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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

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These student-athletes were also interviewed about the support services that they needed. Sabreeā€™s research revealed that community colleges appeared to be failing African American males, in general, and African American male student-athletes, in particular. Seek out support services. Practice time management.

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States are finding ways to raise postsecondary attainment

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from 2009 to 2022, according to the latest data available from the Lumina Foundation. The Connecticut system, which relied on pandemic relief funds to upscale support services for Hispanic, Black and other minority populations, has been engaged in a year-long negotiation with the state legislature to help cover a $47.6

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services.

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Virginia Techā€™s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.ā€ His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs. Being present at these conferences helps raise the profile of Virginia Techā€™s graduate programs as well as awareness of CEEDā€™s support services. ā€œI

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Was affirmative action overrated? This study implies it is

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.” The analysis, “Progress Interrupted,” observed the changing enrollment rates of white, Black/African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino students from 2009 to 2019. The post Was affirmative action overrated?

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Using Tentacular Pedagogy to change the HE culture

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Creative arts (CA-HE), often deemed less valuable than STEM subjects, are particularly threatened ( Puffett 2022 , Redmond 2020 ), evidenced in the closure of departments, and exacerbating the already tense relationship between the CA-HE and HE ( Elkins 2009 ). This is a missed opportunity, given HEā€™s ā€˜omnicrisisā€™ ( Gill 2022 ).