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Study Reveals Key Factors Driving Student College Choice in 2025

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A comprehensive new study by education research firm EAB has identified the most influential factors shaping how students choose colleges, with academic program variety, campus safety, and student organizations emerging as the top three drivers of student attraction. The research, analyzing data from U.S.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. It’s common knowledge that change in the academy happens very slowly.

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Diversity celebrated “Every serious higher education institution in the country should be paying attention to the great diversity on their campuses—across faculty, staff and students,” says Wilson. “We We lay a really strong foundation that this is not like any other university,” Mfume notes. That’s the Morgan legacy.”

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Faculty Feature: Niq Ruud

PUC

Since winter quarter of 2022, Niq Ruud has been PUC’s director of student involvement– a role he has had to manage student organizations and clubs, the Student Association, and the Campus Center, along with facilitating various campus events and activities, community service opportunities, and new student orientation, among other things.

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5 Proven Student Engagement Strategies for The Fall!

Campus Groups

Therefore, it is important to direct students to key resources within the platform, including the Student Organization Directory and Centralized Campus Calendar of events. Outside of a dedicated community platform, students should be directed to other resources used to learn about campus engagement opportunities.

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Trans student housing gains popularity and demand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

While the staff was enthusiastic about the idea, they were initially reluctant to accommodate some of the students’ requests, such as converting some of the floor’s two-person rooms to singles. The college also features a gender-neutral floor for first-year students.

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How to Elevate Student Success through Mentoring

Campus Groups

Mentees “perform better, advance in their careers faster, and experience more work-life satisfaction”. In higher education, mentoring contributes to retention and student success. However, college students don’t necessarily seek out mentoring relationships or know how to establish such a connection.