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New Report Offers Insight into HBCU ‘Secret Sauce’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also explored how HBCUs manage to do this—to find the recipe of their secret sauce, so to speak. The report’s final suggestion might also be its toughest to achieve, although HBCUs have benefited financially from recent federal policies, and some have gotten splashy private gifts as of late, they still need more funding.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Delgado also encourages faculty to think deeply about classroom management, something he said is often left to K-12 teachers and forgotten in higher education.

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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found on any given night in the U.S. Many are raising children, working, like any other low-income person who you might not know is a college student — yet, they had more difficulty because of landlord attitudes.” But it’s not just a problem facing the West Coast.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Bevlee Watford Taylor Cupp Established in 1992 by Dr. Bevlee Watford, who earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Virginia Tech, CEED has raised awareness about engineering and other technical fields and fueled diversity in the professions. Dr. Katrina Colucci-Chang, now a biomedical engineer/project manager with the U.S.

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Armbrister Hangs Hat on Indelible Career at Johnson C. Smith University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That was part of the strategic plan developed during his presidency. The development of the strategic plan began in January 2020 at a weekend gathering of board members as well as individuals from the local community. We did a lot of asking questions and listening, and then it was the development of that plan,” he said.

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Success Coaching and Online Platform Shown to Improve Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But success coaches are often burdened with overwhelmingly high caseloads, as many as hundreds of students, who are traditionally managed with spreadsheets and post-it notes. The software also uses predictive analytics in an attempt to address issues before they develop.

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A small college needs $2.6M to survive. It's raised $178K

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. “In order to be prepared for any scenario, King’s has been working with a number of colleges and universities to develop preferred transfer agreements. million was Feb.