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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. As in-person and hybrid learning resume, enrollment numbers have not returned to pre-COVID levels.

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Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard

EAB

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard Elmira College's partnership with Edify About Elmira College is a private college with a total enrollment of 673 students, a 76% retention rate, and a 56% six-year graduation rate.

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MELANIE LECHTENBERG

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Melanie Lechtenberg Melanie Lechtenberg has been named vice president for enrollment management at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She served as dean of records, registrar, and financial aid at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois.

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3 ways faculty and administrators are embracing AI beyond the classroom

University Business

Although most colleges and universities are scrambling to moderate precisely how students should be allowed to use it, faculty and administrators are inviting its use systemwide. “If used appropriately, AI can do some of the things we pay college consultants to do.”

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ACE Names 26 Emerging Higher Education Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jaunita Banks Mitchell said fellows take part in transformative learning experiences and emerge with new insights, prepared to face whatever challenges the future might bring.

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Why customer service matters for community colleges

EAB

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. “But community colleges can’t lose their shirt in the process.”