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The Role of Academic Support in Closing Equity Gaps

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While strides have been made to increase access and inclusion, persistent gaps in achievement and retention continue to disproportionately affect students from underserved backgrounds. Addressing these disparities requires more than good intentionsit demands actionable strategies that prioritize equitable support for all students.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Currently, 60.1%

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Study Reveals Only 16% of Faculty is Ready for GenAI in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, it found that stress, rising costs, and lack of academic support are higher education’s top concerns. GenAI could be the remedy to ongoing challenges from teacher shortages and crowded classrooms to democratizing access to higher education through lower-cost options, according to the survey.

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To help them, colleges are going beyond academic support. When campuses make these changes to the physical space, it makes things more accessible for all,” she said. These factors make it harder for first-gen students to function in institutions that were developed for elite whites.

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Many declined to enroll in the first place.

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges need to build a more dynamic understanding of local labor markets, embed students’ relationships to work and career ambitions into academic support systems, rather than see our institutions as simply a throughway,” said Dr. Karen A. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. Success rates have grown from 40 to 60% on average.

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Encouraging Private K-12 Transfer Students to Apply for Mid-Year Financial Aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

To encourage these students to apply for financial aid, it’s crucial to provide clear and accessible information. By creating a simplified application with flexible deadlines and clear instructions, schools make the process more accessible and user-friendly for transfer students.