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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

An analysis of IPEDS data by the Community College Resource Center reveals that the number of students under the age of 18 enrolled in college surged to over 1.5 When focusing on community college enrollment, it’s noteworthy that 18% of students, or nearly one in five, are dual-enrollment students.

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Parchment

JUNE 6, 2023

Specific to the upward transfer pathway (from community college to four-year institution), the continuing students’ decline in enrollment rate for 2021-2022 was 12.4%. Many factors come into play, including how colleges position transfer and what resources, such as counselors and transfer centers, are available to students.

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Parchment

AUGUST 15, 2023

In fact, it’s not uncommon for students to spend their first year or two at a community college before transferring to a four-year institution to complete their degree. Book a Demo There’s always more to learn. But in times of inflation, transferring institutions is key to keeping costs in check for many students.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve all seen the data: less than half of 4-year, full-time college students graduate in four years, and even after six years, just over 67% have completed their Bachelor’s degree. More than one-third of students transfer colleges, and many lose credits when they do so. Book a Demo There’s always more to learn.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

In fact, NSCRC cites dual enrollment as a contributor to slight increase in community college enrollment (0.5%) in Spring 2023. Collaboration between colleges and local high schools allows students to benefit from the ability to jump start their college career. Institutions benefit as well.

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Parchment

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this article, we dig deeper to see how dual enrollment can open doors to college for a broader range of learners, examine the persistent gaps in access to dual enrollment opportunities, and explore a strategy that community colleges are implementing to break down the barriers still standing in the way.

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APRIL 15, 2024

How Course Sharing Removes Barriers to Completion In California, the California Virtual Campus was created to unite the 116 colleges in the California Community College System into a single exchange, or platform, so that [learners] can seamlessly take classes at another institution without having to apply or matriculate.

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Parchment

AUGUST 20, 2024

Case Studies Higher Ed Why College of DuPage Loves Parchment’s Diploma Services Learn how transcript automation is helping the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) save countless hours, shave a week off admissions decisions, and provide better service to prospective students.

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Parchment

JANUARY 7, 2025

If you’re a community college, you have a certain set of employers that need like, So the partnerships element, how do we engage employment is such a massive challenge that I sometimes sit back and I go, we’re doing all this work. There’s not big, long admissions and forms. They’re changing all the time.

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Parchment

JULY 7, 2023

From lost credits to manual institutional processes to confusing admissions requirements, it’s not easy for students to move from one institution to another. The challenges with transfer are well-documented and well-publicized across higher education. Ready to feel the power of Parchment?

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JULY 11, 2023

Common Challenges in the College Credit Transfer Process After high school, prospective students can head to an accredited institution or state university, or they might opt for a community college to earn a degree faster and at a lower cost. Start a Conversation There’s always more to learn.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

developing new transfer pathways and community college partnerships), there are a number of in-house, quick-win strategies that can help you clean up your transfer student journey—we’ve detailed four below. Does Admissions conduct an intake or deferral survey of transfer students? But things aren’t all doom and gloom.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Marina Aminy, Executive Director of California Virtual Campus, joins us to share why the California Community College System pursued Course Sharing and why it matters for students. He was at a California community college and he was accepted to a four -year institution. Marina, welcome to the podcast. They were done.

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Parchment

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It meets the needs of families who are looking for a more affordable way to get access to college credit and then transfer it. And community colleges in particular have seen dual enrollment be an absolutely critical part of their enrollment strategy, but it’s also something that a lot of four-year institutions do.

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Parchment

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In this episode, we sit down with John Fink from the Community College Research Center to discuss what we learned from the data and how it can help dual enrollment practitioners. It’s a favorite part of my job is going out into the world, outside of the college and visiting. and only about 74 community colleges.

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Parchment

APRIL 9, 2024

If you look at the California Community College, I’m from Berkeley, which is a member of the University of California, which are nine campuses. There’s 116 community college strong system and 26 California state universities. 23, excuse me. 23, excuse me. And that’s just adding one. Zach Pardos (27:15.)

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JANUARY 30, 2024

And then let’s say an admissions officer at the US Community College receives this English translation and they are not trained. It was very general, but it was something that employers, even admissions officers at universities, other states or local governments, referred to. They relied on the advice of the U.S.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

And we talked about there’s a lot of students that are attending a community college that want to transfer to another institution, but don’t end up doing it. Eight out of 10 students that go to a community college want to go. So now let’s pivot and let’s think about how we can improve.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Marc Booker, Vice Provost of Strategy for the University of Phoenix joins us to discuss how institutions can adopt a culture of credit mobility by incorporating credit-for-prior-learning (CPL) and prior learning assessments (PLA) during the admissions process. And so institutions don’t, how do you factor that in?

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Parchment

APRIL 23, 2024

And I would say the same thing on the admission side systems of how do we, how do we ingest skills? But then you have the tension of, well, we want to build a system that can scale and all this other stuff, because there are local employers, local community colleges that are invested in this. What are the criteria?

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APRIL 23, 2024

And I would say the same thing on the admission side systems of how do we, how do we ingest skills? But then you have the tension of, well, we want to build a system that can scale and all this other stuff, because there are local employers, local community colleges that are invested in this. What are the criteria?

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It’s not just a thing that we’re selling you during the admissions process, but there’s a deliverable on this. And then the student’s going to be able to communicate it tangibly based on this evidence. We’re actually putting them in internships. Leadership is important to us. We’re documenting it.

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Parchment

MARCH 26, 2024

Pathways are important and there’s a lot of research that suggests like for community college students like… Hey, what classes do you need to take to get to four years so that you can graduate on time? Of course, it’s better not to waste time taking classes you won’t need towards your degree.

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Parchment

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Like what, because that’s a bit, funding is a big, every state does it differently, and then you have these unique agreements with community colleges and local school districts or four years, how did you make that case? Matt Sterenberg (02:27.918) how did you get them to convince waiving tuition?

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

So that’s the issue and that’s something that colleges have often really struggled with is like, who do you let in and who do you recognize when community colleges massively expanded in the 50s and 60s, the articulation agreement was a real point of contention, it still is.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s at community colleges. I am sharing them out to a scholarship committee, to an employer, to an admissions counselor, to people who essentially opportunity providers, that I am able to use my recognitions, my credentials is a way of opening up opportunities for me in meaningful ways that help them make a better decision.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s at community colleges. I am sharing them out to a scholarship committee, to an employer, to an admissions counselor, to people who essentially opportunity providers, that I am able to use my recognitions, my credentials is a way of opening up opportunities for me in meaningful ways that help them make a better decision.

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