Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. It is now called Imagination. That began with pre-college summer camps to introduce students to engineering and the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The Strategy: Implement student success technology to generate actionable insights, improve visibility, and create workflow efficiencies to lift enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. However, like many institutions, it faced challenges in boosting enrollment, retention, and completion rates.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This trend will shape the composition of the students you serve while dictating the importance of retention to maintain enrollment. Financial aid: Continuing to innovate with small emergency and completion grants to help students through temporary financial distress.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This trend will shape the composition of the students you serve while dictating the importance of retention to maintain enrollment. Financial aid: Continuing to innovate with small emergency and completion grants to help students through temporary financial distress.

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Timely MD

JULY 6, 2022

With smaller average enrollments and a focus on undergraduate education, RSIs also enroll a greater share of low-income students who receive Federal Government Pell Grants, as well as a higher percentage of Native American/Alaska Native students.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Other key provisions of the proposed bill include: Granting “low-income” status to Pell Grant recipients. Specifically, the Educational Opportunity and Success Act would reauthorize funds for the TRIO Programs for the next six years and establish more reasonable guidelines for notice of pending grant competitions.

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Timely MD

MAY 2, 2023

A review of research on trans students’ experiences in higher education conducted by the UCLA Williams Institute found that TGNC college students face discrimination and harassment, which can harm their academic performance and retention. But they also add up, making it difficult for transgender individuals to complete their education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has announced more than $8 million in available grants to fund initiatives for Native students. million); the first-ever Native American Teacher Retention Initiative competition to help address the shortage of Native American educators ($2.75

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement — play a critical role in the postsecondary education system by supporting other federal investments, like Pell Grants and other federal financial aid. “It It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Flores, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at University of Texas, says that 2024 was filled with the challenge of implementing Senate Bill (SB) 17, Texas’s new law prohibiting DEI programming and initiatives in public institutions of higher education.

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