Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

(Just one in five Student Voice survey respondents says they’re required to meet periodically with advisers, though the number is closer to three in 10 for students at private institutions and just 14 percent for community college students.)

Student Engagement 96

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Campus Sonar

AUGUST 15, 2023

From August 1, 2018 to July 1, 2021, 7,318 mentions from 5,445 students were collected and analyzed to see how their college-going perspectives changed from prior to the COVID-19 pandemic through the height of it. These conversations consistently reflected stress, worries, and concerns about future plans and pressures to achieve success.

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Parchment

MARCH 24, 2023

Meanwhile, fewer than a quarter of colleges and universities share transcripts with each other electronically, according to a 2021 report by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). She said the wider the network of colleges using the platform becomes, the more useful it is.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 5, 2023

It took a year for me to make a match, but when I saw an ad for a job as an academic adviser to language and linguistics majors at Georgetown, I immediately knew that I was going to get the job. Twenty-five years later, I’m still at Georgetown, in a much different position, but still working to support student academic life.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. Why a One-Stop?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

This is just one finding from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse’s recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates about navigating their academic paths. Some examples: a student who hasn’t completed an advising requirement doesn’t register for the next semester at all. ” What about financial holds?

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Parchment

APRIL 9, 2024

If you look at the California Community College, I’m from Berkeley, which is a member of the University of California, which are nine campuses. There’s 116 community college strong system and 26 California state universities. But there’s a lot there that has combinatoric challenges. 23, excuse me.

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Parchment

JANUARY 16, 2024

And we talked about there’s a lot of students that are attending a community college that want to transfer to another institution, but don’t end up doing it. In part one, we talked about why do students transfer and really why it’s so important and sort of the problem statement. So it’s a big topic.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In an era when nearly all students would benefit from improved transfer and credit mobility, the ecosystem continues to be plagued by many disconnects that make completion of a college credential more expensive and challenging for students.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Insights from Dr. Tiffany Ray-Patterson, VP of Student Success at Germanna Community College Based on our Office Hours with EAB podcast, Episode 166, Could Your Students Benefit from “One Front Door” Onboarding? To create a seamless, inclusive experience, Germanna introduced the concept of admissions coaches.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Student retention refers to the ability of an educational institution to keep enrolled students enrolled until they have completed their academic program or attained their educational goals. Institutional support: Students need a variety of resources to succeed in college, such as academic advising , tutoring, and mental health services.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Colleges and universities can emulate the initiatives at the California State University (CSU) System, which was forced to create and rely on other diversification methods when an earlier ruling imposed similar restrictions on California schools with the passage of Proposition 209. In June 2022, CSU held its first-ever Juneteenth symposium.

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