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Armbrister Hangs Hat on Indelible Career at Johnson C. Smith University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We know that the quality of the residence halls is an important part of recruitment and retention.” While at Temple, he also served as adjunct faculty, teaching a municipal finance curriculum at the Beasley School of Law. “We’re going to every room, enhancing the lighting, painting, flooring, and furniture in many instances.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. Watford says. It is now called Imagination.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. 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. Students attend a six-week course contextualized for their needs.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

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Venture capitalist John Martinson is donating $3 million to NJIT to broaden and deepen the curriculum and real world experiences for top scholars at the Albert Dorman Honors College and throughout the university. Applications and enrollment are at record highs as is the diversity of the student body. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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Athletics and Academics

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Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We years at St. Both graduated. “I

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

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In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. Elliott says the retention rate for online is over 96%, which she attributes to the stellar faculty and flexibility. underrepresented minorities. Online, 18.1%

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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

Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. instructional practices, curriculum development, teacher-student relationships, classroom climate, etc.) Teaching homeplace: How teachers can cultivate Black joy through culturally responsive practices in the classroom.

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