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Recruitment & Retention: Page 2
African-American
Adrienne Davis, WashU Vice Provost for Diversity, Steps Down in May
Dr. Adrienne D. Davis, Washington University in St. Louis vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity and law professor, will be stepping down as vice provost May 31, 2021, according to a WashU press release. Davis – director of the school’s new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity – has helped increase […]
November 20, 2020
HBCUs
Assessment and HBCUs: Now it is More Crucial Than Ever
It is no secret that HBCUs have historically not enjoyed monetary investments from the federal government, their respective states, or philanthropic entities, making it difficult to provide necessary resources to their students. If this is new information to you, I encourage you to seek information on the history of HBCUs by seeking resources from the U.S. Department of Education. The coronavirus pandemic has only increased the financial and educational hardships of students and institutions.
November 17, 2020
Students
Platform Assists Higher Ed Institutions in Retaining Students
Aviso Retention, an educational assistance platform, is allowing higher ed institutions to retain their students and better help them succeed.
November 9, 2020
Recruitment & Retention
Rhode Island School of Design to Hire 10 Faculty Members Focused on Race and Decolonization
By next fall, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) plans to hire at least 10 new faculty members dedicated to the areas of cultural representation, race and decolonization, Artnet News reported. The departments of fine arts and architecture and design will each hire three faculty members. There will be four openings in the liberal […]
November 9, 2020
Recruitment & Retention
Doing the Real Work in Higher Education Amidst Two Pandemics
As we stare down the double barrel of a global pandemic and historic levels of police brutality inflicted upon Black Indigenous People of Color, we are faced with the reality that neither problem is going away. In addition to massive school closures across the country, many disadvantaged groups—Black families in particular—have suffered disproportionately during these turbulent times.
November 6, 2020
Recruitment & Retention
In the Wake of Disaster, the 2020 Election
I sit here today writing from the pit of my stomach. I have a dirty little secret. I have only shared this secret with my mother who expressed deep disappointment in me. However, I choose to share this now because it is important. I did not vote in the 2016 presidential election. Please let me explain.
November 5, 2020
Community Colleges
Study Finds Connection Between Public Community College Promise Programs and Enrollment Increases
A new study funded by the American Educational Research Association found a correlation between public community college promise programs and an increase in enrollment among female and underrepresented students.
October 25, 2020
Students
Going the Distance: COVID-19 Complicates Graduate Student Retention Efforts
For several decades, research has shown that about half of graduate students leave their programs before completing their degrees. What strategies are institutions of higher ed implementing to help retain their graduate students given the ongoing pandemic?
October 21, 2020
International
Institutions Rethink International Recruitment as COVID-19, Political Climate Complicate Process
Due to the limits on in-person interactions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, graduate schools have transformed their recruitment strategies, especially for international students.
October 21, 2020
Recruitment & Retention
Institutions Still Working to Achieve Faculty Diversity Goals Despite COVID-19-Related Challenges
While the number of new hires has decreased in the COVID-19 era, the vision of more diverse and inclusive faculty remains decisive.
October 20, 2020
Latinx
Excelencia’s ALASS Institute Focuses on the Future of HSIs
More than 1,000 higher education and organizational leaders virtually convened last week as part of Excelencia in Education’s Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Institute. Discussions focused on advancing equity for Latinx students as well the future of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) post-COVID-19.
October 5, 2020
COVID-19
LSU Experiences Record Enrollment Despite COVID-19
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment at Louisiana State University (LSU) has reached an all-time high for the fall semester, according to The Associated Press. In fact, more than 34,000 students are taking courses via in-person or online through the Baton Rouge campus. The flagship university also broke records for the third-straight year with its freshmen […]
September 29, 2020
African-American
Are HBCUs Ready for an Increase in Enrollment?
Since 2016, about 40 of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the nation saw an increase in applications and enrollments including Grambling State University, Dillard University, Howard University, and Shaw University.
August 17, 2020
African-American
Enrollment at Some HBCUs Increases in the Wake of Black Lives Matter Protests
On the whole, HBCUs, like the rest of the higher education sector, are experiencing drops in enrollment as the coronavirus continues to create uncertainty. But in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests this summer, some HBCUs are attracting higher numbers of students.
August 12, 2020
Recruitment & Retention
$4.2 Million Will Be Distributed to 14 Montana Colleges To Support Low-Income Students
Fourteen Montana colleges and universities will receive roughly $4.2 million from the Department of Education for TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) “in an effort to increase retention and graduation rates for low-income students,” reports The Great Falls Tribune. “My parents always said — and I still believe — that public education is the great equalizer […]
August 10, 2020
African-American
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Morehouse School of Medicine Welcomes Its Largest Class
In June, most historically Black colleges and universities were racing against the clock to come up with a plan for what the fall semester would look like or rolling out and then revising strategies to safely re-open. But at Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), faculty, staff and most future physicians were already back training, teaching and learning — virtually and in person.
August 7, 2020
Students
Online Anti-Oppressive Orientation During COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down physical college campuses in the spring, many institutions are planning to continue their fall semester in an online setting. In May 2020, we restructured a previously in-person program to an asynchronous and synchronous anti-oppressive orientation program entitled, Power, Privilege and Positionality (PPP) to address recent national uprisings at the intersection of COVID-19.
August 3, 2020
Students
10 Concrete Policy Changes PWIs Can Enact to Show Black Lives Matter
As senior leaders prepare for the fall semester, I would like to provide 10 concrete policies and practices that could positively impact the institutional climates for their Black populations.
June 25, 2020
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