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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. Part of the CPE’s role is to bring about a positive return on the investment of public funds in higher education. It also licenses nonprofit and for-profit higher education institutions in the state.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

21 Dartmouth College 8,065,743 8,484,189 -4.93 Colleges appearing at the bottom of the full endowment list are Oakton Community College ($6.2 million), Lakeland Community College ($5.7 Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs.

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher Ed Challenge 2: Rising Costs and Student Debt Challenge: The rising cost of higher education has left graduates with an average student loan debt of over $40,000, raising concerns about affordability and the return on investment. Tuition costs have risen dramatically over the past few decades, outpacing inflation and wage growth.

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Increase Graduate School Enrollment through Strategic Enrollment Management: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 191 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Justin Grimes

The Change Leader, Inc.

Identifying underrepresented groups, understanding demographic shifts, and recognizing the evolving landscape of graduate education are all critical for developing effective SEM strategies. This plan should be developed with input from a diverse group of stakeholders, including alumni, current students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

The duo share their insights on 2023, discuss the unexpected developments, and what to prepare for with the higher education predictions for 2024. The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure.