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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

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Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. I just fell completely in love with focusing on the research, working with students, teaching classes. Jerlando F. Jackson meets with Kristine L.

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Underrepresented Students in STEM Classes Resulted in Higher Grades

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And first-gen students are approximately 40% less likely than continuing-generation students to earn a postsecondary STEM degree. For this study, the researchers analyzed 87,027 grades of 11,868 STEM-interested students – who started college in Fall 2015-2016 – in 8,468 STEM courses at 20 postsecondary institutions.

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Six-Year Completion Rates Stall Across the Nation, Report Finds

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Six-year postsecondary completion rates have stalled, according to the latest Completing College report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which collects and analyzes data from 97% of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. are completing, we’re losing four out of ten students — that’s not good.

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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

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For example, an instructor might, ideally with the student’s permission and buy-in, contact faculty who previously worked with the student, various administrators like the Department Chair and the Dean of Student Affairs, and Disability Resources & Services (DRS). According to Gelbar et al. Meredith, H., &

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Post-Pandemic Resurgence Bolsters HBCUs

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“With it being the pandemic, the challenge was enrollment because a lot of students were taking time off or…they had to take classes virtually and online, so there was a dip [in enrollment] during the pandemic, but the interest was there.” Hudson, vice president for student affairs. “We

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Programs include the university’s “earn and learn,” which provides funding for off-campus internships, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, and cohort programs that serve particular student groups. Also, the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program connects students with faculty in their field of study.