Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

MARCH 15, 2020

Higher education institutions have a huge impact on our economy, because schools play a major role in educating the future workers of our society. For many, due to the fact that the cost of tuition has been rising faster than income levels, higher education may seem financially out of reach. by Isabel Thottam.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 19, 2023

Image: Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs. Of those who re-enrolled, only about a third earned a credential, based on an analysis that examined college closures between 2004 and 2020.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer In 2021, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education reported that two out of three learners—we call them learners, not students, to dispel the image of the 18- to 22-year-old residential student—come to college with previous credit or prior learning.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

It will change higher education forever. Eroding public confidence in higher education. As I read the higher ed press, I try to find the trendline. Is it that higher education is reeling, that past failures are coming home to roost, and the long-anticipated day of reckoning has at last arrived?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Perspectives of a long-time R1 / AAU president that current presidents can put into use to overcome current challenges in higher education. In this episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton invites Dr. Brit Kirwan back to discuss the dynamic and challenging landscape of higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Programs for this population of students, which vary in length and scope, have grown dramatically since 2004, when an informal survey found about 25 programs nationally, according to the Think College National Coordinating Center, which offers support to postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities.

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