Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

As we delve into these disparities, it becomes clear that targeted interventions and policy changes are essential to bridge this gap and foster a more inclusive educational environment. This can result in feelings of isolation, discrimination, and alienation, which negatively impact academic performance and retention rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

A panel titled, “Diversifying the Future of the Profession: On Mentoring, Mattering & Movements,” was moderated by Dr. Terrell L. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. Mentoring remains one of the most viable and critical tools for professional development.” That’s what mentoring is all about.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

It includes support for academic and non-academic challenges via an OMD program coordinator; life skills training; a mentor; and financial support up to $1,000 a year for students who meet expectations. And the mentor is there to give advice, wisdom, and encouragement, said Sohoni and Malcom X President David A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). So, you can be mentoring these students … and being an advisor, and all of those things, and it gets placed in this nice little bucket called service. think tank.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

The report notes that the implementation of peer mentoring, paid work-based learning, building partnerships for intentional and inclusive hiring, and elevating career services and DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging) to be organizational priorities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community. Additionally, more than four dozen faculty will be V-FIRST mentors. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ford envisions him having an impact on recruitment and retention. One of Leyva’s active research projects is Transformative Inclusion in Postsecondary STEM (TIPS). Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. He’s bringing innovative approaches. For example, one of them is his focus on intersectionality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

While MCC’s own equity audit showed that the college was taking significant steps to promote inclusivity in learning, the audit found a perceived lack of infrastructure that formally institutionalizes systems, processes, communication, programming, and accountability metrics for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

It seeks to prohibit any state or federal funding from being utilized to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state’s higher education institutions. They impact student performance and retention.” Some institutions even started shutdowns at the start of the academic year. “We It used to be underground.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Although women publish less than men, they do more of the sort of necessary work that isn’t respected by promotion boards, like mentoring and service activities. This program will feature time for faculty to learn from their mentors as well as professional development workshops, including one on grant-writing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The students who are accepted into the college will complete their General Education (GE) classes there and will be taught in small classes and mentored by mostly Black Sacramento State faculty members. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. The peer mentors are recruited from UCLA’s undergraduate student body and are usually former participants in AAP. With that kind of structure and those kinds of environments we create.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. Another support group, the Hispanic Organization for Growth, Advancement and Retention, has focused on family engagement. She notes it helps build community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. This requires thoughtful retention efforts. Once students transition out of that first-year format, the success and retention office continues to work with them through graduation. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Response to the pandemic In 2022, Claflin, an HBCU institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was an AACN Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award Winner. She also encourages nurses of color she meets at various events and offers to mentor individuals who are considering entering academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Because we focus on that demographic, we have built that in as part of our mission,” says Carter.

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EAB

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That’s because on campuses that are predominantly white and majority female , it’s harder for Black and Latino men to find peer groups, mentors, role models, and places where they can just be themselves. Early mentor matching not only helps reduce summer melt, but it also means each student sees at least one familiar face at orientation.

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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. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

However, our experts discuss four moments in particular when making a positive connection and drawing that student in is especially critical for retention. They have general programs like mentoring programs, orientation and things of that nature, but nothing very specific to those populations. Give these folks a listen and enjoy.

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EAB

APRIL 7, 2023

Case Study Longwood University sought to improve student retention using predictive models. A proactive librarian mentor program became a popular way to orient and support students at the institution, even expanding beyond the initially identified risk pool! Thus, it pays to be inclusive throughout your analysis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. With this in mind, we (Hines and Fletcher) compiled the collection of readings by prominent scholars, as described herein. Dr. Erik M. & Alexander, L.D.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Students were also encouraged to join and engage with peers, staff and faculty via online message boards, hosted on the PeopleGrove platform by the Tri-Mentoring Program (Ryerson’s peer-to-peer mentoring program). What We Did. A few of the groups offered through the online message boards on the PeopleGrove platform.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

A tutoring center, peer mentoring, alumni networks, all these. And so if we can be more attentive to those students, then we can think about the resources that we can provide on a college campus to further improve retention one, and the ultimate success of the student. So thank you for sharing that. That's why we're here, right?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Bonnie has been a supporter, mentor, coach, and friend to so many,” said Dr. Terrell L. 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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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.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Now in 2023, issues with academic readiness and social isolation are having meaningful impacts on retention and student success, including an entirely new phenomenon – “move-in melt.” Gaps of Concern: Where is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? And why is AI so Far Down the List?

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COE

JULY 17, 2023

Dr. Brown’s leadership will drive our efforts to create a more equitable and inclusive educational landscape.” His outstanding track record in higher education and his journey as a TRIO alumnus aligns perfectly with our mission to increase access to higher education for underserved students.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

but it’s not too late to ensure each person’s right to higher education within a paradigm of inclusive excellence,” said Terry Vaughan III, Ph.D. He stated, “Unpacking the paradox of higher education will require us to embrace the optimism and hope that inspires inclusive excellence.”

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COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Courtney Temple , executive vice president and chief administrative officer at IIE, expressed, “The push for greater access and inclusivity in education is a long-term, collaborative practice. Nearly one million low-income and disabled students receive college access and retention services through COE member colleges annually.

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COE

MAY 31, 2024

Wolanin was a faculty mentor of Stoner’s at the University of Wisconsin, and Stoner has been involved in supporting all five cycles of the internship program thus far. Nearly a million low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services through our member colleges and agencies.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In addition to benefiting UCLA students directly, Yoo sees the program as part of a broader effort towards “inclusive excellence” across the University of California system. All nine UC undergraduate campuses are now AANAPISI-designated, and several, including UCLA, are also working toward gaining Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) status.

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