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Housing scholarship aids underrepresented students

Inside Higher Ed

How it works: Each year, rising juniors in CSTEP apply for a scholarship from the fund. After, CSTEP staff select the nine scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year. The impact: The housing fund has directly contributed to student retention, persistence and stress reduction, Alba says.

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How a Utah university boosted women's enrollment and retention

Inside Higher Ed

Success Coaching, Services and Scholarships Part women’s center, part student success center, the Women’s Success Center at UVU served approximately 900 students of all genders last fall, through a combination of services and offerings: Success coaching, which connects students with existing resources and support.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We don’t have family housing because our facilities aren’t currently set up to support that.” Central Oregon Community College (COCC) opened its current housing facility, Wickiup Hall, in 2016. Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.” versus 83.8%

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Small College America – Profile: Davidson College

Edu Alliance Journal

Students are also competitive for Goldwater, Watson, and Marshall scholarships, reflecting the quality of preparation. The college has modern facilities for science and art. Although Davidson has invested in scholarships, outreach programs, and DEI initiatives, progress has been gradual.

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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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Small College America – Profile: Tuskegee University

Edu Alliance Journal

Infrastructure and Facilities : Numerous campus buildings require modernization. These issues pose challenges for student recruitment and retention, especially in STEM disciplines. An engineering student on scholarship, he left Tuskegee in his senior year to pursue acting.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment. “We

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