Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

These terminations have affected educational institutions across the country, including large research universities, small private colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and alternative teacher preparation pathways. There's a ripple effect that must be addressed now," said Dr. Kathlene Campbell, NCTR CEO.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39). It involves designing courses that accommodate diverse learning needs and preferences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While this is not a program specific to Native Americans, the state’s four tribal colleges are eligible institutions along with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and all University of Minnesota campuses. Among the requirements for some Native American specific scholarships are uploading tribal I.D. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

These 46 certified institutions represent less than 1% of all colleges and universities but enroll 17% and graduate 19% of all Latino students nationwide. Other institutions, like Metropolitan State University of Denver, created emergency retention funds to support students experiencing unexpected financial challenges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.” Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Improving the attraction and retention of international and overseas compatriot students is key among those measures.” Approximately $162 million will be invested in the plan, with eligible international students able to apply for government scholarships and living stipends from sponsoring companies.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Fifty percent of Utah Valley University students identify as female, but this wasn’t always the case: historically—and in ways that defied national trends about women’s college achievement—women enrolled and graduated from the university at significantly lower rates than men. Share here.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The colleges that rank highest for the most transparent merit scholarships provide clear, easily accessible information on the awards and the criteria they use, according to a new analysis. These leading schools also figure merit scholarships into their Net Price Calculator projections.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

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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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The University of Arkansas’ new transfer scholarship program seeks to address these challenges. The Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship (ATAS), rolled out in fall 2019, has shown incredible growth, particularly among students from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds, including first-generation students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Through the Fordham Housing Fund, selected upper-level commuter students at the university have the chance to experience on-campus living—for free. 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.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2025

With a faculty perspective from Maryville University, this 30-minute Ed Talk will explore how public scholarship and media visibility can benefit both individual career progression for professors, including tenure and research visibility, and institutional enrollment goals, particularly in graduate education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a law firm representing conservative interests, sued the state board that awards scholarships and loans to college students over its taxpayer-funded Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant program. Read more at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all.

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Liaison International

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Measuring success through metrics such as conversion rates, re-enrollment, and first-semester engagement lets colleges refine their strategies and better support student persistence and retention. It also opens up time to explore scholarships, grants, and other options.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Marcus Bright The emergence of University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward serves as a compelling case study in the critical importance of systems and environments in maximizing and showcasing one’s skill set. At Washington State, Ward excelled in an environment that afforded him the freedom and flexibility to fully use his dynamic skill set.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 4, 2023

The American Indian College Fund recently received a five-year, $38 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to support American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students and tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). The grant will also establish scholarship programs for students attending TCUs and who live on or near Indian reservations. .

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2024

When the University of Idaho sought clarity, it found that the most common reason for stopping out was the difficulty students encountered when trying to balance school with personal and professional demands. Many students stop out because of money but its hardly the full picture. Cost and financial aid were second.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of higher education for all. Edward’s University following the introduction by President Johnson in 1972. This first-generation program is possible at our university through generous donor support, most notably by Luci Baines Johnson and Ian Turpin.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Jennifer Collins “I am grateful to have the opportunity to engage with other colleges and universities dedicated to expanding access and opportunity,” said Rhodes College President Dr. Jennifer Collins. ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Colleges and universities are always trying to understand how they can best push their students toward higher retention and graduation rates. colleges and universities points to a telling picture of where the communication streams are mixed. A new report from Anthology studying U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., criminology, law & society, University of California, Irvine; M.S., counseling, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D., Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This gap widens at an institution like Trine University, where many students graduate with degrees in high-paying fields such as healthcare and engineering and many of our graduates earn above the national average in their field. The post Why a college degree is still a great return on investment appeared first on University Business.

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ACPA

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Announcing the 2024 ACPA Membership Scholarship Recipients from CGDSD. Each year the CGDSD provides two (2) one-year, ACPA membership scholarships to individuals working in the field of student affairs/services outside of the United States. in Management with Law from the University of London’s External Programme.

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While staff retention may already be a well-documented issue in the higher education workforce , female professors have a far higher risk of turnover and are less likely to be promoted than men at every stage of their careers, according to a study on ScienceAdvances.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Drawing on its research and experience advising nearly 500 colleges and universities nationwide, Hanover Research has an inside line to higher ed and the major themes in which schools are entrenched. Colleges embracing the times are implementing strategies to stay ahead of enrollment and retention.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. In contrast, others prefer to house the FLC efforts in centers for teaching excellence—suggesting a high level of commitment in the university hierarchy.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 17, 2023

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School Duluth Campus will increase access to biomedical science careers for Native American students in the region with the new Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 8, 2023

Establishing a Strong Higher Ed Admissions Strategy The student journey from application to enrollment and, ultimately, graduation is a long one, with setbacks and turn offs along the way that can threaten student retention. Critical Initial Conversations One-on-one conversations are a critical element of student retention.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

In 2020, the University of Arizona acquired Ashford University , an online for-profit college that a California court later found guilty of having deceived students about job prospects, transfer opportunities, and degree costs. Criticism from some of the University of Arizonas faculty has also erupted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. There is a structured approach to CAMP, which exists at colleges and universities around the U.S., There is a structured approach to CAMP, which exists at colleges and universities around the U.S.,

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