University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

Enrollment across the 15 community colleges has grown at such a rate that some academic administrators are concerned if they now have too many mouths to feed, WBUR reports. Jason Marsala, dean of enrollment services at North Shore Community College, said his staff is burning out due to the uptick in financial processing forms.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

In response to the piece about secret shoppers, one former secret shopper wrote with a story of a time that it took him seven continuous hours, in person, to register for a class at a college, and that was with skipping financial aid. Apparently that feedback helped the college streamline its processes, which has to be good.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Academic administrators in Florida not only have failed to contest attacks on the system, but have too frequently been complicit in and in some cases explicitly supported them. They certify federal financial aid. 00:32:31] Drumm McNaughton: Mm hmm makes makes perfect sense to me.

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University Business

JANUARY 8, 2024

Predictions: Wraparound support will become a more mainstream institutional initiative as the financial hardship students face outside of their college costs becomes less taboo to discuss. Antiquated financial aid models that don’t consider adult learners or support from parents will be retired and modernized.

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