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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. Yet, there are still large disparities in postsecondary degree attainment for Black males (Espinosa et al.,

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. We are an affordable institution.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Emerging HSIs have a Latinx undergraduate enrollment rate between 15% and 24.9%.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

We’ve seen the broader higher education community latching on to this narrative just to get a better understanding of whether or not specific institutions and programs are paying off. We have data from the U.S. No matter what program you’re in, you are likely having some exposure to those fields.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Andrew Koricich is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) and an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Appalachian State University. in Higher Education and a B.S. in Information Sciences & Technology from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.B.A. Dr. Koricich earned a Ph.D.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. The article was co-authored by the Curriculum and Scholarship Subcommittee members of the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights. The tide seems to be turning.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. The article was co-authored by the Curriculum and Scholarship Subcommittee members of the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights. The tide seems to be turning.