Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5 Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Jean Petty started her community college education right out of high school and had no idea how to “do college.” She walked into the first college she attended not knowing where to start, and no one was very helpful in getting her enrolled and on a pathway. Many community college students have Petty’s experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Strategies to be considered include developing or expanding dual enrollment, apprenticeships, credit for prior learning, transfer, and community college baccalaureates. Dual enrollment allows high school students to enroll in college courses and earn credits. Dr. George R. Boggs By 2031, 72%of the jobs in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

An academic enrichment program at Tallahassee Community College that primarily serves African American men won't have to change its name under a new state higher education law, reported WUSF. Tallahassee Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When the fall 2023 term begins, close to 20% of community college students will also be high school students who are dually enrolled. Students in dual enrollment programs enjoy many benefits — participation provides them a jump-start on gaining college credit, and it can save them money.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

It is about taking a bold stance to break the old and create new systems and structures that support our students’ success. And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) indicates that while 8,836 entering students at 40 community colleges around the country indicate that they intend to transfer to a four-year institution, the number that actually do is remarkably low. Dr. Linda L. Dr. Larry Hlavenka Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Community College. These student-athletes were also interviewed about the support services that they needed. Seek out support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association. In this new role, Whalen will be part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District leadership team.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fall 2023 saw enrolment growth at public two-year schools and community colleges rose significantly (2.6%) while public and private nonprofit four-year schools saw increases to a lesser degree (0.6% Community colleges saw similarly high growth for freshmen age 25+ (12.8%) and age 21-24 (13.9%). lower than in Fall 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2024

CCA’s completion-goals funding advocates for the funding to be allocated up front, thus giving public institutions the funds to provide adequate support services which will lead to improving outcomes and meeting state completion goals. We still need to keep pushing to get the reforms in place that work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

S o, it's important for a team or committee of people to look at the policies together in community and in conversation, so that they can then make the changes that are necessary." They can also help notify students of services provided by their school, such as food pantries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Online-only students were also less likely to use support services like tutoring or skill labs and were less likely to have engaged in service-learning activities or field experiences. Linda García, executive director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement In other areas, engagement was better than expected.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As vital as institutions’ support services are to cultivating student belonging, many miss the mark , especially among Black students and other persons of color. Thanks in part to feeling a lack of belonging, Black students have lower six-year college completion rates , according to the Lumina Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Based on data gathered, we increased support services such as Ram Pantry, counseling, technology availability, and academic advising,” he continues.

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University Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s not about students convincing colleges to give them another chance, but institutions trying to persuade students to provide higher education another chance. Students who re-enroll through the Warrior Way Back program can also access various student support services designed specifically for adult learners.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The revamped focus on college completion among all facets of the student body derives from two trends hurting the health of enrollment in higher education: students increasingly stopping out of college and institutions scrambling to better their support services for those from underrepresented backgrounds.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“Rural Americans often feel deeply connected to their communities, but they are increasingly faced with the hard choice of moving to urban areas or staying in rural areas where they have fewer professional and educational opportunities,” Anthony Carnevale, director of CEW, said in a press release.

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University Business

APRIL 26, 2023

Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, originally published by CT Mirror More from UB: Cash is king for this university’s new student success strategy Programs in trouble Student support services such as mental health support and academic advising will be severely impacted by the cuts, according to Chen.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. At the time, I was unaware of any support offered by my college that could have made a difference.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2024

Yet, this developing flexibility is underdeveloped in many community colleges where technical and in-person training is staunchly preserved. Competitive strategies include extension workshops that push into a local employer’s training space and then convert employees into college-going, nontraditional students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Emerald Publishing Limited.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

Image: The University of South Dakota’s TRIO Student Support Services is like all other federally funded TRIO SSS programs in that it serves low-income, first-generation or disabled students. It gives us a common intellectual experience and academic component in providing our services.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Image: When a college president resigns or retires, the institution’s governing board usually announces the steps it will take to replace the outgoing leader. The Board of Trustees of Parkland College followed that script in 2019 when Thomas Ramage told board members he planned to retire in 2022.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 25, 2023

Isserles, a professor of sociology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and author of the book The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College ( Johns Hopkins University Press , 2021), questioned whether those numbers would have been higher among students who had not sought counseling.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Due to a lack of available support and resources, it wasn't until her late 30s that she obtained a nursing degree – after missing over a decade of the socioeconomic opportunities that a degree brings. To get the word out about an institution's services, leaders should consider targeted marketing and communication efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

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. Many lacked stable or affordable housing, while others had no internet service at home.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Awardees are chosen from among the colleges, universities, and individuals that use Navigate , EAB’s student success management system, or Starfish , the student success platform EAB acquired in 2021. Congratulations to our 2022 winners: Technology Pioneer Award: Bakersfield College. Sierra College. Trident Technical College.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis, president of the Community College of Denver, who shares some of the solutions she was able to identify based on her unique understanding of higher ed. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership. Dr. DeSanctis is unique.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: Rochester Institute of Technology shifted its tutoring and support resources from a private space into two study centers, increasing visibility of the services and removing the negative social stigma around receiving help. Click here to submit.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Re-entry support Institutions interested in PEPs should also consider program availability and support when students go home. For example, the Calvin Prison initiative created an online map for employment opportunities, food pantries, and other re-entry services.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Faculty wanted to support student retention and provide greater academic support through a day of just academic advising in the spring semester. The college offered students an event attendance incentive: a chance to win a $500 scholarship. But college officials believe the collaboration was valuable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

But they will hear from college staff and peers that it’s best to live as close to campus as possible, there are only a couple of landlords renting to students, and even though those rents are high that’s just “how it is.” The lucky ones will get help, while others will be evicted, joining the 8% of undergraduates who experience homelessness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Austin Community College District (ACC), for instance, was first recognized as an HSI in 2011, The designation is not, however, all that notable in and of itself. ACC is, after all, the sixth-largest community college system in the country, serving 70,000 students in a state that is now majority Hispanic.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 4, 2023

The standards were designed to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of business programs in a holistic manner, taking into account factors such as mission, leadership, strategic planning, student learning, faculty qualifications and development, and educational support services. What is ACBSP? What is ACBSP?

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