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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ivonne Diaz-Claisse “I told my story — what it took for me to achieve my dream — and at the end, the students wanted my autograph,” says Diaz-Claisse, president and CEO of Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (HISPA), a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey. that work with them, including in-kind support.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. Stout, who has led the organization since 2015.

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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

8 percentage points, as calculated by the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that collects enrollment data for almost all U.S. In 2015, the California State University chancellor put forth a challenge to the state’s university system: Graduation Initiative (GI) 2025. postsecondary institutions.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. Guilbeau, the higher ed research group’s executive director. California had 133,399 full-time higher education employees as of March 2021, according to U.S.

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