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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. As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

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White students were the only group to see a decline in transfer enrollment from fall 2023 to fall 2024. Brooklyn College, a four-year institution part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system that has seven community colleges, had 1,175 transfer students enrolled in fall 2024, an 8% increase in the number of transfers from fall 2023.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

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While Congressional appropriations for CCAMPIS have increased from $50 million in the 2018-19 academic year to $75 million in 2023-24, the Joint Center argues that further funding increases are necessary. Increase CCAMPIS program appropriations to raise grantee funding, fully cover childcare expenses, and reach more student parents.

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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

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In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King. Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach.

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Dr. Martha Enciso Wins NASPA's 2023 Mena Valdez Award

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Martha Enciso, associate vice president of student affairs at California State University, Fullerton, has won the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA) 2023 Mena Valdez Award. Enciso is the 10th winner of the award and the first from CSUF.

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Report: California Community College Leadership Growing More Diverse But CEOs Face Shorter Tenures

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Those are the findings included the Community College League of California's 11th biennial CEO Tenure & Retention Study. for college presidents The study comes as the system marks historic milestones, including the 2023 appointment of Dr. Sonya Christian as the first woman to lead the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.