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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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CSU Opens Up Access to Transfer Planner to All California Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students.

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How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt-out”

EAB

How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt out”. As the number of traditional-aged students continues to decline, community college leaders must focus on enrollment and recruitment strategies within their control. Source: EAB analysis of American Community Survey data.

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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

Four "lineages" of student success best practice Lineage A: Student engagement The oldest school of thought emerged during the 1970s from the work of early student success researchers such as Vincent Tinto. These researchers pioneered and popularized the idea that retention is driven by “ student engagement.”

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Institutional Strategy & Effectiveness, Mississippi State University University Research Supporting undergraduate research and challenging assumptions R.

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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress

EAB

Develop inclusive faculty and staff policies Update budget processes Update procurement process Transform alumni and volunteer engagement Update campus safety policy and practices. -->. -->. --> Improve student success. -->. -->. -->. EAB Virtual Strategy Forum for Community College Presidents. Activities. Activities.

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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.

I believe the Survey of Student Engagement started tracking belonging two years ago. I believe one thing that NSSE [The National Survey of Student Engagement] found is that students who feel that sense of belonging are about 40% more likely to continue from the first to second year when most of the attrition happens.