Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, 62.1% He shared his story at ATD’s latest webinar, The Tools We Have: Harnessing Effective Pedagogy, Data, and Resources to Create a Sense of Belonging and Increase Success in the Classroom. Real Talk students are also more likely to persist. The data is compelling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. If something is even perceived as being not fully designed for all students, Thompson says a redesign is called for to foster greater student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

million credit and non-credit students for the 2021-22 academic year; the need to retain top talent among faculty and staff continues to grow. Gonzales The ability to recruit and retain a diverse and talented workforce is imperative to ensuring the success of a community college system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The presence and success of faculty of color in higher ed continues to come up short, as these faculty members continue to face countless obstacles as they attempt to progress in their careers, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michelle Y. The report provides recommendations to address them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

The outcomes Despite minor improvement in Fall 2021, rates of retention – those who come back to the same school the next year – and persistence – those who continue at any institution – among Latino students continue to trail behind national averages by several percentage points, according to the report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Cutting across political party lines, an overwhelming majority of Americans see veterans’ services as a priority (Schaeffer, 2021). Establishing processes that seek to understand the need of each military-connected learner from a holistic viewpoint can inform persistence and retention. Dr. Susan M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2024

Consequently, it should be no surprise if your institution experiences declining student success metrics and fails to meet various institutional goals. In addition to food and housing insecurity, in 2021, data showed that 51% of students cited transportation as an area where they struggle.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

Financial aid for students is one of the largest conduits of state dollars to the institution,” said Dr. Brittany Mosby, director of HBCU Success, a branch of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission focused on the health and sustainability of the state’s seven private and public HBCUs. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

According to the most recent report’s findings, philanthropic giving in the United States reached the half-trillion-dollar threshold in 2021 – the sunset year of the global health pandemic. An effective advancement operation realizes the value of the donor cycle and strategically defines success with a donor-centered philosophy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. So, the focus ought to become, ‘what about success?’”

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. EAB · How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. Episode 126.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It’s launching its Male Education and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), a workgroup charged with developing strategies for the recruitment and retention of Black and Latinx males. In fall 2021, the Brooking Institution, a nonprofit public policy research organization, found that males make up four out of every ten college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In November 2021, Prescod launched The PISTE (Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork, and Education) Fencing Academy based in Flatbush, Brooklyn, which teaches the sport of fencing and its principles of discipline, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and fitness. We wanted to be a college success program.” years at St.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Effective communication, guidance, and resources are foundational to an effective student success strategy. Tailoring and implementing the right mix of initiatives for each institution is crucial to improving retention and graduation rates. This philosophy is at the heart of Northwest Missouri State University ’s (Northwest) success.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

The Outcomes: UNCA saw an immediate impact, including a nearly 5% increase in first-year fall-to-fall retention and the ability to quickly mobilize outreach during crises using the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform. Its relationship-driven education model emphasizes small class sizes, close collaboration, and high-impact experiences.

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In today’s higher education landscape, creating a successful student experience means seeing the whole student—not just their academic performance. The reliability of data and the institution’s willingness to use it can create significant barriers to success. They identified that Exercise Science majors with a GPA of 3.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention. But a November 2022 article in U.S.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Breakthrough Data Identifies Successful Transfer Partnerships At the summit, ED released—for the first time ever— data showing how well specific four-year institutions serve community college transfer students across the country. Aligning curricula between institutions can be tough. TransferBOOST informed a three-part series of insights.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast TSU's Systematic Approach to Student Success Episode 151. Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. Student success is always changing with the landscape of higher education. May 16, 2023.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

These six trends will have long-term impacts on how community colleges interact with students and getting ahead of them now will position you for success in the future. Applying to more colleges: In 2021, the average number of college applications submitted by new college freshmen rose to 7 from 6 applications the year before.

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Facilities leaders play a critical role in designing and deploying successful remote and hybrid work arrangements but can easily feel overwhelmed by the process and not know where to start. Next step : Assess your institution’s current policy and how it supports the benefits of remote work.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders. The pandemic ripple effects on student success will last for years, including the long-term impact on student mental health. Student well-being could be the top threat to student success. whitepaper: long-term impacts of the pandemic on success.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

EAB has done extensive research on reshaping student success strategies from a DEIJ lens, and as more institutions strive to embody the hallmarks of anti-racist institutions, this is just one example of how VPSAs are more frequently making org chart innovations around DEIJ. Watch our webinar on leading your student success enterprise.

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EAB

MARCH 24, 2023

Blogs What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today's competitive labor market Competition for talent is at an all-time high, forcing colleges and universities to rethink their historical approach to attracting and retaining talented staff on their campuses.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we fund initiatives across the U.S.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. increase in first-year student enrollment from 2021 to 2022 a 1.9 increase in first-year student enrollment from 2021 to 2022 a 1.9

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What we learned about the future of student success from 1,200 success leaders. CONNECTED is my favorite time of year in the Student Success Collaborative , and this year did not disappoint! Here are my 3 biggest takeaways from CONNECTED22: The pandemic is still affecting student success in critical ways.

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#RealCollege Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

Department of Education in June 2021 found that COVID-19 created new barriers to postsecondary access and success, “with heightened impacts emerging for students of color, students with disabilities, and students who are caregivers.” This is one of the most critical, overlooked, yet solvable components of college success on the map.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Challenge: Delivering timely support to a diverse and sizeable student population to foster improved retention and completion rates. ACC faced several obstacles to fulfilling its goal of improving retention and providing students with the support they need to persist and graduate on time with a credential.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success. The survey results made clear that leaders consider data critical to the most fundamental priorities at their institutions, such as enrollment, retention, student success. October 27, 2021. October 20, 2021. September 30, 2021. June 9, 2021.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cohort-style groups for students of color have proven successful at mitigating the effect of the “fish out of water” experience. Their outreach efforts have played a big part in their early success. It has proven successful in helping underperforming students achieve academic milestones and go on to complete post-secondary degrees.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

are pursuing an Associate’s Degree and the percentage of job openings that require a four-year degree declined from 51% in 2017 to 44% in 2021, the significance of community colleges in shaping the next generation of workers can’t be overstated. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Create a Sense of Urgency UWM recognized the pressing need to address equity gaps in student success. Their vision focused on student success, inclusion, and a commitment to providing equitable opportunities for all students to thrive in their academic pursuits. The results of the hold reform were both inspiring and heartening.

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