Tag: Retention: Page 10

Leadership & Policy

ACE Report Cites Enrollment Gains, Retention Problems

The college enrollment of Hispanic students jumped nearly 70 percent between 1993-2003…

November 15, 2006

Latinx

ACE Report On Minorities Cites Enrollment Gains, Retention Problems

College enrollment of Hispanic students jumped nearly 70 percent between 1994-2004 while the number of Blacks earning bachelor’s degrees in computer science and other science fields increased dramatically, according to a report released today on the status of minorities in higher education.

October 29, 2006

Community Colleges

Getting In Gear

In September, Toyota Motor Corp. celebrated the production of its five millionth Camry at its…

October 18, 2006

Students

Under Construction: Building the Engineering Pipeline

Not since the days of the Sputnik I rocket launch by the former Soviet Union have U.S. policymakers worried so much and so openly about America’s competitiveness on the world stage…

March 8, 2006

Recruitment & Retention

New Manual Addresses Diversity Issues Surrounding Recruitment, Outreach and Retention in Higher Education

In an effort to help higher education officials evaluate their race- and ethnicity-conscious recruitment…

December 18, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Why Are 90 Percent of College Faculty Still White?

Harvard University announced a $50-million initiative in May to make faculty more diverse…

November 16, 2005

Recruitment & Retention

Enrollment of Black Freshmen at University of Kentucky Drops 40 Percent

Enrollment of Black freshmen at the University of Kentucky fell 40 percent this fall

September 13, 2005

Students

Key to Student Retention — Strong Advising

Thirteen percent of freshmen in public four-year institutions will drop out by the beginning of their sophomore year, according to the National College Dropout and Graduation Rates report released recently. Story:

August 24, 2005

Sports

Putting the ‘Student’ Back into Student-Athlete

College sports is a numbers game, full of so many calculations — batting averages, free-throw percentages, BCS and RPI scores Story:

April 6, 2005

Students

Keeping Students Afloat

Keeping Students AfloatNoel-Levitz awards recognize retention programs that generate resultsBy Crystal L. KeelsSink or swim. That has been the prevailing climate of higher education in the past — students will either find their way through, or find their way out of institutions of higher learning. But since roughly the late 1980s and through the 1990s, […]

October 20, 2004

International

Demographics and Issues of Retention

Demographics and Issues of RetentionThe United States is “becoming a nation of multiple minorities with no majority group,” according to a recent study by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. This demographic shift, therefore, poses opportunities and challenges to our national higher educational system.Higher education academicians are now concerned with issues of enrollment management; […]

October 20, 2004

Students

Noel-Levitz Honors Institutions

Noel-Levitz Honors Institutions For Outstanding Retention Efforts IOWA CITY, IowaNoel-Levitz, one of the leading higher education consulting firms in North  America, recognized four colleges and universities with the 2004 Lee Noel and Randi Levitz Retention Excellence Awards. The awards recognize innovative, state-of-the-art campus retention programs that have encouraged students to succeed and persevere through graduation.“These […]

July 28, 2004