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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is now a continuation of that, and the progress looks pretty strong. Overall enrollments are still nowhere near back to what they were in 2019, but retention and persistence levels are.” Doug Shapiro, executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. percentage points from 51.3%

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A fortune in the short-term: Is it time for CE programs to explode?

University Business

The University of North Florida is bucking declining college enrollment trends in higher education, and John Kantner, University of North Florida senior associate provost of faculty and research, credits some of this growth to its focus on continuing education (CE) programs.

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What is a crofter, and why our staff and students should know…

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 2019 survey of the UK veterinary profession uncovered the alarming fact that the average longevity of a UK veterinary graduate was just seven years. Patricks interests include provision of veterinary services and continuing education to rural and resource limited settings.

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Costs and Benefits of Adding 30-units to Accounting Students' Requirements for Licensure as a CPA

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

The 2021 AICPA Trends report on accounting education, the CPA exam, and public accounting firms’ hiring of recent graduates shows that the number of accounting graduates with bachelor’s and master’s degrees has been declining between the 2009-2010 and 2019-2020 periods. Trends in Accounting Degree Completion 2014 – 2015 to 2019 – 2020.

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Teaching activities that bring out the best in students – shouldn’t we all strive for that?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This method, Building Resilience through the Development of Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles (unesco.org) , developed by Deardorff in 2019, shows the power of genuine listening. ” Journal of Experiential Education , 39(4), 329–354. ” New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education , 1997: 5–12.

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Enhancing the student learning experience via social media

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Although it is a preliminary model, which warrants further testing and development, it can support future social media based interventions in higher and continuing education. Mar 26, 2019 From this, we created a new Social Media Learning Model that helps explain how students learn when using this novel technology.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

Connor, H, Dewson, S, Tyers, C, Eccles, J, Regan, J, and Aston, J (2001) Social class and higher education: Issues affecting decisions on participation by lower social class groups , Institute for Employment Studies, [link].