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Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates: Changing Higher Education Podcast 153 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Kevin Grubb

The Change Leader, Inc.

16 May · Episode 155 Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Hear how Villanova University is creating career-ready graduates with approximately 94% of students being accepted into internships. Villanova typically encourages employers to pay interns.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last spring, when the institutional effectiveness team at Moorpark College conducted student surveys and focus groups as well as data analysis to evaluate the efficacy of student communication, an issue with volume became clear. Discussions involved department needs, communication objectives and staffing capabilities.

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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

While considering future employers, Gen Z prefers face-to-face communication in the interview process, with peers, and more. In the following section, we’ve outlined specific examples of High Tech solutions that enable higher ed administrators to deliver High Touch experiences to students.

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Strategic Adaptation in Higher Education: Navigating 2024 and Beyond: Embracing Transformation and Resilience in Higher Education Business Models

The Change Leader, Inc.

Aligning Education Investment with Employment Outcomes There is a growing expectation among students that their educational investment will lead to better employment outcomes. The disconnect between academic programs and the needs of the labor market has been a source of frustration for graduates and employers alike.

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Unleash the Chatbots! AI for Retention

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

It is clear that there is a problem on campus with direct communication between students and an array of services they may not know about, or may not know them. higher ed raised many questions and motivated their quest to build a student lifeline that was dialogue-based and understood what students encounter on campus.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

For example, most first-gen students don’t know they can petition the academic standards committee for an extenuating circumstance to have an administrative drop from their course when they can. Colleges must also help communicate the ROI for getting a post-secondary degree. Learn more at changinghighered.com.

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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.

In stark contrast to prevailing trends in higher education, colleges and universities have or are boosting their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by improving their students’ sense of belonging, student support services, student-faculty relationships, and career readiness programs.