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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. In 24 states, no public colleges provide legacy preferences at all.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

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Jackson’s journey to Michigan State began — in earnest — some two decades earlier, when the young Jackson embarked on an ambitious research agenda of studying education deans as a doctoral student at Iowa State University. I just fell completely in love with focusing on the research, working with students, teaching classes.

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Fuchs Returns to Leadership as Florida’s Interim President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I look forward to working this year with the faculty, staff, students, and alumni as we lead the nation in our teaching, research, and land-grant and clinical activities,” said Fuchs, who starts in the role Aug. Fuchs served as the university’s 12th president from January 2015 to February 2023, before taking a yearlong sabbatical.

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The Missing Link to Scaled Excellence and Equity in Community College Student Outcomes: A National Leadership Development Strategy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While efforts are aplenty to help community colleges adopt discrete strategies that research shows to be effective, not enough is being done to find and develop leaders who can ensure that needed institution-wide change is implemented. Of our 329 fellowship alumni, 49% are leaders of color and 63% are women.

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Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson to Become President of San José State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She has been president at A&M-San Antonio since 2015. “Dr. It is a bittersweet moment as I am extraordinarily proud of all the students, faculty, staff and alumni of A&M-San Antonio,” Teniente-Matson said.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). There are also partnerships with laboratories at Princeton University and Northeastern University that provide students with research internships.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Programs include the university’s “earn and learn,” which provides funding for off-campus internships, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, and cohort programs that serve particular student groups. CSUS has seen enrollment of full-time and part-time Latino students increase by 34% and 66%, respectively, from 2015 to 2023.