aims to prevent a similar situation in 2017 when the U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) The proposed legislation aims to implement sensible changes that would simplify the process for educational institutions to reach out to students who would benefit from the programs.

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