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

Insight Into Diversity

Recruiting more students to backfill the teacher pipeline amid a growing shortage in the U.S. At the height of pandemic closures in 2020, I began weekly strategy meetings on Zoom with the small recruitment team at my college. At our scholarship banquet, I met Meghan Harless, who will graduate in May as an early childhood educator.

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Honors ed is changing to grow more accessible (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

At Westminster College, in Utah, a robust strategic diversity plan and inclusive approaches to recruiting and admissions led to an honors college population with a higher percentage of students of color than the institution’s overall undergraduate population in 2020–21. —with scholarships for room and board.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is focused on recruiting students from rural, Appalachian, and Delta states — where there are physician shortages. — Deans CARE Interns — Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy. and over 90 percent of VCOM students are from one of these areas.