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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Central to this national transformation is the innovative Eagle Achievement Center, a comprehensive student success hub located in the schools library that provides integrated academic support, career guidance, and personal development resources. Coppin was always my first choice, says Muhammad.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Complete College America Offers Playbook on How Higher Education Can Bolster Civic Engagement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education is an engine for social and economic mobility. Hopefully, that will help policy makers reprioritize how funds are allocated to fuel that engine. There should be adequate support services. By earning degrees and credentials, individuals are able to increase their earning potential.

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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. Morales, president of CSUSB. When looking at mid-size metropolitan cities in the U.S.,

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Dr. Kristina Whalen Appointed President of Foothill College

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She has previously been dean and associate vice chancellor of instruction, enrollment management and instructional support services at City College of San Francisco and director of forensics and assistant professor at California State University, Chico. “As

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This chasm of inequity undermines the goal of the American postsecondary system to serve as an engine of opportunity for those who need it most.” “Open-access institutions educate the vast majority of college students but, unfortunately, have the fewest resources and the lowest success rates,” said Strohl.

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Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions

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CCA’s completion-goals funding advocates for the funding to be allocated up front, thus giving public institutions the funds to provide adequate support services which will lead to improving outcomes and meeting state completion goals.