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Improving Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Rates: Learning from the Arrupe College Strategic Enrollment Model

The Change Leader, Inc.

To address mental health issues, Arrupe College’s implementation plan involved hiring social workers who make their services accessible to students and normalizing their resources to combat potential feelings of inadequacy and disconnectedness more effectively. Wrapping Up Arrupe College is thriving, and its numbers prove the model works.

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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.

Families can come for 15 minutes, receive the diploma, and leave, or they can stay for four or five hours and enjoy DJs, food trucks, and all that. However, you need to have those support services at the schools as well and to be able to monitor progress. We do it outside. We have a DJ. It’s an all-day affair.

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The State of Higher Education Part 2: Changing Higher Education Podcast 160 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

They don’t have the luxury of not working because they have to pay their bills, get food on the table, maintain childcare, etc. The interesting thing is, though, when we ask currently enrolled students what keeps or helps them stay enrolled, besides seeing the value, the other number-one reason is their financial aid package.