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Your support services are vital to student belonging. Here’s what’s getting in their way

University Business

The more students are aware of the various support services on campus, such as in academic advising, mental health and financial aid, the more they report positive rates of belonging, according to a new report from Tyton Partners. Here’s what’s getting in their way appeared first on University Business.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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How your future students’ needs are changing in 5 big ways

University Business

What colleges should do : Administrators must consider alternatives to the traditional weekday schedule to recruit the increasing number of prospective students who want more flexibility. Inclusive messaging, robust support services, and strong orientation and first-year programming assure students they will get the support they need.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Next steps: The team scheduled meetings with departments on campus that provide high-touch support to students, including academic counseling, financial aid, student services, outreach, special population support services and the tutoring center. Students who received the text were 6.3

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Community College Enrollment: Reducing Inefficiencies in Onboarding

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Emphasis on Student Support Growing institutions prioritize comprehensive student support services that help learners succeed academically and professionally. Not only does this commitment lead to more applications, it can also improve student retention rates.

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Florida colleges have no right to accreditation (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It is also deeply consequential: students at unaccredited colleges are ineligible for federal financial aid and find it almost impossible to transfer credits or be admitted into graduate and professional programs. In relation to Section 4.2.b

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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