Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. This requires thoughtful retention efforts. Once students transition out of that first-year format, the success and retention office continues to work with them through graduation. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Additionally, esports teams and events heavily rely on digital marketing strategies to engage fans, attract sponsors, and build brand visibility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Scott Schirmeier The new Recruitment Management module improves Navigate’s customer relationship management capabilities and simplifies recruitment/retention for schools into one platform, allowing schools to implement coordinated communications strategies for prospective students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% Our wrap-around support includes monthly events, a first-year seminar, customized internship programs, and intentionally celebrating the first-gen identity. Our Fall 2022 first-gen, first-year retention rate (81.5%) outpaced their non-first-gen peers (78.6%).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

We were not reducing equity gaps,” said Stout, recalling her Dallas Herring Lecture, an annual event at the Belk Center. “I Across all the [Hubs], we deal with AI, universal design for learning and retention of students, how do you talk to your students, how are you inclusive and welcoming.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

These skills have combined in her groundbreaking research around how students of color, particularly Black students, engage with institutional social media as a tool for recruitment or retention. She is finishing her Ph.D. candidacy in the field of higher educational organizational change at UCLA, under the mentorship of Allen.

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EAB

MARCH 10, 2023

Press Release EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention EAB expands Navigate’s CRM capabilities to engage prospective students March 10, 2023 Tempe, Arizona (March 10, 2023) — EAB announced today an extension of its flagship student success technology, Navigate , to help colleges engage and enroll prospective students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. “We Williams, Jr., was seven years old, he and his family received an invitation to attend his friend’s birthday party at a local golfing country club.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” Campus housing could have a discernable impact on retention and graduation. By example, fall 2023 students with housing had a retention rate of 89.6% Throughout the year, we try to organize events for students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

When it comes to catastrophic events, Puerto Rico has experienced its lion’s share in the last decade. With these events have come economic vulnerability and population decreases. Méndez (UAGM), said the series of events that have impacted Puerto Rico “required the ability to move quickly and constantly update work plans.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

They impact student performance and retention.” When we needed to have important sensitive conversations and host events where we could all just come together and be ourselves and have fun, we used the resource center,” Robinson explains. Some institutions even started shutdowns at the start of the academic year. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. Stephanie Fujii, president of Arapahoe Community College, at this year’s DREAM 2024 conference.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. Another support group, the Hispanic Organization for Growth, Advancement and Retention, has focused on family engagement. She notes it helps build community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Despite her vice president title, her role had morphed into a mix of event planning and student affairs tasks, far removed from the strategic DEI leadership she had envisioned. This involves sharing data on positive outcomes of DEI work, such as improved student retention, enhanced campus climate, and a more robust learning environment.

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Civitas Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

Today’s most influential leaders recognize that student success goes beyond traditional measures like retention and graduation rates. Comprehensive Support Drives Better Outcomes Challenges like being in the wrong major, financial stress, and major life events can all hinder student outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Articles published with the TCURJ have highlighted Indigenous approaches to leadership cultivation and student retention, ecological sustainability models, research around forest management and changes in habitat, psychological and community wellness efforts, and more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence, if created and implemented responsibly, can help increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive recruitment and retention, DEI specialist Shayne Halls said during a University of Phoenix webinar Thursday. The event took place as part of University of Phoenix's Educational Equity Webinar Series.

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JUNE 26, 2023

It was an event that crystallized, for me, the CSU’s institutional, societal, and moral imperative to take meaningful action,” said Koester in a statement. “We Another recommendation was that each school develop retention and persistence strategies for Black students using a personalized student support model, along with enhanced advising.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Who better to plan these types of events than human resource professionals who are responsible for the wellness and experience of employees and student affairs professionals who is tasked with engaging and supporting the success of students? Dr. Jonelle Knox has more than 20 years of higher education, corporate, and governmental experience.

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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. Once teams are aligned on the vision and how the platform supports their work, professional development cant be a one-and-done event.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

She also encourages nurses of color she meets at various events and offers to mentor individuals who are considering entering academia. She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention. Some nursing schools have implemented outreach programs to high schools.

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Steve Keating

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Create a fun and engaging workplace through team-building activities and social events. Consider offering retention bonuses or stock options to key employees as incentives to stay with the company for a defined period. It’s essential to tailor your retention strategies to individual needs and preferences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

This includes creating new means for retention. Every time the College of Health and Community Well-Being holds an event, professionals from the region are invited. “La La Verne’s visibility has been raised because there are things happening at the university that impact the community,” she said.

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MARCH 2, 2017

It’s not the single engagement event that leads to success, it’s the whole of everything that comes together to lead a student from admission to graduation. Retention – Proactive and Triage. When institutions create first-year experience programs, they are creating foundations for future success and retention potential.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

VenturEd Solutions was proud to be a Diamond sponsor at this annual event where over 3,000 educators, administrators, and industry leaders gathered to explore the future of independent schools. Our team just returned from the annual NAIS Thrive 2025 conference, held from February 2628 in Nashville, TN.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Data-Activated Strategic Decision-Making and Planning as the first step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

One featured partnership between the City Colleges of Chicago and One Million Degrees is having a measurable effect on student retention and success.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

assistant vice president for retention at Emory & Henry University, weighed in on what colleges and universities can do to help support underrepresented student groups to ensure they receive the care and support they need to succeed. Launching outreach campaigns to highlight underused resources in emails, social media, and campus events.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Hands-Off Controls Include: Data Minimisation ; Data Encryption Hands-On Controls Include: User Consent ; Data Deletion ; Data Retention ; Google Signals ; Data Portability Hands-Off Privacy Controls Data minimisation GA4 introduces the concept of data minimisation by enabling businesses to collect only the data that they need.

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Mongoose

APRIL 25, 2023

Our FYI host with the most, Gil Rogers, sits down with Dr. Ann Lyn Hall, CEO of Prosperity Works. They discuss the economic impact a degree has on not only the student but their families as well.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Our recent virtual event, " Partnerships to Promote Student Success ," focused on addressing Florida’s critical nursing shortage by exploring collaborative strategies aimed at improving student success, retention, and workforce preparation.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the last few months, I’ve seen reports of a fire-bombing just outside the walls of a college campus just because that establishment hosted a drag event. Efforts to boost student retention are more critical than ever as overall enrollment numbers decline. It isn’t just the right thing to do.

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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

This org design trend may be a response to recent political events and a sense of mistrust of campus safety officers among students. Increasing Retention Rates for Black and Latino Men. Campus safety reporting to student affairs could allow student activists and campus police to communicate and collaborate more effectively.

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EAB

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Go to a campus event together Take a break from the office by attending an event on campus as a team. Tackling Staff “Churnover”: Retention Strategies for Advancement Leaders Take action to help ensure your advancement teams stay intact and invested during staffing turmoil.

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