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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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Building Opportunities for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College.

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Recruiting International Students: More than the 4Ps

Edu Alliance Journal

January 25, 2022, by Don Hossler Philip Kotler, considered by many higher education professionals to be the Godfather of modern university admissions marketing, urged professionals in the field to consider the 4P’s when putting together a recruitment marketing plan. The 4P’s stand for: Product Place Price Promotion.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.

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Post-Pandemic Resurgence Bolsters HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early pandemic years “Absolutely, we saw an increase in interest and applications,” said Angela Nixon Boyd, assistant vice president for enrollment management and dean of admission at Hampton University in Virginia. We added new technology; we did more virtual recruitment, so students didn’t have to visit the campus,” said Hudson. “We

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Teacher shortage tied to education programs' enrollment drop

Inside Higher Ed

The president of the National Education Association called the lack of classroom teachers a “ five-alarm crisis.” The flow of new teachers through the pipeline has slowed to a trickle, in part due to years of declining enrollment in education programs.

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How the University of Kentucky Is Beating the Odds of the Teacher Shortage

Insight Into Diversity

The decline in students graduating from teacher education programs and the nationwide teacher shortage have become more acute in the past five years. Recruiting more students to backfill the teacher pipeline amid a growing shortage in the U.S. is at the top of nearly every education school’s agenda. . So how did we do it?