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How to Write an Email to College Admissions Counselors

Great College Advice

If you want to communicate with admissions, it’s best to think carefully about how you will communicate with the humans that populate those offices of admission. Further on in this article we’ll address how to write an email to a college admissions counselor if you find yourself in this situation.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Last spring, when the institutional effectiveness team at Moorpark College conducted student surveys and focus groups as well as data analysis to evaluate the efficacy of student communication, an issue with volume became clear. Discussions involved department needs, communication objectives and staffing capabilities.

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Nonetheless, demand in the large, growing microcredential market is strong, but learners also struggle to make sense of offerings. ” To realize that vision, higher ed professionals might consider communicating more with employers, according to the report. “It’s a trust-but-verify situation.”

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With China's reopening, new challenges for recruiting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Above all, admission recruiters will find themselves re-entering a market that has lost a great deal of confidence in the United States as a study destination. More than half of the parents also listed public information sessions and the ability to communicate with current Chinese students on campus or alumni as being important to them.

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The district employs two kinds of faculty members: service faculty, who teach and work as campus librarians and counselors, and instructional faculty, who only teach. Adjuncts who work as service faculty currently make $53 per hour, and those who only teach earn $32 per hour. Each group includes adjuncts and full-time professors.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“At that time, I think there was not a particular need for the college to expand into other markets.” “How are we expecting people to live in the local community? ” Edmonds said, noting other considerations such as whether career services will have to be beefed up and more parking spaces added on campus.

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Two higher education administrators and an academic consulting firm shared their visions on tailoring their programs to meet student and operational needs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts. Broaden advising, career services & professional development. Hampshire College , Amherst, MA.