Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education As we grow one year further away from the seismic shift that was 2020, new challenges are emerging that present opportunities for marketing and communications pros to have significant impact. Show on Jobs site: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Parchment

JANUARY 25, 2024

This prestigious award recognizes colleges and universities that consistently demonstrate a commitment to world-class digital prevention programs tied to bettering student safety, well-being, and inclusion. The 2023 list of recipients has just been announced. How is the CPN Seal of Prevention awarded?

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AIFS Abroad

JULY 26, 2022

The Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) is now accepting scholarship applications for students interested in studying abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. college students who are underrepresented in study abroad. Don’t miss the Spring 2023 FEA Scholarship deadline – Apply by September 15, 2022! Scholarship opportunity alert!

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. The post 700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education Defining success in media relations has long been a challenge for public relations professionals. Would a dedicated feature story in the local paper or an association blog do more to advance the storylines your institution most wants to tell?

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Generation Hope strives to make college graduation a more common achievement for young parents.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for New Jersey made public its most recent report on the state of transfer in the state. ” For students who transferred from a community college in-state, the bachelor’s degree graduation rate within 6 years was 76 percent.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 8, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In a recent Bloomberg column, Tyler Cowen offers his diagnosis of what ails higher education. Nor does he write about the inadequate investment in community colleges at every level of government. I’ve read his books and blogs for years. Don’t get me wrong.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Blogs Are you meeting students’ basic needs? Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. Why do we need a basic needs infrastructure?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation The first draft of this blog post was written before I published a post on 1/22 titled How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? Advice Newsletter publication dates: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Trending:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. A couple of months ago, I agreed to give a virtual presentation to a college in another state. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Monday, January 16, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Monday, January 16, 2023 Trending: Is this diversity newsletter?:

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

Blogs How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines Innovative tips to build and sustain dual enrollment momentum This story was originally published in the League for Innovation’s Innovatus Magazine (March 2023). Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Blogs 5 higher ed thought leaders we are following Thought leaders are known for their innovative ideas and research, their work often serving as a catalyst for change in the higher education system. In addition to her podcast, Stackowiak shares resources for education professionals on her blog and through her workshops.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Is your college prepared for climate change? Is your college coastal? Most community colleges have defined service areas, and they’re sponsored (in part) by governments with clear geographic boundaries. Some of his questions look different from here.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I read last week about the Association of Community College Trustees and Head Start teaming up to place more Head Start locations on community college campuses. It’s a fantastic idea. Yes, yes, yes. It’s needed, but it pays badly.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair. And improvement is needed.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Blogs Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Americans’ Confidence in Higher Education Continues to Fall Trends in Public Trust Between 2015 to 2023, Gallup While it may not be the only factor contributing to declining confidence in higher education, you cannot ignore the impact of the skyrocketing cost of tuition.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Anyone remember the Stamp Act? If I’m writing a blog for Inside Higher Ed, does calling it a column instead give it immunity? Is Inside Higher Ed more like a newspaper or a blog? – Next week is one of the busiest in a long time, so the blog (column?)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. For example, it did not include any community colleges. So it came as a blessed relief this week to see a relevant, civil, on-point scholarly debate play out in a relatively public venue.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs). Here’s what we learned.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs What do enrollment leaders care most about in 2023? Moderately selective institutions were also significantly more interested than other types of schools in “ nonconsumption ”—the phenomenon of high school graduates choosing not to pursue college. Review our poll results to find out. This result is surprising.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2023, we want to highlight the role and work our members do to move the needle on improving transfer and credit mobility to spur student success. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Friday, January 27, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Friday, January 27, 2023 Trending: Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer At a recent conference for high school counselors, a participant shared that throughout my presentation on the Transfer Virginia Portal , she had been thinking about her daughter, Kate. The portal also provided Kate an opportunity to explore starting at the community college then transferring to a four-year school.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Last weekend we drove to UMD to visit The Girl and catch a basketball game. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Monday, February 13, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Monday, February 13, 2023 Trending: Show on Jobs site: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Robert Kelchen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First, spending in the community college sector was affected less than the four-year sector. As community college enrollments continue to decline , this is worth watching when new data come out around this time next year. Have a safe and wonderful holiday season and let’s have a great 2023!

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MARCH 16, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer For many students, transferring between community colleges and 4-year institutions is sometimes the only path to a bachelor’s degree. Community colleges provide a valuable service to students due to lower costs, closer proximity to home communities, and more flexibility for non-traditional students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer In 2022, we published 50 blog posts in “ Beyond Transfer ,” elevating the insights of researchers, practitioners, equity-minded reformers and students themselves. In 2022, we began an intentional effort to draw in accreditors, for example, and we expect this work to deepen and widen in 2023.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Several years ago, a wise colleague described someone else at the college – a terrific person, high performer, and just generally good egg – as having attained her dream job too young. It stuck with me. My wise colleague had a point.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) By Adnan Sosic Adnan Sosic serves as the Director of Marketing Analytics in EAB’s Agency team, focused on helping colleges and universities design audience centric and action oriented.edu content strategy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean This may sound like a humblebrag, but it’s really more of a glimpse into what happens when you write a lot over an extended period. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Thursday, February 2, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Thursday, February 2, 2023 Trending:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean “I am a bill, I am only a bill …” —My first political science lesson, Saturday morning, 1970-something. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Monday, January 30, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Monday, January 30, 2023 Trending:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A new study out by Katharine Broton, Milad Mohebali, and Sara Goldrick-Rab (paywalled, ironically enough) finds that when community colleges provide meal cards and some proactive outreach to students, the students who get those meal cards graduate at higher rates than students who don’t.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I heard a student offer an idea on Monday that hit me with the force of the retrospectively obvious. A student who navigates community college that way will show up in the numbers as a dropout, but that’s really measurement error. It would make sense.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean At a meeting over the weekend, a discussion arose around academic freedom. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Monday, March 20, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Monday, March 20, 2023 Trending: Trending text: Academic Freedom Trending order: 2

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation How do academic libraries spend their money? Advice Newsletter publication dates: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Trending: At four-year Title IV degree-granting non-profit institutions, the biggest expense is salaries, wages, and benefits.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Blogs How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors Colleges and universities face a slew of “ pandemic ripple effects ” that pose long-term threats to student success. February 21, 2023 Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states.

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