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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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U of South Dakota TRIO program offers first-year experience

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of South Dakota’s TRIO Student Support Services is like all other federally funded TRIO SSS programs in that it serves low-income, first-generation or disabled students. For students to “connect with each other, learn about college success, learn about resources and engage with the community.”

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Next steps: The team scheduled meetings with departments on campus that provide high-touch support to students, including academic counseling, financial aid, student services, outreach, special population support services and the tutoring center. Students who received the text were 6.3

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Not all programs serving intellectually disabled students have such a federal designation. An earlier workgroup that developed standards for such programs listed more than 30 standards in such areas as curriculum, student achievement and student services in a 2021 report to Congress. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

His proposal won approval in the General Assembly and the university in January announced its plans to renovate several academic and student services buildings. Students whose final GPA did not meet scholarship requirements were awarded need-based grants.” Yes In-Article Careers: 6

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Your Typical College Student Has Changed—Why Haven’t College Policies?

Higher Ed Connects: Policy

In this article we will cover: Understanding the demographics. More older students. More parenting students. More working students. More first generation students. More low-income students. There are more working students. Goldrick-Rab outlines her method of meeting student needs: . “I,