Great College Advice

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Being deferred in the early round of college admissions really stinks. As educational planners, we help our students have a Plan B (and C and D) in place, just in case Plan A does not materialize. But our belief is that you can easily go overboard and risk annoying admissions officers for not following their instructions.

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Great College Advice

JULY 21, 2023

The campus is beautiful, and I enjoyed my visit. If you’d prefer to read my comments, you’ll find them below. * I’m here just kind of outside the library in a little courtyard, the azaleas are in bloom, and students are packed in the library right now studying for finals. It’s just absolutely stunning.

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

Because of the increasing number of applicants, more and more colleges are starting to tap their network of alumni to conduct prospective student interviews in place of on-campus interviews. Understanding what makes a student unique can be very difficult to glean from the black and white pages of an application. Click here.

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

How do I calculate my real GPA? If I had a nickel… How do I calculate my real GPA? Everyone knows the importance of a high school student’s grade point average or GPA. In college admission, it serves as a critical litmus test: how good a student is this person, and will he or she succeed at this college?

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

Schools like to admit people who are good at school. Many students, however, would prefer to believe that the grades on their transcripts don’t matter much. After all, everything our society–and the press–seems to tell us about college admission is that when it comes to grades or extracurricular activities.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Let’s face it: high school in America has become exhausting and unpleasant for many high school students. As a result, more and more students are asking themselves, “should I take a gap year?” Here at Great College Advice , we are huge fans of taking some time off between high school and college. or “what’s my purpose?”.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

A few months ago, I was let go from my side gig, writing content-driven advertising for a car services–related company. ” After all, I had been so dutiful about my research and my writing. It didn’t help that the editor who fired me was only slightly older than most of my students.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nearly every week a student or two will ask me if they should disclose learning differences on the college application. Generally speaking, students don’t want to give a college any reason to generate any preconceived notions about them. Other students, however, see good reason for to disclose learning differences.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

They held four meetings, admitted three violations of open meetings laws, faced two lawsuits and named a new interim president after abruptly placing President Nick Swayne on administrative leave. Foxx later bragged in a livestream about calling a North Idaho student an antigay slur at the meeting.) What’s at Stake.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Armed guards strung barbed wire across campus gates in Kabul and stared down weeping female students. institutions have been welcoming to Afghan refugees over the past few years, he hopes the ban leads to renewed commitments to Afghan students. The Taliban's Dec. Dozens of male Afghan professors resigned in protest. and Berlin.

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EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

EAB’s Jonathan April is joined by Kimberly Williams from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan to talk about creative ways to attract out-of-state students from underserved populations. So, I'm especially excited that today's webinar focuses on how institutions can help underserved students visit campus.

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Hope College Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

As I sit in my home office (aka a desk set up in my living room), conversing electronically with students, parents, counselors, and colleagues, there is no doubt in my mind that Coronavirus has changed the landscape of college searching dramatically. A call or text from your admissions representative?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma There are harsh truths—lies and secrets, guilt and shame—that we generally don’t want to admit. That high-performing Black and Hispanic students are far less likely to earn a college degree than comparable white or Asian American students. That our family or our marriage is dysfunctional.

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Parchment

JANUARY 30, 2024

And then let’s say an admissions officer at the US Community College receives this English translation and they are not trained. Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, President & CEO of Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute (ACEI) joins us to discuss the challenges evaluating credentials from across the globe. So you can’t use those.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

EAB’s Paul Gunther hosts University of Central Arkansas President Houston Davis for a wide-ranging chat about how to reach students and families who feel that a college degree is out of reach. There may be no other university in the nation that attracts as many students with demonstrated financial need as the University of Central Arkansas.

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EAB

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Kent State University’s Ted McKown joins EAB’s Allison Akalonu and Matt Sheldon to explore better ways to engage, recruit, and support incoming transfer students. S1: Our guests offer advice on ways to make your school more transfer-friendly, and they offer tips on keeping those students engaged and on path once they arrive.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 2, 2023

If my grades are bad, can I still go to college? I’ve worked with a number of students who had bad grades in high school but went on to do well in college. So while the answer is yes, a student with bad grades can still go to college. There are many reasons for which students may not complete their Bachelor’s degree.

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

Today, we examine ways that virtual reality already enables students to do things like take a tour of your campus from the comfort of home, or take a tour of the inside of a microscopic cell in their college biology class, while ChatGPT and artificial intelligence may be hogging the headlines right now, make no mistake. Colin: Sure Michael.

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Great College Advice

JULY 31, 2023

Early Decision 2 has become an important new option on the calendar of college admissions deadlines. As with most things related to college admission, the answer is unequivocal: “It depends.” I also knew that the chances of admission would be better if I applied early decision. Should you apply ED 2?

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Great College Advice

JULY 24, 2023

This is the time of year when I get calls from parents and students asking whether they should apply to college via early decision vs regular decision. Some colleges will give admissions decisions well before April 1, but the student is under no obligation to make a decision about whether to attend until the common response date of May 1.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College. What does your student body look like?

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The college admissions process felt daunting as I began my senior year of high school. It was what my entire life and education had been leading up to. I’m the oldest child, so nobody in my family had gone through the process since 1997. Plus, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. If this is you, you’re not alone!

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The college admissions process felt daunting as I began my senior year of high school. It was what my entire life and education had been leading up to. I’m the oldest child, so nobody in my family had gone through the process since 1997. Plus, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. If this is you, you’re not alone!

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SRHE

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Undergraduate fees were trebled, to deliver most tuition income via students rather than a funding agency. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 aimed to enshrine the market with students as customers, and established the Office for Students. Optimism dwindled as fees were tripled; No 3 asked ‘ What Next?

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

The two discuss the growth of the non-consumption market, the challenges of recruiting Gen P students—those heavily impacted by the pandemic—as well as unexpected impacts from the recent Supreme Court ruling on ways that colleges engage with prospective students. With me to discuss this is my colleague, Autumn Baggett-Griggs.

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EAB

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Art also examines the recent guidance offered by the US Departments of Education and Justice and stresses that it is still permissible to consider facets of students’ experience, background, interest, and other qualities expressly associated with their race. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2023

25 April · Episode 152 How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College 37 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Replicate the highly successful Cambridge Lucy Cavendish College model in the US to attract and enroll underrepresented students. Roundabout Now, a boot camp program similar to U.S.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The two discuss ways to forge better partnerships with CBOs by understanding the role they play in helping students overcome obstacles when applying to colleges. The two discuss ways to forge better partnerships with CBOs by understanding the role they play in helping students overcome obstacles when applying to colleges.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: Wellesley College students have made their position clear: the majority of them want the women’s college to open admissions to all transgender people, including those who identify as trans men. "Wellesley College acknowledges the result of the non-binding student ballot initiative," the statement read.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Cheng also shares how his system is revolutionizing its online learning model to better serve local businesses and CSCU’s students across numerous campuses. Upon graduation, students will be automatically accepted at their local community college. Don’t let others tell your story for you. Get out there. Be upfront.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

A Failed Online Program Like the leaders of many struggling institutions, those at the King’s College looked to online enrollment as a way to bring in more students, boost the bottom line and address long-simmering business issues like the persistent funding gap that has been plugged by wealthy donors.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But a loophole existed in which a student or department could have crafted—either inadvertently or intentionally—a stealth, fully online undergraduate degree through individually approved online courses. ” Few institutions can be all things to all students.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MAY 31, 2022

May 31, 2022, by Don Hossler – Setting a Context for Recruiting International Graduate Students. There is a dearth of research on the factors that influence international graduate students to select the graduate program in which s/he will enroll. Recruiting international graduate students involve different considerations.

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Great College Advice

MARCH 24, 2022

A student’s involvement outside of school are critical in many ways–not just as a strategy for getting into college. Are only high school students engaged in such activities? My own parents modeled how to get involved. My mom volunteered countless hours as a docent and educator at the Denver Art Museum.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 26, 2023

To my mind, the most powerful and meaningful was Dustin Klein and Alex Criqui’s projection of the images of Black people killed by police, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Marcus-David Peters, and activists who fought for equality, such as Harriet Tubman, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.,

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