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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. Often times for first-gen students, there are challenges or barriers to persistence that often have to do with academic issues; financial aid; socio-emotional, personal concerns; familial obligations,” Palacios says. The program offers a B.A. within six years. “We

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Why everyone should be talking about student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University Innovation Alliance has been a vocal proponent of student success since its original 11 public member institutions came together in 2014 to innovate based on that goal, with a particular emphasis on scale. The alliance uses different tools to develop evidence-based solutions for student success that can be scaled.

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President Moves: Cornell leader steps down as hiring ramps up

University Business

Stuebner, who has also been an administrator at Allegheny College and Lycoming College, has specialized in student retention, admission, academic advising and student support. A former Panola student, she has served as the college’s vice president of institutional advancement since 2014. Interim president Susan C.

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How Do You Make Summer Internship a Reality as an International Student at Hope College?

Hope College Network

Also, this adviser is the college official that evaluates and grades student’s work. The student fills it out together with the academic adviser. Thirdly, the international student gets one page CPT (Curricular Practical Training)* from from the International Office. “What Is the Difference Between OPT and CPT?”

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This chapter will share effective practices for recruiting, retaining, and advising Black male preservice teachers. How Black males in undergraduate engineering programs experience academic advising. Black boys report experiencing more school-based racial discrimination than any other group ( Butler-Barnes et al.,