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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities. Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are very intentional in how we recruit, retai Dr. Jose Fierro n and support completion to our diverse student body,” says Dr. Jose Fierro, president. “We California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) enrolls more than 39,000 students, of which 54% are Latino—an increase of 40% since 2016.

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Six-Year Completion Rates Stall Across the Nation, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of those who began their first year of college in 2016 reached graduation within six years, a.1 Students who began in 2016 and finished in four years were likely unaffected by the pandemic, said Dr. Doug Shapiro, vice president of research at the National Student Clearinghouse. The report found that 62.3%

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003). LAs were recruited by both personal invitation from the college faculty as well as traditional means through campuswide job postings. Learning assistantships also offer a range of benefits for the near peer tutors themselves. 2021; Close et al., link] Deil-Amen, R.

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Workgroup Offers 13 Recommendations to Advance CSU Student Success

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Class of 2022 data revealed that only 48% of Black, first-year students who enrolled in the CSU in fall 2016 earned their degree in six years, according to the Black Student Success Workgroup Report. Dr. Thomas A.

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How to beat the enrollment cliff: Act like Yamaha

University Business

“We were built as a single product institution that only knew how to recruit freshmen,” says Melik Khoury, president of Unity Environmental University since 2016. However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm.