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Micro-internship gives students experience without barriers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At Goucher College in Maryland, officials are putting these opportunities together for undergraduates by tapping into the college’s alumni network. To start, Goucher piloted the program with its Alumni Association Board, offering 22 students micro-internships over winter 2020–21.

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Busting Roadblocks in the Community College Enrollment Cycle

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Confusing Websites Sites overloaded with information: Websites designed to serve multiple audiences — current students, alumni, faculty, and potential students — can make the inquiry stage difficult and confusing for prospective students. But you’re only halfway home.

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Top 10 Challenges in Higher Education Management and Simple Solutions

Creatrix Campus

Manual Processes Educational institutions are burdened by cumbersome paperwork and manual processes, and they find it difficult to maintain records on attendance , fees, admissions , transport, etc., Using a University Management System like Creatrix Campus , automate academic processes to save time and reduce staff workload.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

More troubling is our own research at CCWT , which shows that of the non-interning students, 67 percent actually wanted to pursue one but could not due to various factors including a lack of information, insufficient (or no) pay, too few positions, a lack of transportation, widespread pandemic-caused cancellations or an overly heavy course load.

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SCOTUS, Affirmative Action, and the Future of University Diversity: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 174 with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Thomas Parham and Dilcie Perez

The Change Leader, Inc.

Rather than looking to “desegregate buses,” the question should be, “How do we empower the bus to create new modes of transportation?” CSU is striving to create a lifelong relationship with the Black community that starts as early as elementary school with outreach and academic preparation programs and continues after they graduate.