{"id":281,"date":"2016-11-29T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=281"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:23:17","slug":"new-report-highlights-access-and-inclusion-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/11\/29\/new-report-highlights-access-and-inclusion-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Highlights Access and Inclusion Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/diversity-1.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/diversity-1.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/diversity-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Low-income and minority students continue to face barriers to higher education and the resulting gaps have contributed to diminished social mobility in the US, data show.<\/p>\n<p>A new report \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/rschstat\/research\/pubs\/advancing-diversity-inclusion.pdf\"><em>Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education<\/em> <\/a>\u2014 highlights strategies institutions can use to help reverse that trend. The 89-page publication uses federal statistics to demonstrate the scale of the problem and highlights strategies colleges and universities can use to help more underrepresented students get to (and through) college.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cWhile a college education benefits students of all backgrounds, there are likely to be distinct economic benefits for students from traditionally underserved and underrepresented populations,\u201d report authors note. \u201cIn an era of increased wealth and income inequality, a college degree remains a powerful vehicle for upward economic and social mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strategies featured in the report include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Promoting student body diversity and inclusion on campus.<br \/>\n\u2022 Ensuring diversity exists across all levels of an institution.<br \/>\n\u2022 Recruiting a diverse array of prospective students.<br \/>\n\u2022 Offering support services for students throughout their academic career.<br \/>\n\u2022 Developing an inclusive campus climate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/rschstat\/research\/pubs\/advancing-diversity-inclusion.pdf\">Read the full report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-income and minority students continue to face barriers to higher education and the resulting gaps have contributed to diminished social mobility in the US, data show. A new report \u2014 Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education \u2014 highlights strategies institutions can use to help reverse that trend. The 89-page publication uses federal statistics to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/11\/29\/new-report-highlights-access-and-inclusion-strategies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Report Highlights Access and Inclusion Strategies<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,10,111],"tags":[182,181,183,185,184],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-advocacy","category-college-admission","category-college-completion","tag-access","tag-diversity","tag-inclusion","tag-social-mobility","tag-us-department-of-education"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-4x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}