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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. Perhaps equally concerning is that policies at the state and potentially the federal level that champion the retention and persistence of Black men in higher education such as DEI are being eliminated.

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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There is so much talent and human potential, I figure in 2023 it should be commonplace. As she transitions into this new role, Gilliam said she had her sights on certain key matters, including student diversity, affordability, retention, and graduation rates. "I And it just isn’t.”

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Rueda-Acedo says the service learning is extremely beneficial in retention as well as the students’ personal connection to this profession.

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Student Success, Retention, and Employability – Getting Digital in a High Tech, High Touch Environment

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Retention – Proactive and Triage. I recently read an article about the idea that all online classes should be beta-tested before they “go live” to students. When institutions create first-year experience programs, they are creating foundations for future success and retention potential. That was way back in 2004.

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How Civitas Learning Uses AI to Power Student Success

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be used to augment, not replace, human creativity and intelligence. In this article, I share how Civitas Learning has incorporated AI technologies in its platform for over a decade and how we approach leveraging evolving technologies within our solutions.

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Maximize the Impact of Student Success Initiatives with Regular Efficacy Assessment

Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Despite their best efforts, many institutions still have work to do to improve student retention and graduation. Regular assessment of student success and retention strategies enables you to understand the true impact of each student success initiative to invest in the combination of strategies that are most beneficial for your students.

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Top Student Impact Strategies of 2022

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Plus, find a round-up of links to our most-read articles and resources on those topics. UTSA Achieves 16% Retention Lift with Data-Activated Student Support Ecosystem. Find out how a powerful set of proactive success initiatives resulted in enrollment, retention, and graduation gains. Coordinated Student Success Networks.

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Digital Engagement – How Technology Enhances the Student Experience

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In a recent article in Times Higher Ed, it was shared that 77% of students at US universities “think that universities should use more of their personal information to enhance their college experience.” Being Human. Thankfully, the student experience is one of the main drivers at play for all higher education institutions.

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 4, 2023

Mr. Magliozzi described why a campus might choose Mainstay as a technology partner: "We're the only platform consistently proven to move the needle on enrollment, retention, and academic success. Let's do it for year-to-year retention.' 'We We increased year-to-year retention three percentage points, that's awesome.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These responses doubled those of the prior year’s survey, and they far exceeded other common retention threats such as finances and academic difficulty. Labor market turnover has left some counseling centers without the human capital to keep up with demand. We need to prepare for many more years of this.

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Higher ed job descriptions can’t compete. Here’s how to fix them.

EAB

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, university job descriptions for mental health counselors averaged 1,000 words, longer than this article and almost twice the length of out-of-sector descriptions for counselors. Teacher Recruitment and Retention. Words matter, and you have limited space to attract potential candidates.”. Brian Lenzemeier. August 30, 2022.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

hooks (1990) calls this unique love and protection ‘homeplace,’ a space that provides a sanctuary that supports the wholeness and humanizing of those who collectively create and exist in said space. Further, authors discuss the unique contributions of nine different articles around this topic for this special issue. Lawson, T.

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How to Succeed in College

Clair Kamp Dush

MAY 10, 2018

Dear students, The science of learning has identified many study strategies that can increase retention and comprehension, yet most college professors rarely talk about these strategies. If you find that this is a problem, try showing your writing center mentor this article , and ask for basic help. Or, read some books on writing.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

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Maximize the Impact of Student Success Initiatives with Regular Efficacy Assessment

Top Student Impact Strategies of 2022

Digital Engagement – How Technology Enhances the Student Experience

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

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