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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We We get students of color primarily through word-of-mouth and because of the fact that we have so many faculty members who are people of color,” Cummings says. In all of our online programs, there are weekly live sessions. Online, 18.1%

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Coaches work with their student cohort, either one-on-one or in a group setting, for the first year before handing them off to academic advisers for sophomore, junior and senior year. Each coach is affiliated with one of KWU’s majors. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: All of my academic roles have incorporated student success, whether as a faculty member teaching and mentoring students or as an academic administrator. Program faculty then reviewed the course content and worked on course redesign, making changes in delivery and/or course assignments while keeping program outcomes the same.