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Busting Roadblocks in the Community College Enrollment Cycle

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

To ensure that doesn’t happen, avoid these common pitfalls in the community college enrollment journey: Complex Enrollment Processes Lengthy admissions procedures: Complicated and time-consuming application processes can frustrate new students, especially those unfamiliar with higher education procedures. How much does it cost?

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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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Student journalists sue district over record requests

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Student journalists at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., are suing the Peralta Community College District for failing to adequately respond to public records requests. “Peralta CCD staff has continuously worked with Citizen reporters to provide documents,” he said in an email. “Enough is enough.

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As microcredentials boom, employers' hiring platforms fumble

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a perfect world, technology would streamline the communication process. Some Hiring Tech Favors Traditional Credentials On a résumé, a job candidate may include information about, for example, an earned associate degree at a community college and an earned information technology certificate from the learning platform edX.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ultimately, my greatest fear is that this newly resurgent focus on career readiness will not only fail to prepare students for the workplace, but, worse, will harm the prospects of students who already face an uphill battle in the labor market—women, students of color and first-generation college students. Darling and Deanna P.

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Promises and Pitfalls of ChatGPT

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education Can artificial intelligence technology help you research content ideas? Develop copy for a news release or marketing email? I asked it to write a news release about a digital marketing program launching at New York University.

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Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed podcast 254 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. R. Todd Benson

The Change Leader, Inc.

The discussion highlights how faculty data is being applied on campuses to clarify priorities, improve communication, and guide change management efforts. How Colleges Are Turning Faculty Surveys Into Institutional Strategy COACHE operates on a three-year engagement cycle that begins well before survey data is collected.

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