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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. The campus has seen significant upgrades to its facilities, creating modern learning spaces that foster collaboration and creativity.

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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, the percentage of first-time students enrolling in transfer-level math and English courses within their first year of college rose dramatically between the fall 2015 and fall 2020 cohorts. Collaboration becomes a lifeline in leading the implementation of AB 705. Open access is inextricably tied to equity.

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Kessler Collaborative Breaks Down Silos to Help First-Generation Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education.

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Partnership Receives $100,000 to Increase College Access for Indigenous Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. We're proud to support PWNA."

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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CUNY Chancellor Named ACE Board Chair

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matos Rodríguez “I share the desire to unite and connect those working in higher education, since this type of creative collaboration is what makes true change possible,” he continued. “I Dr. Félix V. I look forward to drawing on lessons I’ve learned at CUNY to help ACE improve and transform the college experience on a national scale.”

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Resilient Resistance: Sustaining DEI Efforts During A Time of Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. To be sure, collaborating with amazing thought partners does not make us immune to the vicissitudes of this work, but it reminds us that resilience is a collective endeavor, not an individual pursuit.