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This program dedicated to boosting first-gen success rates is tripling down

University Business

First-generation college students’ four-year graduation rate at the University of Michigan reached 83% , one point less than continuing education students. For example, at Queens College, a commute-based college, Kessler Scholar students are given a transportation stipend. Consequently, its buzz is growing.

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The College for Creative Studies Leads With Institution-Wide Artificial Intelligence Policy

College for Creative Study

Paul Snyder, Chair of the Transportation Design department and AI working group member believes the new policy will enhance the student experience at CCS. “ AICAD institutions educate more than 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year, plus many thousands more in summer and continuing education programs.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

million, while transportation jobs could grow by nearly 800,000. How industry addresses the education of employees. Attendance at educational conferences (51%). Continuing education courses (50%). A report by McKinsey projected that more than 100 million workers will need to find a different occupation by 2030.

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Teachers as Transformers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In addition to being an educational institution, campuses’ other functions loomed ever larger, as expenditures on fundraising, research, and technology escalated. Even small colleges took on the responsibilities of a small city for housing, transportation, health care, and sports.