Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Both recruiting and retaining Native students showed up in the report as an area of improvement for MSU. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. Dr. Hamilton Raymond The findings reveal the historical and societal context of the pursuit of higher education in America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education. Department of Education is deeply troubling.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2024

Financial aid offices were already struggling with staff shortages, a lack of representation and other personnel challenges when the FAFSA fiasco struck higher ed. The report found that median salaries for financial aid employees are higher at colleges and universities that process more FAFSA applications.

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Great College Advice

JUNE 22, 2023

Clients have asked me repeatedly to explain the relationship between the financial aid and admissions offices, and to help them to understand how financial need is factored into admissions decisions. Tuition dollars, after all, are the lifeblood of any institution of higher education. Believe me, they are not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

In concert with Rhode College’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as well as affordability, the Office of Admission strives to identify, recruit, and enroll domestic students who are underrepresented in higher education, including first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

By being proactive with admissions, recruitment, and advising, however, we can reduce this risk. Research suggests that we send cues affecting underrepresented students’ aspirations, application, and enrollment decisions through three channels: public policies, admissions requirements, and recruitment and advising interactions.

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Great College Advice

JULY 29, 2023

My clients often ask what are the best questions to ask as they go through the recruiting process. What are good questions to ask a college sports recruiter? This is especially true if the coach is recruiting the student heavily. 4.) How many freshmen are being recruited for my position? It’s flattering.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Christina Hull Paxson The award – sponsored by the TIAA Institute, administered by the American Council on Education (ACE) – commends current college or university presidents or chancellors for outstanding institutional leadership and broad impact on higher education and society. The award’s namesake, Rev. Theodore M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 SCNC students are those who attended any portion of postsecondary education, but have stopped out for at least three consecutive semesters without being awarded a credential.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react. Race-conscious admissions were now only allowed for the achievement of the educational benefits of diversity. Money, again, is a problem.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Recruitment is about more than getting students to say yes. In a competitive higher education landscape, institutions must align what they promise during admissions with the student experience they deliver. Making academics real Todays students expect education to be more than theoretical.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Her goal is to provide an elite education without elitist practices that exclude communities of color and low-income people. The Macaulay Bridge Scholars program created a pathway to honors education for CUNY community college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

There’s little help on the way: The nation’s classrooms are projected to lose an average of 270,000 educators annually for the next several years, and enrollment in teacher preparation programs has plummeted. Helping schools of education produce more teachers is only one half of the equation. With a combined enrollment of 1.9

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Department of Education (DOE), at least 25% of full-time equivalent students enrolled must be Hispanic. These two-year and four-year institutions must also enroll a significant number of students who require needs-based financial aid. For a college or university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Our admission decision is based upon diverse facets of the individual’s history, talent, potential to contribute to the university and get the most out of a Wesleyan education. Wesleyan plans to encourage geographic diversity by recruiting students from across the U.S.;

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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

“We were built as a single product institution that only knew how to recruit freshmen,” says Melik Khoury, president of Unity Environmental University since 2016. However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

To address some of these questions, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), the main advocacy group for diversity administrators, put on a webinar Wednesday, featuring Art Coleman. Coleman said that continuing to offer scholarships tied to race is risky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

The finding was unsurprising to Jacory Bernard, an undergraduate recruiter and new student support manager at Morehouse College. According to Bernard, social is an important part of Morehouse’s recruiting strategy. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. Jon Edelman can be reached at JEdelman@DiverseEducation.com

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

The finding was unsurprising to Jacory Bernard, an undergraduate recruiter and new student support manager at Morehouse College. According to Bernard, social is an important part of Morehouse’s recruiting strategy. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. Jon Edelman can be reached at JEdelman@DiverseEducation.com

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel Coleman was presenting as part of a webinar organized by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, part of a series about the cases that could fundamentally re-align their work. Coleman was peppered with questions about what might happen and the potential implications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

She also referenced the system’s recruitment and pipeline efforts. The university has also made large investments in our financial aid program to ensure access and affordability of a UC education.” The share of white students at UC remained flat at 19%, and Asian Americans decreased by a percentage point, to 34%.)

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What should people who work with rural students do if they find themselves in a higher education desert? In some cases, they don’t have a financial choice. But there are still options for them, including going a little bit farther away to universities and colleges that offer them financial aid.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 27, 2023

The Department of Education has reportedly opened an investigation into Baker College’s marketing and recruiting practices following an article last year by The Detroit Free Press and ProPublica that revealed the college spent more on marketing and recruiting than on student financial aid.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

Feeling pressured to better compete in the online education market especially as Arizona State University broadened its virtual options University of Arizona leaders recast Ashford as the University of Arizona Global Campus, or UAGC. But ultimately, UAGCs investment has not improved enrollment.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Santiago and Sarita E. They are staying in the program and they’re doing well.”

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University Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, glitches, crashes, and extremely limited available windows to use the website have caused some experts to claim the Department of Education missed the deadline and advise families to wait up to another month before trying again. “For campuses feeling less prepared, it could mean a rocky spring and summer months.”

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Whitman prides itself on a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1, facilitating personalized education. Financial Strength and Support: Despite its modest enrollment, Whitman maintains a substantial endowment nearing $800 million. Enrollment Trends As of Fall 2024, Whitman enrollment is 1,561 students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 3, 2025

Higher education in the United States stands at a pivotal juncture, confronting a profound crisis in public confidence amid significant drops in enrollment. Once perceived as a direct path to economic and social stability, college education is increasingly viewed with skepticism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Michael Koppenheffer EAB, formerly the Education Advisory Board, periodically surveys parents of students applying to college to understand their attitudes and the factors that influence their behaviors. The company does marketing on behalf of colleges and universities and engages with families around the country. Ernest Brevard Jr.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 25, 2024

In this episode, we explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing higher education enrollment funnels. Key takeaways: - Understand the four major challenges in higher education enrollment: broken traditional funnel models, demographic shifts, affordability concerns, and reputation issues.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In his 2011 The New Yorker essay , Harvard professor Louis Menand conceptualized the function of higher education in three ways: to develop life skills, enhance career prospects and improve social status. “It takes courage to be an institution of education, and it takes courage to develop it in other people,” she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Podcast How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts Episode 139. EAB · How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts Transcript [music] 0:00:11.3 Our experts share advice for recruiters and those who lead them to improve your working relationships with CBOs, who can become your biggest advocates.

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