Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2024

Expanding access to high-value industry-recognized credentials within the realm of higher education is a vital step toward addressing the trend of people exiting colleges and universities without a degree. A recent article in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlighted that “there are still 36.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The significance of third-grade literacy extends beyond academic success. For these reasons and others, it is time for a strong universal publicly funded option to be created for infants through kindergarten to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early education, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Partly because conservatives were successful in assigning negative implications to the term “affirmative action,” the expression diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) came into use to describe and facilitate processes that resulted in greater access and participation for people from marginalized communities. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). Among the necessities that these funds have covered are car repair, utility bills and groceries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. A clear understanding of the directives and data-driven bases for senior-level decision-making facilitates buy-in for various initiatives. These administrators (e.g.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2023

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School. Not everyone knows or understands that.

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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

JULY 2, 2024

This proactive stance not only sets children up for academic success but also mitigates societal challenges such as low literacy rates and disparities in educational attainment. Dr. Marcus A. Bright Early childhood education is the foundation upon which all future learning is built.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Thriving is often related to the success generated by one's effort. Flourishing is most often associated with creating and facilitating the environment for a person to be successful. However, to be holistically successful by flourishing, a person needs the right environment (i.e., Be able to achieve their academic goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

20 – dives into data from its partner institutions to look at potential relationships between access to courses, credits taken per school year, and college completion. Sarah Collins Ad Astra’s 2024 Benchmark Report – released on Feb. It analyzed data about 1.3 million students, coming from two- and four-year public or private institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When affirmative action was introduced to provide greater access and opportunity to individuals from underrepresented groups, it was grudgingly accepted in the academic community and the administrative offices that were created to facilitate its implementation had little clout, and even less power. One people. One nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A parallel process will be taking place simultaneously as coaches of the nation’s collegiate basketball teams seek out the players who they think will add to the success of their teams and bring glory and revenue to their institutions. For these young men, this is their time, and they are ready. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. He represents the best of those who were about access, courage, and tenacity,” he added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Instead of nurturing their potential and providing pathways for success, we are funneling them into a cycle of recidivism and limited opportunities. By ensuring access to high-quality early education for all children, regardless of socioeconomic background, we can target the root causes of this pervasive issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

By addressing the fundamental need for stable housing, CHAP empowered students, particularly those facing homelessness or housing insecurity, to achieve academic success. Stable housing promotes better sleep, less anxiety, and a stronger sense of self-worth – all crucial ingredients for academic success. This isn't surprising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

The professors come to the students for much of the face-to-face learning, thus making this program highly accessible to working adults. of the history and organization of COD) and a broadened perspective that facilitated communication. in community college leadership. The remaining 13 participants rated the CCLP at a level of 4.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

They have access to more information than any other generation. Facilitating a positive mindset begins with consuming positive information. There are numerous benefits we gain from being able to share our successes and challenges with others. Celebrate the small successes you experience. It is hard to miss the headlines.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The demand for professional interpreters and translators continues to grow.”

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Single Stop

AUGUST 24, 2023

Single Stop Expands Its Footprint to California Revolutionizing Californians’ Access to Essential Resources New York, NY– Single Stop today announces the launch of its operations in California, marking a new milestone in the organization’s mission to address comprehensive health and social support needs nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Through the Steve Fund’s student workshops and trainings on campuses across the country, we have seen the positive impacts of expanded adoption of culturally informed practices, improved access to resources, and an elevated focus on students of color mental health needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

In the days since the UNCF summit, I have had the opportunity to reflect on why the event resonated so positively and profoundly with me. As a member of the baby boomer generation, I will admit that not having a printed program and scanning bar codes required an adjustment!

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blogs How will we measure student success in the 2020s? A review of how student success metrics have evolved over time—and where they might go in the future Before I studied student success, I studied evolutionary biology. To my eyes, the evolution of the major student success schools of thought has happened in the same way.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2023

These questions provoked some deep uncertainty from Brianne Sanchez, the dean of student success at South Seattle College. The facilitators sped through a slide of questions for anti-racist leaders, such as “How is your institution committed to students and staff in these [minoritized] communities?” “How How do you know?”

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NACAC's Admitted

JUNE 28, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, NACAC convened a Task Force on Standardized Admission Testing for International and US Students , in response to years’ worth of concerns about inequitable access to admission tests internationally as well as inequitable effects of admission tests domestically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

million grant – lasting five years – will go toward what this cadre of faculty and staff are calling the Transformation, Equity, Access, and Sense of Belonging (TEAS) project, which is directly aimed at aiding Asian students at UConn’s regional campus in Hartford.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. Student Success is more than improving graduation rates.

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EAB

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Blogs Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning 8 tactics to benefit your alumni—and recruit more adult leaners Professional, continuing, and online leaders too often overlook one of the most fruitful recruitment pools: alumni, many of whom are excellent candidates as adult learners.

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EAB

DECEMBER 14, 2022

2 programs that facilitate positive mental health conversations among Black men. Asynchronous discussions for Black men provide accessible support. Students can respond to discussion prompts when convenient, making the program more accessible for busy students. Group activities to simulate difficult conversations.

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NACAC's Admitted

JUNE 28, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, NACAC convened a Task Force on Standardized Admission Testing for International and US Students , in response to years’ worth of concerns about inequitable access to admission tests internationally as well as inequitable effects of admission tests domestically.

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Knack

JULY 9, 2024

At Knack, we understand the importance of accessing and analyzing tutoring activity data to enhance academic support services. To facilitate this, partner institutions can now enable the generation and delivery of comprehensive CSV files containing all tutoring activity.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

By partnering with the Pell Institute, Ascendium is working to reduce institutional barriers to accessing and completing college and to help more learners from low-income backgrounds achieve their educational and career goals. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we fund initiatives across the U.S.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Strategy: Empower success teams to use institution-specific analytics and insights to uncover barriers faster and connect students to the most beneficial support. And collaboration with other stakeholders remained difficult due to workflow inefficiencies and a lack of supportive tools to facilitate coordinated student care.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders. The pandemic ripple effects on student success will last for years, including the long-term impact on student mental health. Student well-being could be the top threat to student success. whitepaper: long-term impacts of the pandemic on success.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Department of Education’s College Scorecard is designed to facilitate the type of comparisons I craved in my college search 8 years ago. This metric allows students to weigh whether the cost of an institution and their potential earnings sets them up for successful repayment.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. 4 common barriers to data and analytics success 2.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Like many higher education institutions, DeVry is always working to improve student engagement, provide awareness of valuable student success resources, encourage the adoption of these success resources, and provide the necessary support around the clock when their students need it.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 3, 2024

Key Strategies for Success 1. Proactively Identify Funding Gaps Schools can proactively manage their financial aid by setting up reliable tracking systems to monitor financial aid data. This transparency and support demonstrate a commitment to accessibility and streamlining the financial aid process.

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