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When We Defund Education, We Defund Teacher Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In urban, rural, and suburban communities across the country, similar programsmany with strong track records of recruiting and supporting Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and multilingual teacher candidateshave been stalled or dismantled altogether. America is undergoing a calculated retreat in federal education policy. None of this is theoretical.

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Employers Shift Back to In-Person Recruiting on College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As schools and workplaces return to in-person post-pandemic, so is college recruiting, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Dr. Mary Gatta The 2023 Recruiting Benchmarks Report examines survey data from a NACE survey conducted from April-May 2023. recruiters in 2023, down from 9.0

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Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education leaders and researchers discussed the vast disparities in the number of educators of color and potential ways to help recruit them during a panel of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Equity Assistance Center-South’s (EAC-South) Educational Equity Indicators Professional Learning Series.

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Providing Tuition Assistance to Native American Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Both recruiting and retaining Native students showed up in the report as an area of improvement for MSU. “We “Why do we have to have this big discussion each time, when we understand this philosophically?” Leonard and Laura Kennedy, an admissions officer at MSU, were tasked with researching institutions with similar initiatives. “We

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How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

The post How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners appeared first on University Business. . “Students’ path to credential completion is often most efficient when they return to the institution holding most of their credits,” says Brittany Pearce, program manager at Ithaka S+R. ” Pearce says.

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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The survey results suggest a higher education sector grappling with multiple challenges, from traditional concerns about student recruitment and retention to newer threats involving cybersecurity and political pressures. This represents an increase from 67% in the previous year.

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Upcoming HBCU Week Conference to Feature Career, Recruitment Fair

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The conference will feature the Sixth Annual Career and Recruitment Fair on Sept. They said the conference is still set to take place at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Pennsylvania. It will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the HBCU Scholar Program.