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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. This is a paid, on-campus internship for undocumented students at CSUSB. “By

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Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And he is doing his part as director of policy and advocacy in California at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent, nonprofit research and policy organization.

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Report Examines Fragmented Reentry Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Attending College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a huge body of research on reentry…but so little of that work is focused specifically on where college fits into the picture,” said Dr. Ess Pokornowski, senior analyst, justice initiatives, for Ithaka S+R and author of the report. The next phase of this research will commence in 2025. This report was funded by ECMC Foundation.

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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“You can see that there are gender disparities across higher ed — outcomes, enrollment — and generally find that men have worse outcomes than women,” says Dr. Su Jin Jez, CEO of California Competes, a nonpartisan policy and research organization focused on identifying solutions to California’s most critical higher education and workforce issues.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Though the bulk of the gift (about $13 million) was placed in an endowment so that accrued interest can be spent to generally support students, $2 million was assigned to pay for the development of pilot initiatives, says Dr. Sofia Oviedo, research programs director at Hostos. They are paid a competitive wage of $20 an hour.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. There is much to celebrate. Construction crews are sprawled out across the 83-acre campus just 15 miles south of Los Angeles.

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Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Representatives from SAAL, the ACPA Commission for Assessment and Evaluation , and the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community collaborated to collect and analyze over 100 syllabi provided to the research team. All but 5 syllabi either mentioned quantitative and qualitative together or mixed methods.