Community College, Finance and Student Affairs

Community colleges are banding resources together to secure their at-risk students’ education

University Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

billion allocated by Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, about half went toward students directly and 80% of Pell Grant recipients received aid, averaging $2,000 apiece. ” HEERF, a grant package under the American Rescue Plan, allowed institutions to wipe out entire student due balances while reducing class materials costs. .

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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs. She also serves on the Kansas State University Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) National Advisory Board.

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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

student in higher education administration at Morgan State, an HBCU in Maryland, said he does not see that as a career goal, but he has seen a shift in higher education that makes his skill set more desirable in a president. “He Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D. He thinks about big strategies.”

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New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. In June 2023, the school formed a partnership with Hudson County Community College for HCCC|NJCU CONNECT , a dual-admission initiative that leads to degree pathways.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A Gallup survey in fall 2021 revealed that two-thirds of community college students and an eye-popping three-fourths of bachelor’s degree students had considered leaving school in the previous six months due to emotional stress. 4 student lifecycle moments when sense of belonging matters most for Black and Latino men.

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Support for first-year students may be key this fall. Here are 4 ways to ensure you’re ready

University Business

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Lumina Foundation’s 2023 State of Higher Education found that 52% and 42%, respectively, of all Hispanic and Black students considered stopping out in 2022. Other at-risk students include those struggling with finances, first-generation students and those of other minority racial descent races and ethnicities.

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How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Author's note: This ideas in this blog represent the combined efforts of a team of EAB student success and student affairs experts who have backgrounds in studying or providing mental health and wellbeing care. Join my colleague Lindsay Schappell and I for our discussion, Student Success Starts with Mental Health.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Booth, Executive Director of the Higher Learning Commission’s Credential Lab, and Ian Roark, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation at Pima Community College, to discuss the policy and practice of making CPL a reality for different forms of credentials.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

University administrators must also consider whether creating new programs will improve their institutions’ finances. “The world changes, and higher education often gets criticized for not changing with it,” she said. New programs often “attempt to fill niche markets,” Rettig said.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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How to Credential Durable Skills

Parchment

MARCH 26, 2024

And two is the way that student affairs and these sort of unlikely spaces and places are providing value that both today’s learners want and tomorrow’s employers need. And for many of them, They’re reaching almost all of their students with these programs. Like all of that is great.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this way, board members’ work broadens to include regular interactions with faculty, students, and alumni and creates more of a partnership to work alongside the administration to guide the institution.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. They discussed their ideas Thursday at a panel co-sponsored by CCEAL and the Association of Community College Trustees.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, 442 colleges (14%) left most students earning below that of high school graduates. Making this data available to students and families is vital to better safeguard them and taxpayers who help finance educational endeavors. Drumm McNaughton 28:27 Did you look at community colleges with this information?

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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Student success doesn’t need to mean the same thing to all schools, and it probably shouldn’t. Your strategy should be tailored to the specific needs of your students, your finances, and the mission of your institution. Here’s what we learned.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

” Louisiana’s laws run counter, too, to the values of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, which is scheduled to hold its 2025 conference in New Orleans, says Kevin Kruger, its president. The finances of such member organizations can often revolve around good turnout to an annual conference.

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An inaugural trip for Black and Jewish Adelphi students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

David Machlis, an associate professor of finance and economics, said he organized the trip to help students look deeper into the painful histories that help contextualize bigotry against Black Americans and Jews today. “Antisemitism is not just a Jewish issue, nor should combating racism be just a Black issue.”

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Community colleges are banding resources together to secure their at-risk students’ education

Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

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New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis

What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

Support for first-year students may be key this fall. Here are 4 ways to ensure you’re ready

How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Field of study not key to new academic program success

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

How to Credential Durable Skills

Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

An inaugural trip for Black and Jewish Adelphi students

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