The university, known for its success around social mobility, has been able to maintain its first- and second-year students through a series of unique initiatives.
Participants in a virtual roundtable discussion addressed how they are seeing the impact of COVID-19 on mental health as well as actions they've taken to support students.
Milwaukee Area Technical College has become majority-minority over the last few years even as its hometown has some of the highest incarceration rates for Black men and the widest income gaps.
Black high school students in Wisconsin experience the largest achievement gap in the nation, and their Hispanic classmates are almost as far behind. Four colleges are looking for solutions.
Dr. Eli Jones of Texas A&M's Mays Business School and colleagues at The PhD Project are identifying and encouraging leaders of color to make a long-term impact through education.
However, some respondents in the latest Anthology report note their dissatisfaction with communications, courses and campus environments during the pandemic.
As business is upskilling and government seeks to modernize assistance for educational programs, universities that get to know the new chief influencers of corporate learning can build strategic relationships that yield greater collective success.
