Remove Database Remove Equity Remove First generation
article thumbnail

Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the early aughts, Renick says, it was standard practice for student support programs to address equity gaps and low graduation or retention numbers through the creation of targeted programs, like initiatives for first-generation students, and African American male initiatives. postsecondary institutions.

Retention 304
article thumbnail

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Today, there are robust pre-college programs serving 1,000 to 1,500 students. The CEED graduate ambassadors contact the students to make connections.

Mentoring 290
article thumbnail

Empowering Excellence: A TRIO Program’s Journey to Streamlined Success with empower™ 

COE

The platform’s structured database system allowed me to utilize different fields and columns, enhancing my understanding of their importance in the APR. During a first-generation-to-college celebration, my colleague shared her positive experiences with empower. Initially, I used a spreadsheet, which was helpful.

Success 52