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Ohio Wesleyan, Columbus State Collaborate to Improve Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus State Community College are collaborating to address societal challenges and help Columbus State students more quickly, easily, and affordably earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio Wesleyan. Ohio Wesleyan will have 20 majors that are part of the Columbus State pathway.

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Calling for Collaboration, Improved Higher Ed Systems for All

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we celebrate the anniversary of the ADA, let’s also use this moment to mark a new era in higher education – an era of collaboration and bold thinking about access that leads to equitable outcomes for all.

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Study: More Collaboration Needed Between Faculty and Career Centers to Provide Workforce Preparation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Our study found that among faculty members who are aware their institution has aligned competencies with student outcomes, nearly 80% have collaborated with the career center.

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Kessler Collaborative Breaks Down Silos to Help First-Generation Students

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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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Wayne State to Collaborate on $75M Department of Energy Award

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Department of Energy and the State of Michigan have announced a collective award of cash incentives and grants totaling $75 million to build workforce development for Nel Hydrogen’s new factory to be built in Plymouth, Michigan.

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. During the same 40-year period, Black enrollment doubled.

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Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Dr. Nancy Cantor to Become President of CUNY's Hunter College

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Once she takes the helm at Hunter College, she said that she plans to work closely with the Manhattan school’s staff and shared governance group to think about how to work towards some of the ideals she’s championed throughout her career: student success, collaboration with the community, equity, and “a sustainable, just society."