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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DFC’s] success is driven by the level of personal care and support that we can provide our scholars.” DFC’s approach is in line with recent research showing that student success requires a comprehensive approach. The support that DFC gives its students is not simply financial. It was easy for us to lean on each other.”

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.”

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. “The Santiago and Sarita E.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” Watford says.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TEAS project is approaching the need to support its significant Asian student body from multiple angles, seeking out what would be the most beneficial: mentorship, mental health, and curriculum. We know that there are certain issues that we want to tackle in the mentoring program.

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