Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 2, 2025

This is my absolute favorite class to teach, as it aligns well with my research areas and on-the-ground experience as a cog in the bureaucratic machine at two different universities. Predicting college closures and financial distress. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 33216. link ) Kelchen, R.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The surveys I and many other researchers fielded to try and put numbers to the challenge could only shed partial light, since most colleges and universities refused to participate. We can now see clearly: food insecurity and homelessness are affecting students everywhere, at all types of colleges and universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The reports analyze the available data and call for more research to be gathered so that this population can be served more effectively. The California Student Aid Commission, which administers the state’s financial aid program, has found that student parents face housing and food insecurity at a higher rate than non-parenting peers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The interviewees were successful comebackers from California State University, Sacramento State and the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District. According to " From Setback to Success: Meeting Comebacker Students Where They Are " – research done as part of the CaliforniaAttain!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

When the FAFSA Simplification Act begins to take effect this July, it’s expected to significantly affect the process of applying for financial aid, making the paperwork less complex and altering the formula for eligibility. You may be able to go to community college, pay your tuition, have your books, etc.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s also been hard to watch as some colleagues approach basic needs insecurity with little more than a bit of sweet charity, as if a quick fix (like a couple of cans of beans or a few meal vouchers) could ever counter the new economics of college. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids. What else can and should we do?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. Like the majority of community colleges in the U.S.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Testing and research giant ETS, is offering a number of scholarships for underrepresented students who demonstrate academic excellence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 These findings come from NSC’s latest “ Some College, No Credential Outcomes: Annual Progress Report.”

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

State investment in higher education: Effects on human capital formation, student debt, and long-term financial outcomes of students. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 27885. The relationships between state higher education funding strategies and college access and success. Educational Researcher.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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University Business

APRIL 2, 2024

A working paper from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University studying two-year students’ habits has linked mental health-related issues, such as anxiety and depression, to worse persistence rates and credit accumulation.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

First-time undergraduate enrollment exploded across the state’s community colleges by at least 40% when the initiative was implemented in 2015. Tennessee high schoolers’ historic interest in community and technical colleges comes during a nationwide decline in undergraduate enrollment among first-year students this fall.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. The paper offers strategies for colleges to run dual-enrollment programs without breaking the bank.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. It was a devastating blow to the college. This is it.” The trio call themselves the Equity Avengers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As I recently explained to trustees, this is an easy and obvious win—SNAP is paid for by the federal government and there is no limit to the number of qualified students at a given college or university who may enroll. Yet there is an enormous SNAP gap in program utilization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. The support that DFC gives its students is not simply financial. Staff were everywhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. in rhetoric and intercultural communication, she earned a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

In fact, some schools have experienced record growth over the last five years, and no higher education institutions are better positioned for continued growth in the next decade than community colleges. Community colleges play a crucial role in providing an accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

This shift has seismic implications for all higher education institutions but the disruption will likely be greatest on those below the emerging research institution level. Much of the media was focused on challenges to DEI, the loss of research grants and immigration visits to campuses. The forms are still being submitted.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

President David Greene believes the financial aid package will help “families on the higher and lower ends of the middle-income spectrum who’ve fallen between the cracks and are left behind.” ” Greene’s comments shed light on a more significant issue across higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 8, 2024

An annual study released Tuesday by student loan provider Sallie Mae and market research company Ipsos reveals frustrations over this year’s fraught federal financial aid process, increased student borrowing and more families using AI in the college application process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Out-of-state enrollment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison increased by 29 percent in the three years after the state government removed a cap on nonresidents in 2015, according to a new working paper from researchers published by Brown University’s school of education. Tuition revenue also rose significantly, by 47 percent.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

One hallmark program at Whitman is Semester in the West, a unique field-based study experience where students engage directly with environmental and policy research across the American West. Financial Strength and Support: Despite its modest enrollment, Whitman maintains a substantial endowment nearing $800 million.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New findings from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) are eerily similar to those of the Department of Education : only 16% of community college students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

State investment in higher education: Effects on human capital formation, student debt, and long-term financial outcomes of students. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 27885. Mapping community college finance systems to develop equitable and effective finance policy. The College Board. Rosinger, K.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Lumina Foundation video series on federal financial aid: [link]. Mobility report cards: The role of colleges in intergenerational mobility. State investment in higher education: Effects on human capital formation, student debt, and long-term financial outcomes of students. Research in Higher Education, 59 (4), 489-518.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

State financial aid per student in Massachusetts has been steadily decreasing over the last two decades, according to a new study by the Hildreth Institute, a research and policy advocacy center focused on higher education and social mobility.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. Students who received the text were 6.3 percentage points more likely to successfully enroll at Moorpark compared to those who did not.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 12, 2023

The New Student Experience at a Community College The enrollment data for community colleges is positive for the first time in a long time, with an overall enrollment increase of 2.1% between spring 2022 and spring 2023, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. Some groups say that will mean some families will have to pay more for college.

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