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Embracing Change: Crafting Forward-Thinking Strategic Plans for Colleges in a Dynamic Society

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College presidents, now is the time to lead your college through developing a post-pandemic institutional strategic plan if you have not done so. Department of Education, by 2027, 70% of jobs will require education or training beyond high school. According to the U.S.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9% increase in community college transfer students, NC Newsline reports.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Towson University recently announced the goal of increasing research activity and obtaining R-2 Carnegie status by 2027 (currently we are classified as M-1: master’s colleges and universities—larger programs). Given TU’s commitment to fostering an inclusive campus, we looked first at diversity, equity and inclusion.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

EAB

And so what we try to do is just create a space to really have the conversations and really just figure out how to make people feel comfortable, whether they're on the application side or whether they're emailing me now, as a class of 2027 member. So I would say just create those learning communities. Who do you talk to about that?