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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The graduation rate for URM at four-year public institutions (4YP) increased 9 percentage points from 2016-17 to 2022-23, and the graduation rate for low-income students increased 10 percentage points in that time period. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As minoritized individuals and scholars, we must set the record straight on several real ‘issues/problems’ confronting students of color. This proactive cultural responsiveness and affirmation includes equipping marginalized students with the abilities, skills, and dispositions needed to enhance their core academic content knowledge (e.g.,

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How the University Innovation Alliance Is Expanding Our Impact

The University Innovation Alliance

Our mission is nothing less than transforming higher education through the kind of effective collaboration that accelerates innovation. When people outside the UIA fully engage with us, they comment about the higher-quality experience they have with us versus what they see in other collaboratives.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. million) to low-income students facing modest financial hurdles to degree completion as they neared graduation. The lab launched this year, and we're excited to celebrate this hub where faculty and staff from our member universities can collaborate.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. These key student needs catalyzed innovative career readiness solutions that were pilot tested on each campus.

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Expanding Our Impact and Who We serve.

The University Innovation Alliance

bridget Mon, 02/26/2024 - 00:33 As a tiny but mighty nonprofit organization committed to transforming higher education through effective collaboration that accelerates innovation, the UIA frequently wrestles with how we can include more people and institutions with our limited resources and small team. Expanding Our Impact and Who We serve.

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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. “In We collaborate with over 25 community partners where students obtain professional experience while serving the community.”

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