Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Tomaneng accessible through shortened academic courses, the organization announced this week. In partnership with the Success Center at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the initiative will focus on courses that last eight weeks or less, rather than the traditional 16-17 week format.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. We are fully committed to first-generation students, but commitment is just the start. In addition to our CAMP scholars, the number of first-generation students at St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The detrimental ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education won’t be going away any time soon, and student mental health is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, according to a recent EAB report. We found that student success leaders should anticipate at least five more years of elevated student needs,” the report noted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

According to Ess Pokornowski, Reintegrating students face a unique set of overlapping challenges: they are leaving a total institution where choice, communication, access to healthcare, access to technology, and opportunities for education and gainful employment are all dramatically limited.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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. San Antonio was then and remains today the nation’s largest Hispanic-majority city.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Collectively, each team is working to get the word out to as many prospective students and families as possible. That’s huge for many in our community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Fundamental to all of this is the need to develop strategies born out of active and collaborative partnership, not merely looking within our own spheres.” Success rates have grown from 40 to 60% on average. Students are meeting college math requirements in less time, getting them onto their degree programs,” said Klipple.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. DIVERSE : In addition to policymakers, faculty, and administrators, students play a major role in UNITE.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These challenges encompass implicit bias, restricted access to high-quality STEM education, cultural expectations, and socioeconomic disadvantages. The Role of Mentorship in STEM Success Numerous minoritized students, especially Black students, face intricate obstacles in higher education, particularly in pursuing STEM fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

To adapt effectively, we need to rethink how we deliver the educational experience, which requires innovation and collaboration from everyone, regardless of whether you’re supporting an institution or working at one. The lack of access to technology for some students has exacerbated existing equity issues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 14, 2024

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript Student success remains a top priority in higher education, but many institutions face challenges in implementing strategic plans that engage both students and staff. Here’s a glimpse into Northwest’s process for advancing student success from the ground up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Early inspiration In her first community college position, much of Stouts work focused on access and reaching as many stakeholders as possible. For 41 years, Dr. Karen A.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Challenge: Deliver on the mission to provide holistic services that support the success of every student every day. The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Keith Curry, president of Compton Community College, and Dr. Pam Luster, President Emerita of San Diego Mesa College, focused on creating an equitable higher education landscape and increasing access for those historically marginalized by academia. Her call to action is guided by the desire to help meet the holistic needs of students.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, the cost of tuition can be a barrier for families considering private school options, limiting access to these institutions. To address this challenge, private K-12 schools can proactively implement strategies to ensure equitable access to financial aid. Key Strategies for Equitable Access and Promoting Diversity 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 14, 2024

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript Student success remains a top priority in higher education, but many institutions face challenges in implementing strategic plans that engage both students and staff. Here’s a glimpse into Northwest’s process for advancing student success from the ground up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Since its founding, Achieving the Dream has been focused on helping institutions deliver more equitable results in student success. It then projects this inequality into labor markets, housing markets, and local school districts, guaranteeing the intergenerational transmission of race and class privilege.” Francesca I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Christian is one of our nation’s most dynamic college leaders, with a demonstrated record of collaboration and results in the Central Valley,” said California Gov. She understands what is needed to deliver on record levels of higher education investment to make real improvements to the lived reality of our students. Gavin Newsom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Each grounded in a social justice mission, we collectively seek to build communities that work for everyone—fighting to alleviate poverty, providing relief for food and housing insecurity, creating solutions to address public health concerns, and ensuring a high-quality education is accessible and possible for all.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

As part of the Student Success Collaborative, our partner institutions also gain access to decades of research, an EAB expert dedicated to their success, events designed to disseminate best practices, and a close-knit community of like-minded campus leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Higher education leaders face an obligation to Kansas families to remove barriers to access and success and ensure that our system lives up to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. We need bold action now because we cannot continue to underserve these students and fail to build the talented workforce Kansas needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sáenz is the associate dean for Student Success, Community Engagement & Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. Burmicky also forges genuine connections with the graduate students the department serves. “He Otherwise, the research becomes irrelevant.” Dr. Victor B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This includes issues of 1) campus climate where Indigenous students coming from a TCU are often entering a school environment with primarily white peers for the first time and 2) academic affairs in which advisors must have a clear sense of transfer agreements and credit structures across institutions to ensure successful degree completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Executing the vision will take collaboration, resources and data-driven solutions. That’s one of the reasons CCC has decided to expand its partnership with One Million Degrees (OMD), an organization that supports community college students to completion, ensuring they reach the path to economic mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Sherrá Watkins The panel discussion – hosted by higher ed mental health provider Mantra Health and the Steve Fund, which focuses on mental wellbeing for youth of color – was centered around how a major part of student success hinges on mental health, and how some communities may not be getting equal access to the resources they need.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Instead, decision-makers and those seeking to improve equity at their two-year institutions must engage in thorough reflection of their own schools and involve collaboration from multiple departments and levels. They can also help notify students of services provided by their school, such as food pantries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab With their well-being undermined, students find it much harder to focus on learning — let alone graduate — which, combined with growing debt, puts them at risk of ending up worse off than if they didn’t attend college at all. This is a critical need in this community since local emergency rooms are overextended.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Organize a Campus-Wide Culture of Student Success Creating a strong support system for students isnt just about adding resources or increasing budgetsits about bringing teams together to make informed decisions and take action. Success relies on critical elements such as: Aligning teams around a shared vision of student success.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. The unique needs of transfer students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

The impact of DEI programs on student success Recent research continues to demonstrate the positive effects of diversity and inclusion initiatives on student outcomes. 2019) found that academic engagement and psychological capital resources were significant antecedents of academic performance among university students.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast TSU's Systematic Approach to Student Success Episode 151. Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. May 16, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. Learn more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

The CRI will concentrate on expanding undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate research opportunities for underrepresented students and institutions. Our mission is to deliver accessible, world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning," said Stewart. "We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Some student populations are more likely than others to participate in these programs, however. To understand how to ensure better access and promote positive outcomes for all students in dual enrollment programs, community colleges need to understand the dual enrollment experience from the perspective of students themselves.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. million credit and non-credit students for the 2021-22 academic year; the need to retain top talent among faculty and staff continues to grow. As a System, we want more students to cross the finish line.

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