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Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Typically, the current funding model involves receiving funding after the institution shows improvement. CCA’s completion-goals funding advocates for the funding to be allocated up front, thus giving public institutions the funds to provide adequate support services which will lead to improving outcomes and meeting state completion goals.

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Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Foundation Dr. Elizabeth Alexander and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III came together to discuss the increasingly vital role public institutions play in teaching American citizens their country’s history, particularly the history of Black people. in September 2016. Bunch III.

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Aspen Institute and Community College Research Center to Create Publications Examining Transfer Student Outcomes and Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. out by Summer/Early Fall of 2024.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jhenai Chandler The Postsecondary Student Success Act – a bipartisan effort that seeks to solidify the ongoing existence of the grant program, which gives funds to higher ed institutions striving towards improving student success, particularly for “high-need” students.

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University Leader Criticizes Anti-DEI Legislation in Kentucky

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Decker of Waddy, which would force public colleges and universities to dismantle and defund DEI offices and positions, and House Bill 228 from Rep. The Herald Leader reported that Capilouto rebuked the GOP legislators’ efforts to curtail DEI practices at public universities in an email sent to UK students and staff Feb.

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Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Starts with Culture First, Then Asks Questions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tressie McMillan Cottom McMillan Cottom is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill and a senior principal researcher at UNC’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. The Amazon best-seller won the Brooklyn Public Library’s 2019 Literary Prize. McMillan Cottom received her Ph.D.

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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

IHEP identified these two institutions by using the Equitable Value Explorer , a free, publicly accessible site that analyzes data from colleges and universities across the country. UNT is one of the most affordable four-year institutions in the state of Texas, and, with a 27% Latinx student population, it qualifies as an HSI.