Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Her appointment comes at a crucial time for public higher education, as institutions nationwide grapple with questions of access, affordability, and inclusion. The university has achieved record retention rates and a 61% increase in four-year graduation rates.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This past summer, the Campaign for College Opportunity released a brief under their Affirming Equity, Ensuring Inclusion, Empowering Action initiative that sheds light on the college preparation, access and success trends for multiple groups within the U.S. Asian American and NHPI populations, among the fastest-growing in the nation.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have jointly announced a network to give faculty and staff ways to improve student belonging and inclusion. The network will start early Spring 2023 – online pre-registration opens this week.

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MARCH 6, 2025

She has a record of achievement in a number of areas including student success, enrollment management, faculty development, research, academic program quality, strategic initiatives and partnerships, equity and inclusion, and fundraising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Addressing these disparities is crucial for fostering a diverse and inclusive STEM workforce that reflects the richness of our society and drives innovation. Requiring tutor hours where appropriate fosters consistent engagement with support systems, improving retention and academic performance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In his three years there, he created the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community in Emory’s Graduate School and the Emory Diversifying Graduate Education (EDGE) program. We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. Our discipline is hard. And it’s always been hard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Since then, the program has spread to all but one CUNY campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2024

Meanwhile, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced on the same day that it would also dissolve its Office of Diversity & Inclusion. 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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JANUARY 3, 2025

Continue Reading The post Cultivating STEM Classrooms of Belonging: BIPOC STEM Teacher Representation and Retention appeared first on ED.gov Blog. By: Jailyn Jenkins, M. Ed, Manager of Resident Development, Innovation, and Coaching; Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) Equity. Liberation. Some ask, When will this end?

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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. It is the institution’s responsibility to ensure long-term success and retention. However, there is an oversight that continues to happen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Partnership for Inclusivity in Engineering Education and Research for Space" also known as PIE 2 RS, is a collaboration between UH, UH – Clear Lake, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the Boeing Company and the Greater Houston Partnership. NASA has awarded the University of Houston $1.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. strategies to cultivate a systemwide infrastructure and inclusive campus climates.

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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

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

AUGUST 26, 2024

There are a variety of other indicators that prevent non-traditional students with successful retention. Colleges need to review academic schedules for barriers with retention. Are schedules designed with student retention in mind?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Leshchinskaya is part of a team from Brooklyn College and the University of Florida looking to change that with the creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institutionalization (DEII) assessment, a new instrument that allows colleges and universities to measure their DEI work at the institution level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

He expressed deep disappointment and concern, worried about losing his job entirely, and felt disillusioned by his institution's wavering commitment to diversity and inclusion. This involves sharing data on positive outcomes of DEI work, such as improved student retention, enhanced campus climate, and a more robust learning environment.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion. 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

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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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. I am proud the leadership of both institutions are united on this goal that secures Vanderbilt’s future among the leading research institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At some institutions, veterans are more willing to self-identify than at others; therefore, understanding how you are addressing the diverse experiences of military-affiliated learners can create greater inclusion. For example, within a student veteran center, diverse groups of veterans may experience inclusion and belonging differently.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Dr. Amer Ahbed, vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Vermont. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2020, NJIT created the Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, which is made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as business and community leaders who work collaboratively to address recruitment, retention, engagement and persistence among Latinx students. Since 2022, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This leadership position enables her to further her commitment to inclusive excellence. The chance to work with the community to form a culture that exudes belonging and inclusion was irresistible.” Britt Rios-Ellis has immersed herself in Warrior culture, becoming acquainted with the local communities of California’s Central Valley.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

As chancellor of Arizona’s most extensive community college system, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), with nearly 140,000 students, paired with 10,000 faculty and staff members, my leadership philosophy is that we all play a role in the recruitment and retention of our students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Jaeger and Colclough began a case study that has blossomed into a full program, run by and for faculty, that’s creating peer communities, meeting regional needs, and moving the needle on student retention, persistence, and graduation rates: The North Carolina Teaching and Learning Hubs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

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. It’s a fine-tuned empathy that drives her hunger for inclusion and education. She is finishing her Ph.D.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Outcomes: An 8% increase in retention, improved advising efficiency, and more effective cross-functional collaboration. Get in Touch The post Integrated Approach to Student Success Leads to 8% Retention Lift at Northwest Missouri State University appeared first on Civitas Learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

The financial assistance portion of the program works partially as a retention tool by helping students through financial emergencies and needs that might prompt them to drop out, Sohoni said. Working with OMD has improved retention rates for participating students to approximately 85%, Sanders said. “That is the power of what we do.

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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). Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate. These recommendations include: 1. Dr. Carl B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This sense of belonging is critical for student retention and success. By valuing and leveraging the rich cultural epistemologies of Latine communities, holistic coaching becomes vital in cultivating a truly inclusive and supportive educational environment.

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