Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

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. This is a paid, on-campus internship for undocumented students at CSUSB. “By years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

For this study, Trejo interviewed 10 students who formerly attended SJH and were – at the time of the interview – either attending or had graduated from college, asking them about their hardships, their motivations, and the preparation SJH provided them. She then offers a series of recommendations that other schools can take to improve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

“This is an important segment of the college-bound market and [GBC] continues to make inroads in successful recruitment of Hispanic students, especially with the expansion of the Goizueta Scholarship to now cover full tuition and in some cases room and board,” Eby said. The college also has two bilingual peer mentors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

African American and Latino students were less likely than white students to mark earning credit toward a four-year degree as a reason for participating in dual enrollment. Many students also reported frequent collaboration with their peers in class and conversations with their instructors about their grades and assignments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

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