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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ivonne Diaz-Claisse “I told my story — what it took for me to achieve my dream — and at the end, the students wanted my autograph,” says Diaz-Claisse, president and CEO of Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (HISPA), a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey.

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U of Iowa business school students build storytelling skills

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Storytelling was one of the original communication strategies used by mankind, and the role of storytelling in leadership has been connected to leadership effectiveness, according to a study published in a 2018 issue of the Journal of Leadership Education.

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The Overlooked Factor in College Success: Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, most of the young adults I work with at the Come to Believe Foundation — students who are first-generation, students who are from low-wealth backgrounds, and students who are often on the margins of high-quality higher education programs — know the value of a college degree.

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Initiative Promotes Financial Literacy by Investing in HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coleman says that the initiative began with a partnership with Braven, a national nonprofit organization that helps college students develop a path to economic mobility. Experts have also sounded the alarm about the need for financial education programs to address the racial wealth gap.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Podcast Highlights Applying the 4 Ps of Marketing to Higher Education Learn how applying the traditional marketing framework of the 4 Ps (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion) to higher education programs can lead to success. He has served as a consultant to Fortune 100 corporations and many nonprofit organizations.

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Amid pushback, U.S. delays guidance on outsourcing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” They marveled at just how many companies, nonprofit organizations and even state government entities could be caught up in the much wider net. Some described them as “collateral damage” in the administration’s pursuit of OPMs. “Innovation will be stifled.”