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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.” It’s a game changer for many of our students,” she notes.

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Five Questions That College Leaders Should Be Asking to Improve Student Success in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To better serve these learners, institutions must build programs for the busy adults and first-generation students who make up significant and growing shares of today’s college population. Institutions must respect this reality by maximizing flexibility for learners and structure their programs to promote student success.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also identified four major themes reported as the benefits of the KSU-CCLP.The data indicated that members of the CCLP Roadrunner cohort learned to communicate more effectively across internal and institutional boundaries (e.g., of the history and organization of COD) and a broadened perspective that facilitated communication.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The radio/television gives me the ability to speak, write, and communicate in a way so that people understand and feel what I believe,” says Walker-Griffea. I’m a great facilitator. The human development she studied in her doctoral program opened her eyes to what was needed on the college level to ensure student success.

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Admins Look to Walk the Walk on Anti-Racism at NCORE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These questions provoked some deep uncertainty from Brianne Sanchez, the dean of student success at South Seattle College. The facilitators sped through a slide of questions for anti-racist leaders, such as “How is your institution committed to students and staff in these [minoritized] communities?” “How

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. The traditional one-size-fits-all approach is no longer keeping up with the complex needs of today’s diverse student population.