Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“[The freshmen decline] is a reversal of last year’s growth, taking the size of the freshman class back to pre-2022 levels,” said Shapiro, noting the data doesn’t show a clear cause for the decline. Despite these declines in freshmen, there have been strong increases in the numbers of continuing and returning students among undergraduates.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion in the last 23 years, according to a 2022 study by Hunt Institute, a nonprofit education research group. The program’s second phase put additional focus on the platform’s ability to influence student retention and success. “A lot of these schools have been underfunded for many years,” said Runcie.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

in January 2022, roughly 582,000 people experienced homelessness. For students, the unhoused data points can be shocking. Housing insecurity effects one in every two students, and homelessness effects 8% of students,” said Goldrick-Rab. But it’s not just a problem facing the West Coast.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. We’ve seen a rise in hate,” says Dr. Bridget Kelly, an associate professor and student affairs & diversity officer at the University of Maryland’s College of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) serves the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, enrolling roughly 40,000 students. As of Fall 2022, Latino students comprise 50.64% of all full-time undergraduates and 49.68% of all part-time undergraduates.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Building on the successes of Degrees When Due, IHEP convened the Community of Practice to Policy (COP2P), a learning cohort that included state teams from Alabama, California, New Jersey, and Ohio. The post Five Lessons for Turning Practice into Policy appeared first on IHEP.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

In 2022, this number jumped up to 10.5% Capitalizing on dual enrollment rebounds Many community colleges felt some relief in fall 2022 as enrollment declines began to stabilize, and in some cases, improve. Nationally, from fall 2021 to fall 2022, two-year colleges only lost.4% for 16–24-year-olds.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Building on the successes of Degrees When Due, IHEP convened the Community of Practice to Policy (COP2P), a learning cohort that included state teams from Alabama, California, New Jersey, and Ohio. The post Five Lessons for Turning Practice into Policy appeared first on IHEP.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A spring 2022 College Pulse survey asked students when their mental health had been the strongest across the first two years of the pandemic. The low point in winter 2021 was followed by a gradual and steady improvement, yet just one-fourth of students said that they were feeling their best at the time of the survey.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Use EAB’s “Donor Investor Imperative” Toolkit to help Advancement officers work with academics, student affairs leaders, athletics staff, and other institutional colleagues to create compelling giving opportunities at all levels of the giving pyramid. Learn more Get more insights Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy?

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Clearly, the class of 2022 is still working through the effects of COVID-19. Despite the excellent care they may receive from virtual, on-campus, and community health centers today, college students’ mental health issues won’t vanish when they become college graduates. What does this look like at a personal level?

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EAB

DECEMBER 8, 2022

More on student affairs. December 6, 2022. November 21, 2022. November 10, 2022. Student Mental Health & Well-Being Collaborative. October 18, 2022. October 18, 2022. August 3, 2022. How to support students’ financial needs throughout the college journey. June 29, 2022.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

More on modernizing your student experience. 6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. The Top Content of 2022. December 21, 2022. What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders. December 20, 2022. December 20, 2022. December 19, 2022.

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EAB

JANUARY 23, 2023

Access the resource center More on student mental health BIT/CARE Team Assessment January 23, 2023 Student Mental Health & Well-Being Collaborative October 18, 2022 Growing Amidst the Great Opt-Out August 9, 2022 Professional and Academic Services Summer 2022 Roundtable June 15, 2022 5 Critical To Dos for Academic Leaders to Support Student Success (..)

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Author's note: This ideas in this blog represent the combined efforts of a team of EAB student success and student affairs experts who have backgrounds in studying or providing mental health and wellbeing care.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, HCC met the challenges they were experiencing in Latine/x student recruitment and enrollment head on by creating El Centro, a learning community for this student group. The program opened in Fall 2022 and is already serving over 70 students. September 22, 2022. July 21, 2022.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

The goal was to map out what the ‘typical’ student goes through from admission to graduation, what actions are they being asked to take, and how our various areas of the institution interact with them. A core team was formed that included the leadership of key offices: Student Affairs, Admissions, and OIT.

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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

When we first offered it, we thought it would be popular mostly with VPs of student affairs—compassion is such a central element to what they do. Melanie Overton: That’s true, compassion is central to their work and we’re definitely working with the VPs of student affairs in this seminar. Provosts, too. MA: Really?

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

However, EAB's first student mental health and well-being collaborative found that 51% of collaborative participants reported feeling unprepared to pitch an idea for a mental health or well-being initiative to a donor.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

And frankly, student affairs leadership that is committed to mental health. And I think that commitment, that passion that we see across our student affairs folks here at NAU at least. Learn more The post How NAU Streamlined Student Access to Mental Health Resources appeared first on EAB.

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EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

October 13, 2022. July 29, 2022. May 3, 2022. May 3, 2022. March 8, 2022. March 2, 2022. March 2, 2022. March 2, 2022. Rethinking the academic affairs organizational structure. March 2, 2022. March 2, 2022. 3 Realities Facing Liberal Arts Colleges in DEIJ Efforts.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Success Story Learn how the collaboration between this community college's faculty and student affairs staff helped grow enrollment by 18% watch the webinar read our study: defining the faculty role in student success 2.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He explained how he's likely to benefit from his current experience: "I didn't realize how much of these academic and student affairs, the learning and research environments, are actually on the vice chancellors' and vice presidents' plates. So, I always invite people to say, 'Hey, write it down to see if we're all on the same page.'"

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Student Experience and Well-Being Most academic leaders think of advising, academics, or student affairs when thinking about student success, and it is critical to make these supports more streamlined, accessible, and student-centric.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Clearly, the class of 2022 is still working through the effects of COVID-19. Despite the excellent care they may receive from virtual, on-campus, and community health centers today, college students’ mental health issues won’t vanish when they become college graduates. What does this look like at a personal level?

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EAB

JULY 20, 2023

Tip: Offering the name of someone from the resource can help the student to feel more comfortable when they reach out. Adapted from Stanford University Student Affairs. For any reason if it doesn’t feel like a match, then ask what other resources may be a better fit for your needs.” See the full Red Folder here.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

A cross-divisional team from Student Affairs and Academic Affairs responded quickly to the information shared. Without this system, they would have spent days manually contacting 3,000 students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Powell, Temple University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, has died unexpectedly on Jan. She was passionate about student success and kept them at the forefront of her work for decades. She will be missed and her legacy will guide Temple and the Division of Student Affairs long into the future." Dr. Theresa A.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And so I think really important to think about, yeah, where can we be more proactive throughout the student life cycle? We're talking about the way they manage and track communication with prospective students to convert more inquiries into matriculates. Until next week, thank you for your time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Black boys are also suspended and expelled at much higher rates than other students ( Graves & Wang, 2022 ). The academic guidance provided by competent and compassionate advisors coupled with student affairs engagement contribute to the graduation of this unique population. Emerald Publishing Limited.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Those efforts took on new heft in October 2022, when CDU announced plans to launch its first independent four-year medical degree program. Since announcing plans for the new medical school in October 2022, Sealey, a former surgeon and medical school administrator, said his first year as founding dean has been “exciting but taxing.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Bridget Turner Kelly, an associate professor of student affairs and diversity officer in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, and her longtime mentor and friend Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt, professor of higher education at Maryland, wrote about the burdens of Black women in academia in their 2022 book "Building Mentorship Networks to (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

As far as Howard was concerned, Ross’s journey started on the same day he met with student affairs. The University understands the importance of investing in and providing resources to support the emotional and mental well-being of our students and is vigilant about responding to students’ needs in this area.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

February 3, 2023 Removing institutional barriers to student success January 31, 2023 Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges January 13, 2023 6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023 January 12, 2023 That’s a Wrap! appeared first on EAB.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

While this new type of melt may not be widespread enough to cause concern, it does speak to the severity of some of the social & emotional challenges faculty, student affairs staff, and behavioral intervention teams have found themselves dealing with over the past academic year.

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