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Georgia State University has launched a teacher prep and retention program to help ensure students in metro Atlanta school districts receive stable, qualified classroom instruction.

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The partnership between Sacred Heart University’s Farrington College of Education & Human Development and Stamford Public Schools will be laser-focused on identifying and recruiting local talent to ensure that classrooms are led by teachers who better represent the families and the children they serve. We are not stopping with Stamford.

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“The funding from this grant will enable students at these two universities to pursue an undergraduate education in food, agricultural, human sciences and related programs without the stress of tuition coverage,” saidLyon- Bennett, assistant dean for academics for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. A plan for mainstream colleges and universities has been laid out for intentional engagement in recruitment and retention. The college offers two-year associate degrees, short-term certificates and a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education.

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Hicks is a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University, where he has served as a dean for the Clemmer College of Education and Human Development.

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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 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. An independent assessment of the UCEM program found large, positive impacts on student outcomes, including much higher retention and graduation rates of participating Sloan Scholars than are observed nationally for underrepresented students.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Ford, a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, says she is impressed by Leyva’s scholarly productivity, noting that his research addresses important gaps in STEM educational research and literature. Ford envisions him having an impact on recruitment and retention.

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MAY 4, 2023

These tools are automating manual tasks, freeing up employees for more valuable human interactions, providing customers with personalized experiences, and collecting and analyzing data for more strategic decision-making. Unfortunately, HBCUs have not been immune to the hiring and retention challenges impacting higher education recently.

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JUNE 13, 2024

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% Our Fall 2022 first-gen, first-year retention rate (81.5%) outpaced their non-first-gen peers (78.6%).

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JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. An independent assessment of the UCEM program found large, positive impacts on student outcomes, including much higher retention and graduation rates of participating Sloan Scholars than are observed nationally for underrepresented students.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

AI has promise in terms of recognizing student patterns and how they relate to student persistence and retention, said panelist Dr. William J. In the context of pedagogy, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, it can sometimes be difficult to discern whether students have used AI for their work.

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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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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At the latter, she was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services. In her previous role as the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at CSU Monterey Bay, she was instrumental in supporting, facilitating and developing a number of new healthcare related programs.”

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AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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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. Dr. Roderick L.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Neither of these images creates a holistic portrait of a human being. Although 82% of institutions have a designated point of contact for student veterans (Department of Veteran Affairs, 2018), determining how students find the point of contact and what their experiences are can provide valuable information for recruitment and retention.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It’s a phenomenon that can particularly a ffe ct minoritized workers: a March survey by the Society of Human Resource Management found that more than a third of Black, indigenous, and people of color felt down, depressed, and hopeless, compared to only a quarter of white respondents.

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JULY 29, 2024

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. Working with our campuses, we’ve put in place high standards to raise their overall retention rates, overall graduation rates and overall attainment rates.”

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MARCH 24, 2024

Bienvenu, SJ, Distinguished Chair in Humanities, and Professor and Co-Chair of Languages and Cultures at Loyola University New Orleans joined Dr. Carolin Aronis, an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University, to call attention to the dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents on campuses over the last few years.

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APRIL 10, 2024

“Certificates are a new frontier to help us promote degree completion at the bachelor’s level, and we can think about what this looks like post bachelor's degree for a master’s degree,” said Sasso, adding that more programs in humanities can consider using certificates to encourage persistence and retention.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

There is so much talent and human potential, I figure in 2023 it should be commonplace. As she transitions into this new role, Gilliam said she had her sights on certain key matters, including student diversity, affordability, retention, and graduation rates. "I And it just isn’t.”

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MARCH 26, 2023

In assembling this cluster, Dr. Robin Hughes, dean of the SIUE School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior, succeeded wildly. “I Seeing Black faculty thriving might change how they think about their own retention, their own persistence in their academic programs,” she said. It’s spectacular.”

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Ford, EHE Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, said that she is impressed by this effort. "I Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. Additionally, selected students will have the opportunity to reside in a living and learning community. Dr. Donna Y.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals. Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Once inside higher ed, they face issues of retention, microaggression, and unfair policies and procedures – among others – which are reflective of an institution that wasn’t originally built with them in mind, Hoskin said.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Not only does this approach shield DEI from cuts but also ensures the work has the critical mass of human resource to be embedded and move forward to transform the experience of students to be more positive. By embedding DEI in faculty, administrative and staffs’ roles throughout the campus, the work is not made a target for cuts.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

It’s launching its Male Education and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), a workgroup charged with developing strategies for the recruitment and retention of Black and Latinx males. Dr. Carolina Gonzalez, assistant dean for administrative, external and student affairs in the college of education and human services at Montclair State University.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Online, 18.1%

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. EAB · How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. Using the same language, we're all human beings, we all have different comfort levels. The post How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts appeared first on EAB. Episode 126.

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MARCH 31, 2024

There was also a robust focus on the humanities. What we’re seeing is the ripple effect of those cumulative years of commitment these colleges have made,” says Stout, pointing out that ATD has a high retention rate among the participating schools. ATD is not just a conference,” says Dr. Karen A.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We were hopeful we’d see continuing improvement, because we know there’s been so much work going on in terms of retention and completion in colleges,” said Shapiro. Frank Fernandez, assistant professor of higher education leadership and policy at the University of Florida. “We

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

She served as primary investigator for more than $3 million of the program’s grants to extend PFF into the preparation of future science, mathematics, humanities and social science faculty. From the start of her career, she has focused on improving access to education for underserved populations.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Their Passions Donors continue to prioritize Education in the top three giving categories (Religion, Human Services and Education). Once this is accomplished, the other valuable attributes become easy to achieve, like stewardship, recognition and retention, and results/outcomes. billion and $516.65

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Rueda-Acedo says the service learning is extremely beneficial in retention as well as the students’ personal connection to this profession.

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JUNE 16, 2024

They impact student performance and retention.” Chauna Lawson, associate director of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) HBCU program, says the center was stripped of “literally every rainbow in sight.” Some institutions even started shutdowns at the start of the academic year. “We

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grade point average (GPA), retention rates, and persistence rates) and socio-emotional concerns (e.g., Dr. Michael Steven Williams is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis in the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Missouri.

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