Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university. Engaging directly with students has been a highlight of Patterson-Stephens’ work. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals. Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Several months ago, a fellow CDO confided in me about his abrupt reassignment from a leadership role to a non-administrator position with little connection to DEI work. This involves sharing data on positive outcomes of DEI work, such as improved student retention, enhanced campus climate, and a more robust learning environment.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

The Strategy: An integrated platform with real-time, actionable insights allows for stronger student support and coordinated outreach especially when time is critical in the case of an emergency. To reverse the decline in student retention, they needed a scalable, proactive approach to address the factors influencing student success.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Challenge: Delivering timely support to a diverse and sizeable student population to foster improved retention and completion rates. The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Timely MD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These various approaches acknowledge the transitional phase students are in as they become independent from their traditional support networks. Foster a sense of student belonging on your campus Learn more about the intersection of a sense of belonging and academic success, retention, and mental wellness. Learn more 4.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Administration, Finance, and Operations Institutions’ budget models often fail to reinforce campus priorities and commitments, instead locking them into damaging cost structures, underfunding strategic priorities, and creating harmful incentives. But the administrative infrastructure of a campus has an equally key role to play.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Challenge: Delivering timely support to a diverse and sizeable student population to foster improved retention and completion rates. The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As part of the TimelyCare GenZtressed webinar series , a panel of health equity, mental health, and student affairs leaders explored the need for and benefits of inclusive care delivery that embraces all students. As Batista noted, finding a solution requires commitment from institutional administration.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Javier Reyes found himself elevated to the position of Interim Chancellor.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Are there specific barriers in your digital onboarding process that are keeping students from matriculating? How long does a prospective student have to wait for follow-up outreach after expressing interest? Are your student administrative tasks user-friendly? More on modernizing your student experience.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Many advisors and student success professionals feel overwhelmed, overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated by their institutions. Eighty-four percent of student affairs professionals say stress and crisis management lead to burnout. Unifying disconnected student support can be challenging without a shared source of truth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Despite earning a biochemistry degree at Lamar University with parental expectations of medical school, Doman found his true calling in student affairs. Working in the student union as an undergraduate led to leadership roles, eventually guiding him toward a career in higher education administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. Black male student veterans are not a monolithic population nor are the institutions they are attending.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Koppell and administration, MSU is hoping to expand its outreach to young males of color, particularly Black and Brown youth in urban areas in New Jersey. It’s launching its Male Education and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), a workgroup charged with developing strategies for the recruitment and retention of Black and Latinx males.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

In terms of day-to-day administration, Crazy Bull points to teamwork. “I HACU provides student scholarships, internships, retention and advancement programs, as well as career development opportunities for educators. The United States was built on the blood of Native people and Black people and other people of color.”

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

The early warning signs showed up most prominently in traditionally marginalized groups, with those students experiencing food and housing insecurity at higher rates than their peers – requiring more support to not only persist in their programs but also to live.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Four "lineages" of student success best practice Lineage A: Student engagement The oldest school of thought emerged during the 1970s from the work of early student success researchers such as Vincent Tinto. These researchers pioneered and popularized the idea that retention is driven by “ student engagement.”

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