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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.”

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. Students who received the text were 6.3 percentage points more likely to successfully enroll at Moorpark compared to those who did not.

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These schools re-tooled their enrollment playbook using data to drive growth

University Business

Determined to leverage these tools in higher education, the University of North Texas and Reynolds Community College (Va.) Staff was churning out literally thousands of static PDFs out of my unit,” says Melanie Boynton, director of institutional research and analytics at Reynolds. ‘Why is this a game changer?’

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Shopping in the Freezer

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean You know how sometimes you forget about food that has been in the freezer for a while? I was surprised at how many responses amounted to shopping in the freezer; they were requests for data that most colleges already, and routinely, collect. It can be revealing in useful ways.

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

EAB

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions.

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What does a data management platform actually do?

EAB

Many institutions have a staff member whose primary function is to complete such reports. That data can be used to segment the student population into subsets, allowing you to determine which subpopulations would benefit most from conversations about specific types of support, such as financial aid, academic assistance, and career planning.