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Why Institutions Need to Raise the Bar for Student Support

University Business

Colleges and universities are facing significant enrollment and retention headwinds, putting future sustainability and growth at risk.

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Swiss journal publisher raises eyebrows with special issues

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This year, its flagship journals, The International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Sustainability , will, respectively, host 3,514 and 3,512 special issues with a closing date in 2023, equivalent to more than nine special issues a day. “ Sustainability sports 3,512 open special issues—this is just shy of 10 per day.

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Report Finds Broad Base Skills Help Students Post-Graduation, But Inequity Remains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Female graduates are less likely than their male peers to earn a family-sustaining wage after graduation. Students also need to be able to articulate the specific ways in which they have been trained in new skillsets, something Torpey-Saboe said can come in the form of explicit transcripts with certain skills tagged or assignments explained.

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Presentation College Will Close

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, the college embarked on a year-long process of examining data and market impacts, and its potential for growing enrollment to achieve sustainability. Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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How colleges are creating sustainable business models while upticking student support programs

University Business

Schools today vying to win applicants over must toe the line between investing in top-notch student support programs and keeping their degrees affordable all while sustaining long-term economic health. However, this growing facet of higher education intersects with the public’s growing disdain for the degree’s price tag.

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Community Colleges to Get More Head Start Centers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Adding free Head Start slots at community college campuses sustainably addresses funding gaps in both early childhood and higher education,” Abigail Seldin, CEO of the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation, said in the release. Ad keywords: communitycolleges Editorial Tags: Community College Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A recent Student Voice survey on sustainability opinions and experiences found that 42 percent of 2,164 student respondents are “very worried” and another 39 percent “somewhat worried” about climate change. To effectively address climate change will require sustained citizen action over a time scale of decades.