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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A push by the deep-pocketed Las Vegas Sands Corporation to build a casino and entertainment complex in Long Island, N.Y., For example, students may be susceptible to gambling away their financial aid funds, she said. has riled leaders of a nearby college who say the development would harm their students and the region.

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Let Your Audience Guide You to Yield Success

Campus Sonar

Looking back on conversation topics and trends we’ve seen in our five+ years of industry research, we see lessons and insights you can use moving forward to make the most of yield season (or the recruitment process at large) and build a robust incoming class. Is it useful or entertaining? Is it accessible and easy to understand?

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Characteristics of Adult Learners and How to Engage Them

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

The digital transformation higher education has experienced in recent years has flipped the entire industry on its head. To address these added concerns and responsibilities, higher-ed marketers need to ensure program value is obvious to nontraditional students as they consider the financial undertaking that is higher education.

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Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention”?

EAB

So there are easy things that I've seen visiting community colleges, I visited a community college in Maine where the financial aid staff all went to lunch at the same time. Can we entertain the idea of office hours in the evenings? But some community colleges have managed to do it. This had a huge impact on retention.