Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS. Its instructional curriculum is built on a series of four courses.

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Yet, for students with disabilitiesincluding neurodivergent learnersthese institutions still present significant challenges. Thats part of professional learning that theyre offering their faculty and staff to support those that are responsible for learning and instruction with their own learning around the best ways for students, says Trent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Stout’s speech hit Jaeger and Colclough in their hearts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The previous two versions of the “Pickens Playbook” 7 College Readiness Moves to Make for Student Success and Year One at Tennessee State University (TSU) covered the journey of George Pickens during his last year at Miami Northwestern Senior High School and first year at Tennessee State University (TSU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

Qua’Aisa Williams, associate director for instructional design, First Scholars Initiatives, at the Center for First-generation Student Success. Williams counted only 25 at the schools that partner with the Center for First-generation Student Success.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.” You are the experts.’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Meridith Randall GWC Academic Senate President Damien Jordan, an associate professor of counseling, says Randall built trust among the faculty while serving as vice president of instruction, which readily translated when she became interim president. The sometimes tedious, but necessary, explanation of a thought process,” he notes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. We learned that tutoring was immensely effective for males and African American students, in particular.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Research on gateway math as a barrier has mostly focused on students—their demographic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and high school grades. When you have a study like this, that has some instructional practices that benefit students, particularly Black and Latinx students, it’s exciting,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives. Students are staying in classes because of the food resources,” says Curry, who is working with other community college leaders across the nation on replicating Compton’s successful model. “If Our job is to help build out that story.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Originally from South Carolina, I came to California in 2021 as the Vice President of Instruction (VPI) at CCC and later served as Acting President for one year before becoming the permanent President in 2023. My former college in Massachusetts had a large population of Black students and steadily increasing numbers of Latine students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

He says he sees himself as an advocate, using his work to advocate for students and better policies that advance higher education and increase student success. In his role as provost faculty fellow, Smith advises and guides the design and direction of academic and student success initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Her previous roles included serving as president and CEO of the College Success Foundation in Seattle and Project GRAD Atlanta. CCA has moved from a start-up feel, to a much more accelerated growth in terms of activities, success, budget, and staff size,” says Ansell. “I Yolanda went to Spelman.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Organize a Campus-Wide Culture of Student Success Creating a strong support system for students isnt just about adding resources or increasing budgetsits about bringing teams together to make informed decisions and take action. Success relies on critical elements such as: Aligning teams around a shared vision of student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Emergency funds for these students covered a range of needs, from housing and food insecurity to helping students cover the cost of their books, paying off any accrued debts or fines, or providing free or for-loan laptops, allowing access to online instruction, the go-to when in-person gatherings were shut down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Black] instructional staff need to be seen in the classroom because they are symbols of possibility,” said Parham. The workgroup also included a mandatory development program to help professors focus on student potential rather than their initial circumstances and a mandate that new faculty have previous success in helping diverse students.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Blogs 30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s All my attention over the last two years has been spent studying the future of students and student success as we emerge from the pandemic. Notably, I am monitoring three macro trends that will converge in the mid-2020s and reshape the student success landscape.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

The attitudes of educators and administrators were often shaped by prejudices and low expectations, leading to a failure to recognize and support the potential of these students. The stigma associated with both race and disability often led to these students receiving inadequate support and being subjected to lower expectations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Taylor Cupp “My calling was in supporting these students who felt so alone in engineering and who felt disenfranchised by a system that was not created to accept them and to support them,” says Watford, who left Clemson and returned to Virginia Tech to start CEED (originally called the Office of Minority Engineering Programs). “I

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

TimelyCare Student Success Coaching Q&A With Dr. Nicole Guerrero Trevino Vice President for Student Success LinkedIn Tell us about your career journey and dedication to student success in higher education. Why are we seeing a growing demand for student success resources in higher education?

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

SUMMARY : Adaptable analytics empowers higher education leaders with real-time, actionable insights that evolve with changing circumstances, enabling smarter decisions, more effective planning, and stronger team collaboration to proactively support student success. The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a strong example.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Institutions shifting their focus from solely graduating students to developing their full potential are redefining what student success truly means. Across the Civitas Learning community, institutions continuously assess how well they meet students’ needs and remove barriers to success.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Blogs 30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s All my attention over the last two years has been spent studying the future of students and student success as we emerge from the pandemic. Notably, I am monitoring three macro trends that will converge in the mid-2020s and reshape the student success landscape.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Accelerator Model as an Innovation for Student Success First-year students sometimes have difficulties adjusting to college’s academic demands, and Dr. Renick’s team noted that freshmen struggled even more during the pandemic. We connected each section with supplemental instruction, so a near-peer tutor was embedded.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Building on their early success, Mott’s Second Chance Pell Program Coordinator, Mary Cusack , recently turned to a long-standing transfer partner in the region, Ferris State University. Best Practices Explore the 15 student success best practices that power the Moon Shot initiative.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

But what makes some students persist to graduation and others not? In Civitas Learning’s most recent Student Success Impact Report , we examined a broad range of student success initiatives across 48 institutions. Academic advising is a bedrock of any student’s successful persistence toward graduation.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 28, 2024

Austin Community College (ACC) is one of many institutions committed to student success amidst this enrollment uptick, especially among first-generation and underrepresented students. Engagement tracking ACC’s data confirms that students who engage with their advisors are more likely to persist and graduate.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Once students enroll and begin classes, an institution’s work is far from over. Effective communication, guidance, and resources are foundational to an effective student success strategy. Every effort matters to keep students enrolled and persisting to graduation. Read the Blog 2.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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APRIL 26, 2023

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. When it's time for a student to graduate, the student has to tell them.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

Guided pathways prompted a shift from a generalist advising model to a specialist-driven one, helping students stay on track and ensuring advising interactions led to improved student outcomes. Engaged Faculty It can be exceptionally hard for institutions of any size to engage faculty in student success efforts.

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