Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“When we received the federal COVID funds, it allowed for students to be able to take summer school courses and not have to worry about the tuition of those classes,” said Dr. Dwayne L. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The selected scholars, who emerged from a competitive application process, will convene in Philadelphia this month for ATD's annual DREAM conference. During the conference, scholars will engage with community college leaders and attend specialized sessions focused on improving student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Student success organization Catalyze has opened grant applications for the third round of its Catalyze Challenge. Applications open Jul. Dr. Michelle Cheang This round seeks to support learners ages 11-22 by funding efforts focused on career exploration for young adolescents and activating employer partnerships.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 22, 2023

ED’s latest Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program application includes performance measures recommended by IHEP research By Jessica Vivar Earning a college degree is the best path to turning career aspirations into a successful livelihood and financially secure, fulfilling life.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example, we led the field in urging Congressional lawmakers to restore allowable uses of financial data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to evaluate programs, conduct research, and provide student support services. We elevated evidence-based strategies that support degree completion and student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Aspen subsequently began two intensive fellowships that select senior administrators with the qualities of exceptional presidents and teach lessons from the field about how to achieve exceptional and equitable levels of student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

“Standardized scores combined with high school GPA support this goal by improving early identification of students who demonstrated the greatest academic achievement, the most potential, and those who can most benefit from support through our student success programs.” Also, with an abundance of high school GPAs surrounding 4.0,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

AI is at the core of our Student Impact Platform and has been since the company’s founding in 2011. We use AI in predictive modeling, a type of supervised machine learning, to predict student outcomes and help institutions create and carry out effective student success initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

conservative lawmakers have criticized university departments asking for ‘diversity statements,’ where job candidates write about experience working with diverse student populations and share plans to promote diverse student success. Conservatives have criticized DEI efforts as left-wing ideology and liberal ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Scott Schirmeier The new Recruitment Management module improves Navigate’s customer relationship management capabilities and simplifies recruitment/retention for schools into one platform, allowing schools to implement coordinated communications strategies for prospective students.

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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. He tries to expose students to various facets of the academy by engaging them in conference presentations and broadening their understanding of various policy and leadership organizations.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The first wave of the program tackled the enrollment funnel, simplifying the application process from initial recruitment to enrollment. Using Slate, institutions could track a student’s application and nudge both the student and enrollment manager on its status. So, we focused on admission and enrollment.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

By acquiescing, the UW system will have to halt or end several diversity efforts, including freezing the total number of jobs through 2026 with some exceptions; move more than 40 people in diversity positions to student success roles; remove diversity statements from the student application process; and end a diversity-focused UW-Madison hiring program. (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

We are implementing proven, promising practices to improve access and graduation rates for all students. One of the first significant initiatives the board undertook to improve student success was the development of a systemwide general education framework.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The agreement would have also required UW-Madison to accept applicants who were the top 5% of their class at a Wisconsin high school and regional campuses to accept those in the top 10%. UW Board of Regents Member Angela Adams The regents’ decision – a close 9-8 vote – came during an Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Adam Porro, executive director of First Year Development and Student Success at MDC, said that C4S’s support of students, from their first inquiry through graduation and transfer, resonates with their students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

It is about taking a bold stance to break the old and create new systems and structures that support our students’ success. I’m ready to share my unapologetic Freedom Dreaming thoughts, the full realization of unapologetic leadership, put into practice, in the name of student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

NASPA is well-positioned to advocate for student affairs professionals around the world and, by doing so, we can demonstrate our commitment to student success and the association’s vision for fulfilling the promise of higher education. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. While their past transcripts, test scores, and applications indicate something about who they are and how they are doing, the truth is that we won’t know much about their lives without asking better questions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Experts agreed these findings and suggestions are not only applicable in California but could be used across the nation. It’s not just a report on diversity, it’s about student success,” said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, president of College Futures and former chancellor of California Community Colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We Rising high school seniors spend the summer before senior year working on college applications with an eye toward at least one early application. years at St. Both graduated. “I

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 25, 2024

As part of this effort, Civitas Learning produces an annual Student Success Impact Report that reflects directional trends across our partner institutions. Our team looks at hundreds of initiatives to provide actionable insights on how institutions can improve their specific student success programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In a new briefing, Excelencia in Education, a Latino student success organization, isolates the challenges that HSIs are experiencing and the strategies that they are using to get this critical money. One of the main obstacles that schools have in applying for Title V grants is decentralized structures for doing so, the briefing found.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Participants were asked to rate how effectively the KSU-CCLP created a leadership culture centered on the following three values: involvement; embracing varying perspectives; and focusing on student success, equity, and learning. On a five-point Likert-like item, eight of the 22 participants rated the CCLP at a level of 5.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Systems can be programmed to ignore factors such as demographic information and assess applicant resumes more objectively, Hall claimed. With AI, educational curriculums can adapt to better fit the individual and specific needs that a certain student may have for their learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We allow “elite” institutions to define excellence; we support the “screening out” of students in the name of academic rigor; and we presume there is but one way to legitimately make it through college — on a fixed timeline and with a particular experience.

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Timely MD

MAY 3, 2024

For many college and university students, the road to success is littered with emotional traffic, financial potholes, and academic speedbumps. The journey to reaching one’s goals hinges on access to and awareness of vital student success resources. Nicole Guerrero Trevino, Ph.D., Panelists Cynthia Hernandez, Ph.D.,

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Simplified Application: Streamline the financial aid application process to minimize the burden on families. Now let’s look at how focusing on an inclusive school culture can provide more opportunities for schools to reach new students. Consider using online portals and automated systems to simplify the process.

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Ready Education

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We are delighted to announce that AppScho , the French leader in mobile application solutions for students and higher education institutions will be joining Ready Education to become the world's largest provider of student mobile application solutions.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9% check out these institutions' success stories 3.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

And some expect application numbers to improve even further this year as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-conscious admissions practices. Enrollment is soaring and funding is increasing.

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