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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

NASA will be giving over $5 million to seven women’s colleges and universities (WCUs) for research and development of strategies to increase retention of women in STEM programs and careers. Agnes Scott College was among seven schools awarded funds from NASA to help improve the national gender gap and experiences of women in STEM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. Espinosa, program director of the Sloan Foundation’s grantmaking in higher education. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Another key success of the program is improving student retention and completion rates. Transitioning from their tribal lands into higher education can be wrought with challenges, says Horning, adding that financial and academic resources are critically important in helping to ensure the success of Native students.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

He researches college student self-efficacy ; STEM research ; college retention ; school closing and massive resistance ; high school to college transition, spirituality among college students ; and psychological well-being of students and administrators in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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MAY 8, 2024

“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.”

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. Ford envisions him having an impact on recruitment and retention.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Complete College America makes a case for a shift in higher education funding formulas. The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion. While performance-based funding has brought increases in retention and completion, it has not had the desired effect.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Pictures for her community activism and commitment to educating HBCU students. In he current role, Lyn works with the Benedict Student Success Center, striving towards improving student retention and degree completion. “I She has been an advocate for educational equity and for our scholars for many years. “She Warner Bros.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Latino first-year retention has increased from 59% to 71% after implementation of the dual credit program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

We’re located in Southwestern Virginia, a more rural area, and we recognize that our students and their families might not be as familiar with higher education,” said Trageser. Radford plans to increase its retention rates by 5% this cohort, and likewise increase its graduation rate, said Trageser.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

million, mark the start of a new phase of grant-making in the Sloan Foundation’s Higher Education program, part of a multi-year, $30 million commitment. Espinosa, program director of the Sloan Foundation’s grantmaking in higher education. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D.

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MAY 4, 2023

Even with these successes, the long-term viability of many HBCUs remains precarious if we don’t take advantage of this moment to create lasting, systemic changes to advance the ways HBCUs operate and provide more Black Americans with access to the distinct educational opportunities these historic campuses offer.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

In concert with Rhode College’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as well as affordability, the Office of Admission strives to identify, recruit, and enroll domestic students who are underrepresented in higher education, including first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It seeks to provide information about successful strategies, explore mentoring programs that enable the success of the young men, and to provide the latest research of the methods higher education institutions can employ to increase access, persistence, and retention and graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

8, has sparked a national conversation for higher education to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. Some view Candia-Bailey’s tragedy as a sad wake-up call for higher ed. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey's suicide on Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

She would like to see underrepresented and marginalized students thrive and succeed in higher education. Dueñas’ scholarship addresses issues of equity and access in higher education with a focus on sense of belonging and experiences with imposter syndrome among Latinx students attending four-year colleges and universities. “My

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

But while higher education experts celebrate the new value of the Pell Grant and how much it can help students in need, many agreed the amount is not enough to combat the rising cost of living and tuition. “We Yet to keep our economy going, we need more graduates of higher education institutes.” Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. 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.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

He refers to potential students as “customers,” adding that higher education is a “crowded” place with a “plethora of choices and online programs, and we have to compete for customer attention and sell them on the value proposition.” It was a dangerous decay, and Covid pushed it hard nose downward.”

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MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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JUNE 5, 2024

This goal has been set by the Lumina Foundation, a private foundation working to make higher education opportunities available for all. Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, assistant professor of adult and higher education at the University of Oklahoma. How are we supporting students in the midst of all these legislative bans?

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an effort to address the needs of Black and Latinx men in higher education, male resource centers have been looking to increase belonging, persistence, and graduation rates. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. Dr. Roderick L.

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