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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

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Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% in 2022-23.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

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With that quote on his mind, Alexander jumped at the chance to collaborate with the Partnership for Education Advancement, a nonprofit that works with Minority Serving Institutions, including HBCUs, to find technological solutions to serve and advance their students. A lot of these schools have been underfunded for many years,” said Runcie.

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Dr. Lynn Akey Appointed Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside

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Lynn Akey Akey is currently vice president for student success, analytics, and integrated planning at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In this role, she has improved re-enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for the school. “Dr. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University; and a Ph.D.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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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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