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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI. Community colleges have a rich history of serving as open-admission institutions and pioneering college access in America.

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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed. She enjoys being able to see how budgets function, how admissions and financial aid operate, and how campus security is run. She enjoys being able to understand how higher ed works beyond just the academic parts. “I

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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

The pandemic occurs, steepening downward trending enrollment and shortening administrators window to adjust operational strategy. It will slowly absorb its administrative support operations over the next year, pending review by their shared accreditation body and the Department of Education. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.)

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

The pandemic occurs, steepening downward trending enrollment and shortening administrators window to adjust operational strategy. It will slowly absorb its administrative support operations over the next year, pending review by their shared accreditation body and the Department of Education. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.)

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession. or a graduate GPA of 3.0;

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ASU has added several Spanish language marketing materials, including an En Espanol section on the university’s website, a comprehensive admissions piece, Spanish campus tours, and multiple recruitment pieces for academic programs. Latino first-year retention has increased from 59% to 71% after implementation of the dual credit program.

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Over the course of a decade, from fall 2011 to fall 2021, the number of high school graduates attending community colleges decreased by more than 2.3 “Let’s take that chance to inform them about the admissions process, broader financial aid, other programs we have.” He wants to see that percentage grow over time.