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How your future students’ needs are changing in 5 big ways

University Business

An ever-increasing range of competing interests drawing the attention of prospective students is increasing the pressure of institutions to fill their classrooms and residence halls, says the 2022 National Prospective Student Survey by Hanover Research. Degree and program interests: . Communication preferences.

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Librarians target incoming students, collaborative measures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Many even have dedicated student success librarians, solely focused on collaborative, resource-focused programming. Student success within the library can mean having a quiet study space, finding materials for classwork or receiving research guidance.

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As she prepared to begin her new work at the tier-one public research university, Chase shared her perspective on making investments in student success. First-year programs are not as common for graduate institutions. At Claremont Graduate University, we developed programs to help students at different points.

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What’s working: Koons attributes part of Kansas Wesleyan’s record retention numbers to the library’s first-year programming, because students who engage with their coaches have higher retention rates compared to their peers who don’t. Nationally, retention is a bit higher; about 66.4