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During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention. For now, Heilig said that he will return to education policy scholarship and research, which he described as a transformative moment in politics, higher education, and society.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation. Santiago and Sarita E.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 and the national retention rate (returning to the same institution) rose one full percentage point to 68.2%. We’re happy to share that our one-year retention has increased overall 2.3

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JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Dr. Ivory A.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

To address these issues, it is imperative to focus on building a thriving workforce through higher education. Research suggests that the educational qualifications of pre-kindergarten teachers and the quality of their training significantly impact the effectiveness of early learning programs.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Higher education institutions are increasingly recognizing the importance of equipping students with practical, job-ready skills to meet industry demands given the rapidly evolving landscape of the tech economy. One innovative strategy is the integration of esports programs within higher education settings.

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MARCH 27, 2025

These practices allow them to receive ample access to resources and opportunities that support their pursuit of higher education. By implementing these recommendations, HSIs can further empower academic advisors to create meaningful, culturally congruent experiences that promote student retention, graduation, and holistic success.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

“It is important that USDA continues to uplift Tribal communities and provides pathways of representation by working with universities and colleges to improve the lives of Native American students and communities through higher education.”

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JANUARY 22, 2025

When Jenkins arrived, the university faced a challenging 52 percent retention rate. Dr. Anthony Jenkins Weve been able to move our retention to 74 percent, which puts us above the state average in Maryland for public institutions and puts us within the national average for public institutions, says Jenkins.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

What that quote means is, as an institution, if we don’t start to think about the future—if we’re not thinking about trends in higher education and in business, if we’re not looking at what our competitors are doing—we’ll fall far behind,” said Alexander. A lot of these schools have been underfunded for many years,” said Runcie.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

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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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.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

California community college presidents and chancellors are spending less time in their roles while the leadership ranks are becoming increasingly diverse, highlighting Dr. Larry Galizio both challenges and progress in the nation's largest public higher education system.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Receiving access to higher education can significantly increase income, skill development, employment opportunities, and much more, all critical factors that can help Black student parents achieve their goals and secure access to family-sustaining wages," said Justin Nalley, senior policy analyst at the Joint Center and co-author of the brief.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. The program] was so impressive, it helped with retention and graduation, says James. As a student, [the program] did help.

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MARCH 14, 2023

To identify and cut DEI in higher education. The research team at USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education recently studied campuses that have made progress on eliminating equity gaps and advancing their DEI agendas. Their goal? Now, it’s time to change this paradigm. Can SEL fully shield DEI from attacks?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lawrence Scott, an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, San Antonio called “quite unique” and said could catch fire among other schools looking to improve retention for minority students. For part-time students, a change in coach led to a decrease in persistence.

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MARCH 28, 2025

The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable.

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MARCH 12, 2025

During her time there, she led full-time and adjunct faculty recruitment, development, retention and evaluation, curriculum and instruction. Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Traditionally, our new student numbers are very strong, and theyre strong once again this year, and the continuing students retention numbers lag, but this semester were seeing that our continuing students have increases year over year, Hlavenka said. fall-to-fall retention rate. Thats a really encouraging sign.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Previously, she joined the IUPUI faculty in 1993 and ascended through the ranks as a department chair, dean and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, prior to her role as chief academic officer.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. “We It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. We did some great work.” Move it forward—disrupt it.

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MARCH 4, 2025

The coalition pointed to research showing that teacher preparation quality directly impacts both teacher retention and student outcomes.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Voluntary turnover in the higher education workforce continues to rise, according to findings from a recent College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) survey. The talent retention problem in higher education is not abating,” said Dr. Jackie Bichsel, director of research at CUPA-HR.

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MAY 20, 2024

The potential for community college students and adults with some college credit to obtain a future degree is limited by a higher education system that has not fully embraced the many pathways today’s learners take to complete a degree, according to a new white paper from the Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice’s (CHEPP).

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Scholarships without question assist with financial barriers, but they cannot unilaterally sustain a student's journey through higher education.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Department of Education projects that the number of Asian American and NHPI students enrolling in college will grow by 12% in the next four years.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

“Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2025

"Since joining ATD, Bellevue College has seen increased markers of student success and retention. The designation as a Leader College is particularly significant as these institutions play a crucial role in accelerating the adoption of effective practices across higher education.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Retention of teachers is increasing. “That gives them the ability to grow their own skills, to be leaders, to take on more responsibility, [and] it benefits the school,” she said. “We We see a lot of research that in schools where they are moving toward models like this, student learning is increasing.

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JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The office supported the university’s mission to advance Kentucky — from its economy to its health and from its culture to its levels of educational attainment. Its stated goal was to enhance diversity and inclusivity through the recruitment and retention of an increasingly diverse population of faculty, administrators, staff and students.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Dual enrollment students provide colleges with another opportunity to become a bridge to higher education. When this happens, the dual enrollment students usually take a few classes from the college and then enroll full-time at another higher education institution. Are schedules designed with student retention in mind?

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JANUARY 22, 2025

His work delves into crucial questions about retention, working conditions, and the importance of allowing Black teachers to maintain their autonomy and cultural teaching practices. This research is particularly timely given the expected expansion of school choice programs and the ongoing push to recruit more Black teachers.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Sara Goldrick-Rab, is providing faculty, staff and managers with actionable strategies to address college students’ basic needs. “How the new majority of students attends and experiences higher education is poorly understood by the American public and constantly given short shrift by mainstream media,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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