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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. These include a food pantry and the basic needs food services and meal programs.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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Improving Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Rates: Learning from the Arrupe College Strategic Enrollment Model

The Change Leader, Inc.

Additionally, first-year students receive more one-on-one time with their academic advisers since each advisor only oversees 20 to 25 students, unlike other schools where advisors can be grouped with 500-plus students. And unlike most community colleges, all courses are credit-bearing, including remedial classes.

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Alamo Colleges District Launches Pilot Near-Peer Coaching Program to Help More Underserved Texans Access and Complete College

College Forward

Through a collaboration with national nonprofit College Possible , the community college district will bring evidence-based near-peer coaching to 700 AlamoPROMISE students on two of its campuses, the majority of whom are from under-resourced backgrounds or are first-generation students. SAN ANTONIO , Nov.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Basic needs support: Expanding food pantries and related programs to support students who have minimal financial resources. In particular, the priorities clustered around mental health and wellness, inclusion, and academic advising and support, can be supported by student success CRM technologies like Navigate360.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Basic needs support: Expanding food pantries and related programs to support students who have minimal financial resources. In particular, the priorities clustered around mental health and wellness, inclusion, and academic advising and support, can be supported by student success CRM technologies like Navigate360.