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Report: Community College Students Lack Information About Career Paths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

community college students are finding that their schools are not equipping them with the knowledge to succeed after they graduate, according to recent findings from University of Texas at Austin’s 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCCSE). So, I think there's an opportunity for colleges. …

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Community College Enrollment: Reducing Inefficiencies in Onboarding

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

In fact, some schools have experienced record growth over the last five years, and no higher education institutions are better positioned for continued growth in the next decade than community colleges. Community colleges play a crucial role in providing an accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations.

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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

Higher education enrollment at Northeastern schools has collectively fallen into a downward spiral since at least 2017, a phenomenon that has plagued every region since the pandemic, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data. The initiative also provides students with a living stipend and career counseling.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The literature is replete with research on the negative outcomes Black males experience from employment to education as well as from health and interactions with law enforcement. As such, there needs to be an investment in asset-based research designed to understand the factors that can help Black boys cope with these perceptions.

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ChatGPT: Threat or Menace?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An essay that builds on the ChatGPT foundation, supplemented with additional research that must be cited in a bibliography. It could then serve as initial-tier career counseling. The sad fact is that advising and career counseling resources on most campuses are grossly inadequate and that instruction in writing is insufficient.

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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Raul Shrivastav’s career in higher education was an accident—kind of. As a trained audiologist and speech pathologist, Shrivastav pictured himself in a clinical career, but after falling in love with research and teaching in his Ph.D. program, he took on more work in graduate-level education.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

These experiences and national research studies revealed that students who feel like they belong on campus are about 40% more likely to continue after their freshmen year. But toward the end, I realized that this research and stakeholder engagements uncovered many problems and solutions. I really enjoyed that work. Tell us more.