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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After he graduated from UC Santa Cruz, Curry landed a job at University of California Irvine’s Center for Educational Partnerships, doing outreach at Compton Unified School District, helping students go to college. We need to be more intentional at saying, ‘This is our major; how does this major connect to a job?’

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Creating MEGA What emerged from the taskforce planning was the Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), an ambitious wrap-around initiative designed to strengthen the high school-to-college pipeline and to provide a platform for current male college students of color to engage with each other, faculty, and staff.

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In 2011, the Education Department issued a Dear Colleague letter (DCL) allowing institutions to pay a percentage of tuition revenue to providers of a bundle of services that included marketing and recruiting. We have already reached a point where students want mixed-modality options within a given programmatic experience.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

In stark contrast to prevailing trends in higher education, colleges and universities have or are boosting their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by improving their students’ sense of belonging, student support services, student-faculty relationships, and career readiness programs.

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Are the Benefits of OPM Partnerships Worth the Risk?

EAB

Okay, fast forward two decades, you get yourself to 2011. So 2011, we have online enablement vendors is actually the term EAB was using back in 2011. CH: Okay, so why does 2011 matter? This is our now infamous bundled services exception. CH: This is when you start to see new initials on the scene. So that's one.

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Are OPM Partnerships Your Ticket to Online Growth?

EAB

Okay, fast forward two decades, you get yourself to 2011. So 2011, we have online enablement vendors is actually the term EAB was using back in 2011. CH: Okay, so why does 2011 matter? This is our now infamous bundled services exception. CH: This is when you start to see new initials on the scene. So that's one.

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Your Typical College Student Has Changed—Why Haven’t College Policies?

Higher Ed Connects: Policy

Working students may not have the flexibility to adjust their work hours each semester, making it difficult to take required courses and often postponing their graduation date. Colleges need to consider these challenges and provide work-friendly class schedules, office hours, and student services such as financial aid and tutoring services.