Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5 An independent assessment of the UCEM program found large, positive impacts on student outcomes, including much higher retention and graduation rates of participating Sloan Scholars than are observed nationally for underrepresented students.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found increased soft skills competencies in students whose medical education was integrated with the humanities and arts. “We’ll get peace engineering and technological innovations that protect health and safety, especially in marginalized communities.”

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Arts And Sciences Engineering Computer Science Professional Development 98

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Reading Time: 8 minutes With students’ increasing reliance on digital platforms for information and decision-making, it is no surprise that search engine optimization (SEO) has become one of the most critical aspects of education marketing today. But you might wonder, “ What is SEO in education? ” What is an SEO strategy for education?

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PeopleAdmin

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Read on for some key takeaways Trend 1: Focus on Recruitment Marketing Focus Ircka West, Solution Engineer at PeopleAdmin, kicked off the discussion with the importance of recruitment marketing. He emphasized the importance of performance management and impactful performance evaluations as a retention tool.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

New data on first-year students’ persistence and retention rates is the latest example of higher education finally overcoming the pandemic’s influence. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s 2023 Persistence and Retention report concludes that first-year students in fall 2021 had a 75.7% since 2012.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 25, 2023

Researchers at Christopher Newport University (CNU) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how gender, race/ethnicity, and social identity impact STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) faculty experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dr. Gilda Barabino Olin College of Engineering "Our use of AI in our teaching can be seen both as a threat to how students acquire foundational knowledge, but it can also be an enabler to enhance student learning,” said panelist Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, president of the Olin College of Engineering. These new AI tools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This project will transform the student experience in STEM at Furman,” said Dr. Alison Roark, associate professor of biology and program director.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Following a widely popular GA4 webinar last month, Adnan will continue to publish blogs to help EAB’s valued partners navigate of the evolving landscape of Search Engine Optimization. Additionally, GA4 implements data minimisation by reducing the retention period. To configure data retention controls in GA4, follow these steps: 1.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Flashy numbers pop out noting costs, retention rate, popular majors and enrollment figures. Schools can break down student data by demographic, such as the enrollment and retention rate of first-generation students and those of a particular major, to name but two. News grabs your attention when you click on a ranked college.

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Law School Medical School Retention Engineering 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. Engineering Education 4 (2): 70–75. Slotkin, Scott A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion. What we need to do is make a funding model that’s based on an attainment goal, work it backwards with equity at the heart so that we can actually have these colleges act as the engines of social mobility that they’re supposed to be.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Chapter 3: Ford, D.Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. Engineering Education 4 (2): 70–75. Slotkin, Scott A.

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Arts And Sciences Engineering Learning Experience Technology 82

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2023

The University of Phoenix has proven itself, through strikingly low graduation and retention rates, to be unsuccessful at helping students reach their educational goals, anathema to what we do here,” University of Arkansas in Fayetteville’s faculty senate wrote in a Mar.

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PeopleAdmin

JANUARY 5, 2023

In our December webinar, Navigating HigherEd Hiring and Retention , PeopleAdmin Solution Engineer Ircka West, a former adjunct professor, spoke about her experience applying for roles in HigherEd. When faculty have a balanced workload and feel heard during the course assignment process, you can impact retention across campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Retention efforts Morgan State is currently number one in the United States in producing Black electrical engineers and civil engineers, Wilson notes. This requires thoughtful retention efforts. The university has an excellent reputation in the sciences and continues to innovate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

The money will go towards funding efforts to improve enrollment and retention at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). The Lilly grant will allow the College Fund to expand “Culture at the Heart: An Indigenous Approach to Enrollment and Retention,” a pilot program that had funded efforts at five TCUs to attract and keep students.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

million through the Driving Change initiative , a project that supports building more inclusive learning environments in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in higher education. Six universities will each receive $2.5 University at Albany.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2024

Involving them and sharing their stories can go a long way in your recruiting and retention efforts. However, if you want to keep profiles separate from other content that is geared toward search engine optimization (SEO), you can name the section accordingly — “Student Profiles” or “Testimonials,” for example. Bonus Benefit!

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HEPI

MARCH 3, 2024

It is strange to remember a time before I communicated so habitually through email, the first time I used an academic search engine, or ventured into a virtual learning environment. This can support a significant uplift in pass rates, retention rates and reduction of awarding gaps amongst our diverse student body.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

[link] This critical point for higher education to re-stake its claim as a pillar in American society in the public’s eyes intersects with Bridgewater College’s first-year student enrollment and retention rates rebounding from the pandemic. “I’m excited for that.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This combined approach has helped with greater retention, completion and student satisfaction. Key Initial Goals for Diane Chase at the University of Houston Moving the needle on academic metrics, such as first-year to second-year retention rate and four-year to six-year graduation rates, are Chase’s top student success-related goals.

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The PIE News

JULY 6, 2023

Across the four countries analysed in the report, employer demand was similar in 2022, with engineering, computer science, nursing and business graduates highly sought after. The research draws on Lightcast’s labour market insights and Studyportals’ global view of study demand.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The THRIVE Index will help UVM set realistic goals, ones that put just as great an emphasis on the retention of diverse students, faculty and staff, as well as their recruitment. “I Ahbed added that he is excited to use this data to begin UVM’s first ever, data-driven, DEI strategic planning process.

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eLiterate

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, the Institute for International Education (IEE) reports that community colleges are potentially missing an opportunity to boost their international enrollments by focusing on retention of those students. They can also partner with their four-year universities that have budgets to build recruitment engines.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

for business, engineering and philosophy majors, and 1.9% The unemployment rate for English majors was 2.3%, which is near that of all college graduates and those on different academic paths. For example, the rate was 2.13% for humanities degree holders, 2.0% for physical science and history majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

From 1979 to 1985, as associate dean of the Ohio State Graduate School, she worked to increase federal support for minorities and women to enter nontraditional fields such as engineering and mathematics.

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Helix Education

MAY 24, 2023

(As an example, you may choose to use organic search engine optimization only for the bottom left quadrant, target list purchases and dedicated communication flow for the bottom right quadrant, and digital lead generation strategies for the top two quadrants with a higher investment in advertising spend for the high/strong growth programs.)

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Cisco blogs - Education

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For a very long time Information Technology was not considered a strategic asset that could be leveraged to increase student success and positively impact retention. Combining the analytics available in Cisco Spaces with Degree Analytics , universities have a powerful intelligence engine at their fingertips.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

In addition to tragic events such as the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and positive attention from high profile alumni like Vice President Kamala Harris, a graduate of Howard University, Granville said first-time students have become increasingly aware that HBCUs are the top producers of Black doctors, engineers, and other professions.

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HEPI

MARCH 31, 2023

And demand has grown, universities are facing some of their biggest challenges around student retention. While the marketing engine of a university may be great at attracting students, too often, when students get to campus, their expectations may clash with reality.

Students 69

Students Retention Higher Education Empower 69

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

The position of this manuscript is to suggest practical approaches for educators to enhance students’ retention of course materials, lessen achievement gaps, and promote student success in college classrooms. Retaining students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. The Teaching Professor.

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College Students Achievement Retention 71