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Report and New Database Identify Successful Programming for Latinx Students

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It can be searched by keyword, location, and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) status, achieved when student populations reach over 25% Latinx. This is an opportunity for institutions to take a step back and realize they do have examples for best practices they should invest in.”

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A Registrar’s View: Will You Graduate?

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All institutions of higher learning have the source of truth in the form of an academic catalog or bulletin. What isn’t clear is that there are institutional factors that lead to the student not completing their degree requirements.

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Report: Communication Key to Improving Transfer Rate

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A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) indicates that while 8,836 entering students at 40 community colleges around the country indicate that they intend to transfer to a four-year institution, the number that actually do is remarkably low. Dr. Larry Hlavenka Jr.,

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Must Headlines Deceive?

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That report examined the median earnings of graduates from 3,887 US “higher ed institutions” and found that 74% of these graduated students who earned more than the estimated earnings of a typical high school graduate (26% did not – 1022 institutions). My contact attempts (with the exception of Diverse ) were met with silence.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

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Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. Dr. William B.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

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The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. population representing a 13% growth from the year 2000, according to the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. totaled 62.5

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Some Universities Are Blocking TikTok on School Devices and Networks

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“Given recent clarification from the Governor’s Office that Executive Order 2022-33 does not apply to public universities, we will undertake a review of the security concerns that TikTok may pose to our network systems while giving consideration to how a ban would impact our university community,” the OU statement read. Alabama Gov.