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The announcement, made at ATD's annual DREAM conference in Philadelphia, highlights these institutions' exceptional work in improving student outcomes and closing equity gaps. Both colleges have demonstrated remarkable progress through innovative approaches to student success. percentage points from 2019 to 2022. Dr. Karen A.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Employment rates for Class of 2022 graduates returned to pre-pandemic levels after two relatively down years, according to results of a new survey. The survey found Class of 2022 employment rates nearly match those for the pre-pandemic Class of 2019, at 64.6% with a full-time employment rate of 59.1%. overall and 59.7% overall and 53.6%

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MARCH 5, 2025

Doug Shapiro The number of students transferring into a new institution in fall 2024 grew by 4.4% according to the Transfer Enrollment and Pathways report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). For fall 2024, transferring students accounted for 13.1% Black students saw an even higher transfer rate at 8.3%

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Boykin has recently been awarded the Higher Education Leadership Foundation’s (HELF) 2022 Vanguard Award and inducted into its Sankofa Hall of Leadership. Boykin “We believe it is important to honor those who are strengthening the bridge to sustainability and thriving that our ancestors so carefully built and curated,” the foundation said.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Today’s high school students are showing less interest in pursuing careers in education, and teachers in the profession are feeling burnt out and underpaid, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Student interest in working in education continues a generally downward trend across eight states in the U.S.

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MARCH 19, 2025

This study offers a clear picture of what institutional funding can be when policymakers prioritize the needs of students, said Dr. Kayla Elliott, co-author and Joint Center Workforce Policy Director. The 39 institutions analyzed in the study received about $765 million for direct student aid and $1.9

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The number of students engaging in international education is rising, perhaps even more so than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from Institute of International Education (IIE). citizens and permanent residents, students from U.S. Europe was most students’ destination of choice. Open Doors The U.S.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

to approximately 19 million students, which is above pre-pandemic levels. A point noted in last falls data was that the number of 18-year-old freshman saw the biggest decline, particularly at public institutions that serve low-income students. Undergraduate enrollment is almost 16 million, only 1% below 2019 levels. Dr. Brian R.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS. Its instructional curriculum is built on a series of four courses.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

APLU officials said that under Martin’s leadership, North Carolina A&T continued to grow its student enrollment, increasing from 10,613 to 13,885 students in 2023. In 2014, it became the nation’s largest historically Black college and university (HBCU).

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APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. The basics are very appealing. Dr. Gresham D.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Twenty months ago, in June of 2022, New Jersey City University (NJCU) declared a financial crisis. Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. Andrés Acebo Its then-President Dr. Sue Henderson announced that she’d be stepping down.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Between 2022 and 2023 alone, 92 colleges abandoned legacy preferences, representing an 18% decrease that coincided with the Supreme Court's landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions. The practice has seen particularly steep drops since 2015, when nearly half of all four-year colleges considered legacy status.

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MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We million investment from the city. Matos Rodríguez. Matos Rodríguez. “We

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

In an effort to provide support for its student parents at all 23 of its campuses, the California State University (CSU) launched its first university-wide initiative focused on this demographic. Given that 19 percent of all college students, or 3.7

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Unionization efforts among higher ed student workers have risen immensely, amid an ongoing downward trend in overall workforce union density – the percentage of union members in the workforce, according to a new report from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. workers continues to fall.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Loves current focus is a web-based citizen science project called Name That Neutrino that she and her students created in 2023, seeking a multitude of volunteers to participate in the process. 2022-2025, received funding of $541,879 from the National Science Foundation over three years. Loves Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. Minority students make up 80% of the Promise Program’s 2022 cohort, and 71% of those identify as Latinx.

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MAY 13, 2024

In their first year on campus, students of color and students from lower income households are less likely to be satisfied with their college experience. Students who identified as white were most likely to express satisfaction with their college experience at 86%, the 2024 survey revealed.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Getty Images Data from the nonprofit organization indicated that average scores in mathematics, reading, and science were all below their respective ACT College Readiness Benchmarks, the minimum scores for students to have a high probability of success in credit-bearing first-year college courses. Average English scores fell 0.4 points (19.0

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Demolition has begun on the house where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022. The Moscow, Idaho, home where University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves were killed is being demolished. AP Photo/Ted S.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Those changes came shortly after the hire of Dean Raul Reis, who joined the Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July 2022 with a platform that honored the values of equity and diversity. Im also guided by a quest for inclusion and student success. Those are especially important in a media and journalism environment.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. In as little as three weeks, students can start work with median salaries of $48,310. We’re trying to address those equity gaps.”

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JANUARY 4, 2025

The Board of Trustees has appointed fellow trustee Jean Parvin Bordewich, to serves as Acting President During his tenure, Farmbry navigated several challenges, including a significant cyberattack in 2022. Most of all, I have enjoyed walking alongside our students on their journeys of discovery."

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

At the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center , we collect survey data about undergraduate students’ educational experiences concerning race and other critical topics. The National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC) has been administered to more than 2 million students across over 200 institutions.

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MAY 16, 2023

Hocking College is facing a lawsuit from a former student with Down syndrome who is alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, and assault, ABC News reported. And in May 2022, the supervisor threatened Cox with a knife in the student center bathroom.

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JULY 11, 2024

Earlier this year, a report from the National Student Clearinghouse brought some welcome news following years of declines in college transfer. million undergraduate students enrolled in college last fall, 1.2 The data showed that, of the 11.7 The transfer process is fraught with financial and bureaucratic hurdles.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. strategies that directly support Black student success; 2.) Dr. Thomas A.

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JULY 11, 2024

Department of Education plans to convene youths, school leaders, elected officials, and afterschool and summer learning program providers for this year’s Engage Every Student Summit at the Martin Luther King, Jr. It was first launched in 2022 by U.S. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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JULY 29, 2024

On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is failing. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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JUNE 26, 2023

The report titled, “International Graduate Applications and Enrollment: Fall 2022,” details the responses from 370 institutions, which represents 48.7% Suzanne Ortega Survey data between Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 shows that there was a 26% increase in the total number of international graduate applications received by U.S. Dr. Suzanne T.

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MARCH 7, 2025

Song Richardson in 2022. I dont really have fears, Whitaker told The Catalyst, an independent student newspaper at Colorado College. Women are leading institutions with amazing student outcomes, raising significant resources and building innovative partnerships, she notes. 2 position on campus under President L.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

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. Everyone at PWNA is sincerely grateful for this recent funding from Synchrony.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Craig, vice president for student affairs at BMCC. She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. Median rents for a one bedroom in Tribeca, where BMCC is located, soared from their low of $3,079 in November 2020 to $5,500 in 2022.

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JULY 17, 2024

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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