Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018. These events were followed by the devastating suicide of Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey, vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, in January 2024, after she wrote a letter critical of the universitys leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. Though completion rates have climbed, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3%

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. You cannot just wait until the next chancellor comes along to keep them moving."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

These decreases are especially concerning because of how popular a path community colleges have been for these groups: 44% of all Black undergraduates and 57% of all Native undergraduates attended community colleges in 2018. Luke Wood, co-director of CCEAL and vice president for student affairs and campus diversity at San Diego State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

HACU provides student scholarships, internships, retention and advancement programs, as well as career development opportunities for educators. Parham, who began his presidency at CSUDH in 2018, is a veteran leader in higher education — he previously served as vice chancellor for student affairs at UC Irvine.

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