Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Jeff Strohl, director of CEW and lead author of “ Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective and Open-Access Institutions Prior to the End of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action.” Hispanic/Latino enrollment almost doubled Hispanic/Latino, increasing by about 50,000, at selective institutions from 2009 to 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cathy Sandeen Almost 60% of California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), students are transfers, and their needs are taken into account. Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. All of the college’s student services are available in English and Spanish.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. Undocumented students make up nearly 10% of Oglethorpe’s degree-seeking student body.

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Timely MD

MAY 2, 2023

Providing access to gender-affirming health care Access to gender-affirming health care can be a critical aspect of the mental health and well-being of transgender students. This type of care can include counseling services, gender-affirming resources, and support for hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgery.

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Mental health Students Counseling Inclusion 98

EAB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The pain of losing students is worse than the temporary pain of making a change to better serve those students.” Dr. Tiffany Ray-Patterson VP of Student Services, Germanna Community College [link] Learn More Check out this podcast to learn more about Germanna's streamlined onboarding approach for workforce and for-credit students.

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Believe in Students

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While making sure the college meets designated achievement goals pertaining to student enrollment, success, retention, and completion, we work equally hard to develop plans and programs that enhance academic and student service offerings. A rising challenge for students nationwide is access to basic needs.

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Financial aid Online learning Success Retention 40

EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It could also affect recruitment as prospective students are more likely to question whether college is worth the cost in the first place. --> 0 % of high school students reported college isn’t “worth the cost” in 2023, up from 8% in 2019. Financial hardship is the #1 reason students stop out.

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Student loans Community college Mental health Students 59