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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jaeger and Colclough began a case study that has blossomed into a full program, run by and for faculty, that’s creating peer communities, meeting regional needs, and moving the needle on student retention, persistence, and graduation rates: The North Carolina Teaching and Learning Hubs. We’re faculty led, driven, and focused.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. SFSU is building targeted responses that directly connect to increasing retention and completion of our Latinx student population.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” UM also has the Office of Native American Affairs, which facilitates communication and consultation with tribal nations to improve UM systemwide to better serve Native communities and learners. That’s beyond the financial piece.

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Leading With Vision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. Lord’s educational background is an intriguing mix of marketing communications, business, research, and student affairs. She is finishing her Ph.D. No school is perfect.”

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While MCC’s own equity audit showed that the college was taking significant steps to promote inclusivity in learning, the audit found a perceived lack of infrastructure that formally institutionalizes systems, processes, communication, programming, and accountability metrics for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is a space to establish community, which is important for persistence and student success. Johnathan Gooch, communications director for Equality Texas, says that, by spring, many schools had to shut down their LGBTQ+ centers. They impact student performance and retention.”