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1 in 4 students never finish their college applications. Why? - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Researchers found applications’ essay portion appears to be a significant sticking point. Almost 1 in 4 prospective students, 24%, began at least one college application but wound up not submitting any during the 2018-19 application cycle, according to an August working paper published by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

EAB

"Analytics programs are most successful when various constituents – institutional research, information technology, functional leaders, and executives – work in partnership" (6). The concept of an integrated model is partially responsible for the increase in institutional effectiveness offices. Data analysts.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We These concrete strategies have led to increases in Latinx staff from 33% to 41% and Latinx management from 17% to 19%, between 2018-19 and 2022-23.

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Pursuit of R-2 status can expand opportunity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

There is that conjectural concern that as universities become more research-oriented, or move “up” in Carnegie classification, seeking R-2 (high research activity) or R-1 (very high research activity) status, they become less focused on students, more exclusive and less responsive to their communities’ needs.

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Success Story: Saint Anselm College

Via's

Jane Bjerklie-Barry “inherited a terrible platform” when she arrived at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, to become Director of the Office of International Programs in September 2018. . “It It was archaic and antiquated and awful,” she recalls. “I I realized pretty quickly that it was going to be extremely burdensome.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty do it as part of their research and part of their service to the university and to the state.” Waller joined Virginia Tech in 2018 as director of Graduate Student Programs. His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs. Faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences play an essential role.

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TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

EAB · TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success Navigate Navigate is higher education's leading student CRM, built based on a decade of research to improve recruitment, student success, and the student experience. And one thing I'd like to add, Dr. Crockem mentioned what's unique about our institution.