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New initiative seeks to boost value of community college degrees

University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

From 2023 through 2028, ten community colleges across the nation will have the opportunity to participate in a program that will boost their reputations in a big way. The Aspen Institute, in partnership with the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher College, Columbia University, leads the initiative.

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A new push to get community college students to the polls

University Business

MAY 13, 2024

ajor companies and voter registration groups have formed a new coalition to increase voting among community college students, whose voting rates historically have lagged behind their four-year college< and university peers. It is spearheaded by Levi Strauss & Co. Read more from Inside Higher Ed.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Penn State Built a Second Law School. Now, It’s Going Back to One.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This month, the American Bar Association approved the university’s request to recombine the two similarly named schools: Penn State Law, located at the flagship University Park/State College campus, and Penn State Dickinson Law, in Carlisle. class of 2028 will attend the combined school, which will also be called Penn State Dickinson Law.

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More Selective Colleges See Diversity Dip

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Vanderbilt University’s Class of 2028 was significantly less diverse than last year’s incoming class, with underrepresented students of color declining by nearly 10 percentage points, according to institutional data released Monday. Black student enrollment decreased by the widest margin, from 11.5

An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action Liam Knox Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed. Byline(s) Liam Knox

Ed Blum Puts Colleges ‘On Notice’ Over Diversity

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The affirmative action foe threatened to sue three colleges for allegedly defying the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ban. Selective colleges began unveiling demographic data for the Class of 2028, the first admitted after the 2023 affirmative action ban, just a few weeks ago, and already legal threats are flying.

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Brown Sees Steep Drop in Diversity of Incoming Class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The share of Black and Hispanic students in Brown University’s incoming Class of 2028 dropped by 10 percentage points since last year, from 29 percent to 19 percent, according to demographic data released by the university. That marks a significant decline in diversity one year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.

How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Ohio College Comeback Compact began in the summer of 2022 across eight partnering institutions : Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Lakeland Community College, Lorain County Community College, Stark State College, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University.

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Harvard Reports Drop in Black Student Enrollment

Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Fourteen percent of Harvard University’s Class of 2028 identify as Black or African American, a drop of four percentage points from last year, according to institutional data released Wednesday. The news comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court ruled against the university in Students for Fair Admissions v.

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Texas A&M Shutters Controversial Qatar Campus

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Texas A&M University will close its campus in Qatar by 2028, ending a 21-year partnership with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, run by the Qatari government.

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Mississippi Bill Would Mandate 3 College Closures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If the bill passes, IHL will have until June 30, 2025, to select them, with closure mandated by 2028. The legislation—Senate Bill 2726—doesn’t specify the three, deferring that decision to the Institutions of Higher Learning, which oversees the state’s eight public universities.

Are cannabis programs set to become higher education’s next darling?

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AUGUST 21, 2023

By 2028, others put the cannabis industry’s market cap at nearly $200 billion. Portland Community College offers three different programs which span only nine weeks and cost less than a thousand dollars. The economic impact is becoming difficult to ignore.

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Updates on capital campaigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Starting Out Chapman University is starting a campaign to raise $500 million by 2028. Finishing Up College of St. The university has raised $315 million so far. Mount Saint Mary’s University , of Maryland, has started a campaign to raise $50 million. To date, the university has raised $22 million.

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Understanding Higher Education’s Enrollment Cliff, Trough and Recovery

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

(You can see details of these trends and learn more by visiting the National Center for Education Statistics’ website and, in particular, Projections of Education Statistics to Year 2028.) Details of the demographic shifts affecting higher education were eye-opening and terrifying.

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What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today’s competitive labor market

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MARCH 24, 2023

For starters, there will be a predicted six-million-person deficit between labor supply and demand by 2028. Institutions therefore must begin planning and investing in their talent strategy and infrastructure now if they are going to be able to compete in the future.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More than five years ago, “OLC entered into binding contracts with specific hotels through 2028,” Mathes said in an email. Its chief executive officer, Jennifer Mathes, said it would be difficult for the group to change its conference site. “The penalty charged by the hotels for changes are steep,” Mathes said.

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How to Avoid Cringey Communications

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Marketing and communications professionals must see what you don’t see at first, critically assess what images communicate and make sure whatever is conveyed is on purpose. That’s not just a no, but a “hell, no.”

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