Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. At least it's one approach to helping them to fit into those efforts."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

In May 2018, COD’s board of trustees approved a $1 million investment to support a diverse group of 23 faculty and administrators to participate in Kansas State University’s (KSU) doctoral Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), the first cohort known colloquially as the CCLP Roadrunner cohort.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Current ly, our data systems lack complete information regarding student pathways, especially those taken by transfer students. By providing financial and social supports for students throughout the transfer process, four-year institutions can promote a transfer-receptive culture that welcomes and nurtures transfer students’ success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CCA’s roots began in the state of Indiana, but, by 2018, when Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva became its president, the organization began to spread its work more intentionally across the nation. They gather insights on the leadership team and their motivation toward success and are data focused. We come at it from that problem,” says Ansell.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Understanding how students may use their completion grant funds. The unique needs of transfer students. College to Career.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It Watford says.

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Supporting Student Success

APRIL 13, 2021

This next decade of the 21 st century offers a timely opportunity for higher education to reconsider its approach to this often-misunderstood area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Beyond language, of course, RSSI equity must be addressed through institutional policies and practices, as well as research and theory development.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This project will help fuel new research and identify best practices in scholarship administration, working towards true equity and socioeconomic mobility for students nationwide. This grant, and our work with AWS, will bring us invaluable insight into the ways we can truly make a difference in students’ lives and educational journeys.”

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In 2018, when it became clear that we were well ahead of schedule to exceed our initial stretch goal for awarding more degrees, we worked with a consulting team and our board to identify how we might grow, both formally as a network and informally as a hub and clearinghouse for higher ed innovation. You’ll find more information below.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

The health and safety of our colleagues and our students to put at the forefront. A long-overdue spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion shining on all of our operations. Morrison and her parents, Pat and Sandy Koerner, after her hooding ceremony at Montana State University in 2018. There are regulatory matters to consider.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Implementing culturally responsive curricula, mentorship programs, and high expectations are critical components in shifting how Black boys are treated in schools (Warren, 2018). Schools should also expand mentorship and support networks for Black male students, equipping them with resilience and leadership skills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

They work to help students navigate college, build peer networks, connect with staff, connect with faculty, provide different types of training, including financial literacy, all sorts of really wonderful types of supports wraparound supports that are not commonly found. And if they do that, then certainly AANAPISIs would be in that group.

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