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Tag: Enrollment
African-American
Amid Falling Enrollment, SC State Board of Trustees Fires Its President
In a 10-3 vote, the South Carolina State University’s board of trustees voted to fire SCSU President Dr. James Clark, reports The State. Alexander Conyers, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, SCSU alumnus and a current vice president at the university, will serve as acting president for the historically Black university. According to The State, Clark was fired […]
July 14, 2021
Recruitment & Retention
IHEP Releases Study Identifying Standards for Equity in Admissions
Commonly held policies in recruitment, demonstrated interest, early decision, legacy admission, standardized testing, Criminal Justice Information (CJI), transfer pathways, and need-based financial aid practices can either increase or limit access to post-secondary education. That’s the findings from a two-year study of equity in recruitment, admissions and enrollment practices released by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
June 15, 2021
Recruitment & Retention
Summit Looks to Address Financial Barriers to Student Enrollment and Degree Completion
Among the various barriers to college student enrollment and degree completion, finances stand out as the most prominent. This is what CampusLogic’s four-day SHIFT Summit is striving to address.
June 8, 2021
Students
Conference Spotlights Future Higher Education Challenges
Hosted by Georgetown University, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ 2021 Conference on Information Technology Management examined the lessons learned from the pandemic and the current state of higher education.
June 1, 2021
African-American
Why College-Educated Black Women Are Threats in 2021
College-educated Black women are a threat ─ to the white American supremacy and higher education as we know it. Threats are meant to intimidate ─ to threaten is to give signs or warnings, to announce with intent or possibility, to cause to feel insecure or anxious. Threats hang and hover over, invoking fear with purpose. Threats are an indication of something impending. The threat of powerful, college-educated Black women in 2021 is looming. Warning signs ahead!
April 27, 2021
Community Colleges
Community College Enrollment Is Down 10%. Here’s How Schools Hope to Help Students Return
Data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that community college enrollment in fall 2020 was down 10.6% from fall 2019 for full-time students and 9.9% for part-time students. The biggest declines were among African American males at 19.2% and Native American males at 20.1%.
March 31, 2021
African-American
Research Shows Black Students Increasingly Choose HBCUs When Reported State-Level Hate Crimes Rise
A new paper, published by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, explores the relationship between Black student enrollment and state-level hate crime rates.
January 25, 2021
Community Colleges
Flat is the New Up: How the Year of Covid-19 Continues to Reinvent Higher Ed
Along with its persisting global presence and its surging number of victims, COVID-19 has conjured numerous challenges due to its unprecedented nature. Whether we see the vast changes around us as positive or not, we need to adapt to stay in the performance race. Higher education is facing some critical demands, and it might be useful to summarize some gripping ones, along with the ways we’re collectively addressing them.
January 5, 2021
Community Colleges
How Two-Year Colleges Can Mitigate Student Enrollment Declines
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the higher education sector, concerns arise around enrollment rates. More specifically, at community colleges. This fall, the freshman enrollment rate declined by 18.9% at community colleges. The largest declines were seen among Native American males and Black males at 20.1% and 19.2%, respectively, according to the National Student […]
December 11, 2020
Latinx
HSI by Choice or By Circumstance: Examining R1 Hispanic Serving Institutions
Representing 18% of the U.S. population, the growth of the Latinx population continues to grow and disperse throughout the nation. According to the Pew Research Center, the growth of the Latinx population accounts for more than half of the total U.S. population growth since 2010, with Texas, California, and Florida experiencing the largest share of the Latinx population growth. Similarly, higher education institutions throughout the nation, and within these specific states, have seen significant increases in Latinx student enrollment.
December 1, 2020
COVID-19
Maricopa Community Colleges Face Sharp Enrollment Decline Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Enrollment in the Maricopa Community Colleges system decreased drastically this fall, continuing a downward trend since 2010 that has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, AZ Central reported. Enrollment numbers this fall are at 102,761, as opposed to 120,212 last fall – a 14.5% drop. Glendale Community College has had it the worst in […]
December 1, 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
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