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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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Kessler Collaborative Breaks Down Silos to Help First-Generation Students

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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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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

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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.

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

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In 2020, we partnered with Intel to introduce the nations first AI and machine learning associates degree and certificate program. As more two-year colleges begin implementing bachelors degrees, I encourage their leaders to collaborate with Maricopa Community Colleges. Of these jobs, 58 million will require a bachelors degree pathway.

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CUNY Chancellor Named ACE Board Chair

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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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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. For the fall of 2020, Rutgers had admitted 400 Chinese students who were not able to come to the U.S. They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 The Executive Dashboard was meticulously designed through a collaborative development process involving strategic decision-making and technology choices to meet MDC’s unique needs,” says Pumariega.

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