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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. for incoming students who began fall 2013 to 55% for those who began fall 2022. for the 2022 cohort , and for Hispanic males , it increased from 50.6%

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Oakton Community College Renamed to Oakton College, Plans to Remain a Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school will remain a community college and offer associate degrees, certificates, and adult and continuing education programs, including the State of Illinois High School Diploma and English as a Second Language programs. “We

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Here are 4 ways to boost the reputation of your continuing education units

University Business

Continuing education programs, which institutions are using to create lifelong learning modalities for working adults and retirees, are continuing to catch fire nationwide, according to a new report by Modern Campus. The State of Continuing Education 2024 Report was made in collaboration with The EvoLLLution and UPCEA.

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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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Report Finds 100% of Incarcerated Borrowers in Default, Limiting their Access to Pell Grants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These students are therefore not eligible for Pell grants, making it exceedingly difficult for them to access higher education. The vast majority of prison education programs are dependent on Pell funding,” said Amber Saddler, counsel at the SBPC. “If But the consequences extend past the end of a sentence.

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President moves: 3 hires as another leader changes her mind

University Business

Prezant’s career highlights as he takes the helm at Farmingdale State College include revamping Southern Connecticut’s branding, creating a faculty diversity program and increasing external funding as the provost and vice president of academic affairs, Patch reports. Prezant begins Aug.

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Community college can be improved by (re)targeting this roadblock

University Business

More from UB: A fortune in the short-term: Now is the time for continuing education programs to soar For example, corequisite courses, a prominent solution to remedial education reform nationwide, led to a 57% bump in first-time college students enrolled in college-level math in California.