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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. In 2021-22, we regained five percent, followed by a 30% increase the next year and another 20% the year after. This is critical in the face of a shrinking student population.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% of degrees were awarded to Latinx students. years in 2021-22.” in 2022-23.

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Report Shows the Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce

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That number rose to 48% as of fall 2021. As of fall 2021, 68% of faculty held contingent appointments, compared to 47% in 1987. Only about 24% of faculty held full-time tenured appointments as of fall 2021, versus 39% in 1987. Also, the number of graduate student employees increased 44% from fall 2002 to fall 2021.

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Chase Griffin

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Griffin, who earned the UCLA Athletics Academic & Student Services Success Award in 2021, is a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member and 14-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member. The Bruins quarterback donates part of his NIL earnings to such causes. He is also a three-time Arthur Ashe Jr.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

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As associate dean for Student Affairs at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, she oversees all student services and support offices, including student clubs and events, the Records Office, tutoring and other academic support, and health and wellness services.

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

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The items were found to be highly reliable as part of a pilot program done in the spring of 2021. But this doesn’t give schools a comprehensive picture of their efforts, or a direct sense of how developed they are.

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Investing in Community Colleges

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“Because we believe that teams with experience on the front lines of challenges will know best how to put the money to good use, we encouraged them to spend it however they choose,” Scott wrote in a June 2021 blog post listing some of the gifts. Many reported that this trust significantly increased the impact of the gift.