Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. As one of the few Latina provosts in higher education, the Seal holds personal significance for me,” Duran-Cerda says. Santiago and Sarita E.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. All too often, however, the question of how to capture these data and use them to positively affect the institution remains.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Instead of or in addition to minors, higher education stakeholders may want to consider partnering with employers—both public and private—to create pathways toward certifications specifically designed to help students enter the workforce with higher-paying jobs. It may be time to rethink the college minor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The need for data-informed decision making in higher education continues to increase. As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. Creating a data-informed campus: part 2.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Roughly 20 percent of students enrolled in higher education have reported having a disability, according to the most recent federal data. Department of Education does not require students to disclose their specific disability, but in order for a student to receive academic accommodations they must disclose in an accommodation request.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

As universities “ascend” from one Carnegie Foundation classification to another, alarm bells often go off—particularly among those who study higher education. Towson is a comprehensive regional public university serving the greater Baltimore region, certified by Carnegie for being a community-engaged institution.

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