Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Affirmative action policies have been instrumental in increasing access and opportunities for historically marginalized groups in higher education. Collaboration among various departments, including academic affairs, student affairs, and equity and diversity offices, ensures a comprehensive approach to student and administrator support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Martha Enciso, associate vice president of student affairs at California State University, Fullerton, has won the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA) 2023 Mena Valdez Award. Enciso is the 10th winner of the award and the first from CSUF.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals. Harrison Davis, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

The report re-evaluates supports for Black students and addresses trends in low Black student enrollment, retention, and graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Lynn Akey Akey is currently vice president for student success, analytics, and integrated planning at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In this role, she has improved re-enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for the school. “Dr. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University; and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Thinking that she would follow in the footsteps of other family members, Patterson-Stephens was poised to join the military until her godmother disrupted those plans and insisted that she pursue a four-year college education. The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. Those interests were front and center and persuaded me and demonstrated that she is one of my most talented students.” Higher education is a form of business. She is finishing her Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

The funding will allow for the hiring of four new student support advocates, who will offer dedicated attention and guidance to these students as they pursue their degrees. Radford plans to increase its retention rates by 5% this cohort, and likewise increase its graduation rate, said Trageser. Dr. Susan P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Dr. Frank Fernandez, assistant professor of higher education leadership and policy at the University of Florida. “We We were hopeful we’d see continuing improvement, because we know there’s been so much work going on in terms of retention and completion in colleges,” said Shapiro. Dr. Travis C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

This may include mentoring, training workshops, executive education programs, and job rotations. Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

The Strategy: An integrated platform with real-time, actionable insights allows for stronger student support and coordinated outreach especially when time is critical in the case of an emergency. Its relationship-driven education model emphasizes small class sizes, close collaboration, and high-impact experiences.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

This approach empowers institutions to uncover hidden gaps and drive outcomes like improving retention, scaling advising, and strengthening cross-campus collaboration. In higher education, successful implementation often means rethinking long-standing processes, habits, and team dynamics.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

Social media are the go-to engagement channels for both traditional campus communicators and online-only education programs. Mobile devices are everywhere and the range of apps that educators can use to connect with students allow for multiple streams of engagement via educationally relevant interactions.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. read the blog: Pell eligibility for incarcerated students 5. rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4% rate in 2020.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Community colleges are vital in providing accessible higher education opportunities to diverse student populations in rural, suburban, and urban communities alike. A community college is a two-year school, with open admissions, that offers reasonably priced higher education, often as a pathway to a four-year degree.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

Nicole Guerrero Trevino Vice President for Student Success LinkedIn Tell us about your career journey and dedication to student success in higher education. I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. I attended St.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Their outreach efforts have played a big part in their early success. Engage the whole family.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Most higher education leaders are just beginning to realize the long-term impact these mental health concerns could have on enrollment and student success—and just how underprepared their institutions are to meet the challenge. K-12 students are experiencing unprecedent levels of mental and emotional distress.

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EAB

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the last decade, the higher education and advancement landscape has evolved considerably, driven in part by changes during the pandemic. Effective stewardship and acknowledging donors’ impact fosters loyalty and is vital to donor retention and annual giving success.

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Timely MD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The recent TimelyCare webinar “Student Belonging on Campus: A Key to Suicide Prevention” , part of the Gen Ztressed thought leadership series, brought together experts in higher education and mental health advocacy to discuss student belonging and suicide prevention. Learn more 4.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The assessment plan for 2021’s program will include a check-in with participants at the midpoint and end of their first academic year at Ryerson, designed to inform the impact of Get Ryerson Ready on student persistence and retention. times higher than the higher education industry average (source: MailChimp).

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.)

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

A core team was formed that included the leadership of key offices: Student Affairs, Admissions, and OIT. The core team decided to focus on first-time college students and specifically their first year. This goes against the status quo as the mindsets of many are that students are adults and need to be responsible.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

These are exacerbated by other barriers that often show up in higher education, such as incremental thinking, defaulting to the status quo, and organizational bureaucracy. During a Retention Summit discussion, faculty representatives had the opportunity to provide their input and express their concerns.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Use this diagnostic to help you begin thinking holistically about how your community college can improve student outcomes by providing a more efficient, customized, and supportive path through the academic journey. In higher education, the student experience continues to become more synonymous with the consumer experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Realigning TM 2 to enhance the leadership initiatives for our member schools at the executive level is essential to the future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) and predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and the students they serve, says Dr. Harry L.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Building that sense of belonging is important throughout the entire student life cycle. However, our experts discuss four moments in particular when making a positive connection and drawing that student in is especially critical for retention. Give these folks a listen and enjoy. I think now that's a little bit more in question.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Many advisors and student success professionals feel overwhelmed, overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated by their institutions. Eighty-four percent of student affairs professionals say stress and crisis management lead to burnout. Four out of 10 share they plan to leave higher education in the next five years.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In higher education, our use of technology has always run in step with the world around us. From the days of old when punch cards held reams of research to the present day when information is stored in data-rich, mobile accessible clouds, the student experience is directly connected to an institution’s technology.

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Blackboard Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

We already know the benefits of investing in a one-stop student services solution –you will improve consistency of service and answers, improve the student experience, and better utilize overburdened staff. The institution needs to define what student success is and how the one-stop operation helps with that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education ( Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. & Alexander, L.D. Hines & E.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

Hall, graduate program director and assistant professor for the higher education and student affairs program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), begins on a sobering note. of the full-time faculty in post-secondary education. Hall thinks that the film could also impact Black students.

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