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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. CSUSM gathers and analyzes disaggregated data pertaining to retention, unit completion and graduation. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Institutions can implement the following measures to alleviate these challenges: Scholarship Programs: Expanding scholarship programs to include online students can provide crucial financial support. Virtual Support Services Support services play a crucial role in student engagement and retention.

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Top Retention Strategies for Diverse Modern Learners

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

As the needs of students change, universities must alter their recruitment and retention strategies to make sure that their messages resonate with diverse student prospects, and that they provide the right support services to meet these students’ needs. In the past, admission and retention staff viewed success as the student’s responsibility.

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UNCF Receives Largest Philanthropic Corporate Gift from Fidelity Investments for Scholarship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While many of the immediate concerns in postsecondary education arenas are centered on admissions policies and scholarship support, the potential damage of eliminating affirmative action extends to employees across higher education and beyond. Empowering and recognizing the indispensability of these professionals is essential.

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Top Strategies for Improving Student Retention in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

Top Strategies for Improving Student Retention in Higher Education admin Fri, 12/23/2022 - 05:27 It is the rule of Gen Z now. Student Retention is picking up like haywire. What is student retention? Popularly known as millennials, Gen Z stands in complete contrast with Gen X.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year.

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