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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Events and activities happen throughout the academic year.

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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On an unseasonably warm November weekend, people gathered on campus for a record clearing and expungement clinic organized by the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation. The event offered pro-bono legal consultations and support from community organizations providing social services, health care, financial services, and employment.

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Continuing our vital work together in 2025

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

We elevated evidence-based strategies that support degree completion and student success. Our team debuted the College Completion Comebacks film series featuring stories of students who returned to college after stopping out, and the strategies that supported their journeys to graduation.

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Community College Faculty-Led Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? We’re faculty led, driven, and focused. We’re doing it because of them and with them.

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EAB Announces Upgrades and Expansion of Flagship Technology to Help Colleges Recruit and Retain Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Slate is a highly customizable software that automates time-consuming practices, improves communication, and de-siloes student information. Salesforce.org, another CRM company, has found that the use of CRMs in postsecondary education increased student enrollment by 10%­­.

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Besides letting first-gen students know that they are valued and that there is a place that represents them, campus centers can serve as a place for first-gen students to meet each other and to help each other with the challenges of college life. However, BU is an outlier for having a first-gen campus center at all.