Academic support, Curriculum and Student success

Legislation Would Introduce Grant Program for California Black-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

AB 335 builds on that foundation by ensuring these institutions receive the funding and resources necessary to enhance their academic support programs and student services, he said in an interview with Diverse. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts.

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Grant Mental health Academic support Financial aid

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

Retention

Retention Mentoring Financial aid Grant

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school. And they may be less familiar with the “hidden curriculum”—the implicit norms and knowledge that help students navigate college life.

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.” It takes just five minutes to get up to speed.

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Student success Faculty Success Instruction

Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We There are also chess lessons each week as well as music and art.

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Ensure Equitable Access to Private School Financial Aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients. Personalized Support: When families feel valued and understood, they are more likely to trust the school’s financial aid decisions.

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Financial aid Access Accessibility Inclusion

How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

Tutoring

Tutoring Retention Mentoring Faculty

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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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Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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.

Student success

Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Using Course Insights to Improve Academic Performance

Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.

Curriculum

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In just two months, while still performing their regular job functions in the new online environment, the Get Ryerson Ready team researched, developed, designed, and launched a robust, innovative, multi-disciplinary, and award-winning transition curriculum to support the success and well-being of the incoming class of 2020.

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Student affairs Curriculum Online learning Faculty

“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It was during this critical time that the Student Supportive Services programs played a pivotal role in my academic journey. The Student Supportive Services programs provided me with essential tutors in physics and calculus, subjects I desperately needed help with.

Tutoring

Tutoring Leadership First generation Mental health

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

They can be used in the classroom as subjects to challenge stereotypical depictions by centering experiences, ideas, and concepts that are often marginalized in traditional curriculum. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Frazier, R.-M. Hines & E.C.

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Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching

Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Are students on your campus repeating College Algebra and still not progressing through the curriculum successfully? Are the persistence rates of your transfer students lowering? Here I’ll share the impact their focused efforts had on student outcomes and three steps to design your own strategic advising campaigns.

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Advising Tutoring Retention Student success

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

COE

JULY 17, 2023

Through his visionary efforts, the program has significantly enhanced the academic support provided to students, ensuring their success and persistence in higher education. Additionally, Dr. Brown’s commitment to supporting veterans led him to endow a scholarship for Veterans at Eastern Washington University.

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Legislation Would Introduce Grant Program for California Black-Serving Institutions

Seal of Excelencia 2024

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

4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Athletics and Academics

Ensure Equitable Access to Private School Financial Aid

How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Examples of Excelencia

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

Using Course Insights to Improve Academic Performance

Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

Council for Opportunity in Education Appoints Aaron Brown as Executive Vice President

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