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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These changes reflect growing concerns about campus security and the increasingly complex political environment surrounding higher education. Artificial Intelligence emerged as a particularly divisive issue, with institutions split between viewing it as either a major risk or simply another technological tool to manage.

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). NaYoung Hwang, an assistant professor of education at the University of New Hampshire. Grade retention is a potent but highly disruptive education intervention,” the study noted.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

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James Runcie, CEO and co-founder of Ed Advancement, said he hopes Ed Advance and the HBCU Dx program shows how CRMs offer a sustainable way to improve HBCU enrollment and retention. “A billion in the last 23 years, according to a 2022 study by Hunt Institute, a nonprofit education research group.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6 million students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

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The instrument comprises 41 items about six scales: institutional environment, faculty and staff hiring, faculty and staff retention, student admissions, student retention and completion, and curriculum. But this doesn’t give schools a comprehensive picture of their efforts, or a direct sense of how developed they are.

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AERA Releases Handbook on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has released a handbook discussing issues surrounding teachers of color, Indigenous teachers, and ethnoracial diversity. Levine Issues include recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Dr. Felice J.

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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

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“The school’s mission-vision aligns with my work as a scholar and leader, and I believe the school is poised to reach new heights in the areas of K-12 and higher education, human development, exercise, health, and wellness.” in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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