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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. Morales, president of CSUSB. in the last two years.”

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Number of Some College, No Credential Students Continues to Increase

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those who returned to education overwhelmingly chose to return to public, two-year community colleges or primarily online institutions. If that staff member in financial aid or that person who was motivating them no longer exists, why would they show up?”

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. We did an external evaluation for a couple of our cohorts to find that the greatest retention and success is actually with our students entering into community college,” Ellis says.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. 21 Dartmouth College 8,065,743 8,484,189 -4.93 million), Lakeland Community College ($5.7

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

For smaller schools and those with limited endowments, the lack of diversified revenue sources exacerbates the problem, making financial sustainability an existential concern. For example, discussions around loan forgiveness, free community college, or changes to Title IX can directly impact institutional operations.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. As might be expected, these conversations centered on longstanding concerns around tuition and financial aid, but often expanded into conversations around supporting the holistic needs of students, especially working students.

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Improving Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Rates: Learning from the Arrupe College Strategic Enrollment Model

The Change Leader, Inc.

Most students who have not enrolled in college are first-generation, Pell-eligible, and undocumented students, particularly those who feel disconnected and whose grades are between B- and C-. Arrupe employs a special financial aid officer who helps students and their families navigate the application processes, including FAFSA.