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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.”

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Jane Close Conoley In terms of data, administration analyzes persistence rates, graduate rates, enrollment yield rates, GPA levels, the average number of credits taken per semester, financial aid needs, technology needs, and housing and food insecurity needs. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Dr. Erika D.

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Class Size and Student-to-Faculty Ratios: What the Statistics Don’t Tell You

Great College Advice

So they ask administrators to cap enrollments, insisting that “small classes are better” (when, in fact, they are simply concerned about their own work load). Professors and administrators cap enrollments in popular courses in order to keep the average class size small. The administrators in this office crunch the numbers.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. Discussions involved department needs, communication objectives and staffing capabilities. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Income-driven repayment overhaul 'a step forward'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Biden administration wants to start the new program this year. Chingos and other Urban Institute researchers found that under the proposed plan, undergraduate borrowers would fully repay their loans. The balances are forgiven after 20 to 25 years, depending on the specific repayment plan. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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