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Tips for building your AmeriCorps service into a career

College Forward

Across the nation, AmeriCorps members unite under a shared mission: to uplift their communities and cultivate personal growth through civic engagement. Yet, one of the most challenging aspects of service involves deciding on next steps after completing a term. Access the AmeriCorps alumni website and the alumni job board.

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What is Demonstrated Interest in College Admission?

Great College Advice

You are communicating that you would be an active, interested, and engaged member of your chosen community. They get expressions of interest from consumers, but sometimes it’s hard to gauge how likely that consumer is to buy the goods or services on offer from that business. Let’s talk about “yield rate.”

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Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants and Concerns

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is based on EAB’s 2023 Student Communications Preferences survey, which was taken by over 1,000 students who indicated that they were considering an HBCU. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. A crucial place to communicate that sense of belonging is on social media.

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Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report is based on EAB’s 2023 Student Communications Preferences survey, which was taken by over 1,000 students who indicated that they were considering an HBCU. That’s something that our students communicate,” he said. A crucial place to communicate that sense of belonging is on social media.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Akilah Carter-Francique, the dean of Education, Health and Human Services at Benedict College and former executive director of the Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change at San Jose State University, says student-athletes have a huge voice in challenging the status quo. Filed in 2009 and decided in 2015, O’Bannon v.

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How to Write an Email to College Admissions Counselors

Great College Advice

If you want to communicate with admissions, it’s best to think carefully about how you will communicate with the humans that populate those offices of admission. They demonstrate both the tone and the brevity of these communications. But do you know how to write an email to college admissions counselors?

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In a Crisis, Mum Is Not the Word

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education You are the president of an institution dealing with a crisis. But others on your leadership team, or even outside consultants, advise you to stay mum. But others on your leadership team, or even outside consultants, advise you to stay mum.