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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. . … Morales, president of CSUSB. Currently, 60.1% of the Fresno State student population is Latinx.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ASU has added several Spanish language marketing materials, including an En Espanol section on the university’s website, a comprehensive admissions piece, Spanish campus tours, and multiple recruitment pieces for academic programs. To complement this financial incentive, LBCC has increased direct student support offered to district students.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. Therefore, the program works closely with other departments of the college, particularly admissions and advising, to identify students who would benefit from EAP. “We

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The list would certainly include test-optional admissions, tuition resets, increasing discount rates, student loan abatement and proposed loan forgiveness, the decade-long enrollment decline, the hype surrounding AI and ChatGPT, and the controversies surrounding college rankings, not to mention the upcoming U.S. Not really.

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Was affirmative action overrated? This study implies it is

University Business

College leaders aired their frustration over the fall of affirmative action last summer, and admissions officers everywhere were predominantly against its erasure. On the other hand, Black, Native American and Hispanic/Latino students comprised 37% of the college-aged population but only made up 21% of selective college enrollment by 2019.

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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The University’s Student Support Services cover a variety of activities to support the student experience; in other words, sharing or having certain attitudes or interests in common. Another example of community building is Student Recruitment and Admissions’ (SRA) pre-arrival activity. Apr 4, 2019