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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

Providing more financial aid and more information about financial aid can help prospective students make a true risk assessment. Providing more generous financial aid targeted based on need and simple to apply for has a strong positive impact on increasing enrollment and persistence.

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Unleash the Chatbots! AI for Retention

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When it determines that students could use specific help, it connects them to corresponding on-campus resources, like the financial aid office or the career center. When appropriate, it also suggests specific next steps that administrators can take to help students overcome these struggles. Campuses are bureaucracies.

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The State of Higher Education Part 2: Changing Higher Education Podcast 160 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

Diversity of faculty and administration. Colleges or universities shouldn’t just try to increase the diversity of the student body but of their faculty and administration. Drumm McNaughton 09:45 Well, that makes perfect sense, given that there is less financial aid coming from the States.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

For example, most first-gen students don’t know they can petition the academic standards committee for an extenuating circumstance to have an administrative drop from their course when they can. Families can come for 15 minutes, receive the diploma, and leave, or they can stay for four or five hours and enjoy DJs, food trucks, and all that.