Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and the college have made on the community. After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In a recent article , Diverse outlined the various mental health challenges students face today and discussed how educators can offer more effective support. All mental health support is not created equal, and an opportunity remains to more effectively direct students to support thats best suited to meet their needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

Coconino Community College (CCC) has partnered with the Women’s Foundation of the State of Arizona to launch the Pathways for Single Moms Program , potentially giving women free tuition for certificates in 11 career tracks and free childcare, 3TV reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0 Even though it was difficult, Johnson said the decision to invest in housing for their students was “so worth it.” More students are actively coming out and asking for help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

AB 335 builds on that foundation by ensuring these institutions receive the funding and resources necessary to enhance their academic support programs and student services, he said in an interview with Diverse. A very predictable, persistent, and pervasive gap in achievement [for Black students] exists, said Bush.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. in the last two years.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Community College. These student-athletes were also interviewed about the support services that they needed. Seek out support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. The center provides students with the opportunity to connect with resources that are available for them on campus, but to do it in a low stakes environment where there [isn’t] a lot of pressure for them to connect with these resources.” One thing Compton College and President [Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. Keith Curry Eddie Ruvalcaba Photography It’s no secret that Compton College has had its fair share of challenges.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

It may be time to rethink the college minor. Instead of or in addition to minors, higher education stakeholders may want to consider partnering with employers—both public and private—to create pathways toward certifications specifically designed to help students enter the workforce with higher-paying jobs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

She recently accepted a new position as director of nursing and the Clara Adams Ender Endowed Associate Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Greensboro, N.C. When it comes to nursing and nursing education, Dr. Tiffany D. People were afraid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, is one of the 10 institutions chosen as finalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Wallace State, Northwest Vista College in Texas, and Moorpark College in California are three finalists noted for fostering cultures.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Howard Community College President Daria Willis sat in her sunlit office, snapping together gray and orange Lego bricks from a tray on her desk. Detractors claim that near-constant hirings and firings and what they describe as a toxic culture have negatively affected staff and student services.

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University Business

JANUARY 7, 2025

Proper investment in evidence-based strategies that boost student retention and completion can end up being a cost-effective strategy. Researchers noted that while one community college initiative out of Ohio cost more per student than usual services, it ultimately led to a lower cost per degree.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. They were a necessary evil to be addressed “later.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

A group of students from the Community College of Baltimore County set out to answer such questions and pull back the curtain on higher education for students through their podcast. “And since I am a professor, the goal was to start with students and teach students how to create podcasts.”

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EAB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Blogs What is “one front door” onboarding and how could it help your students? Insights from Dr. Tiffany Ray-Patterson, VP of Student Success at Germanna Community College Based on our Office Hours with EAB podcast, Episode 166, Could Your Students Benefit from “One Front Door” Onboarding?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Many students worry about succeeding in gateway college-level mathematics courses needed to enter most community college degree and certificate programs. At the same time, succeeding in these courses correlates with student momentum and success.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

“The primary goal of the emergency meeting for me [was] to put the heat on our administration to be responsive to our students and to urgently fix these issues and not treat it as business as usual. As I said several times during the meeting, as long as our students are not getting heat, the heat should be on us.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. 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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” The Think College National Coordinating Center, based at the University of Massachusetts at Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion, in 2020 announced it would receive a five-year, $10 million Education Department grant to continue assisting postsecondary programs.

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EAB

MARCH 10, 2023

Press Release EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention EAB expands Navigate’s CRM capabilities to engage prospective students March 10, 2023 Tempe, Arizona (March 10, 2023) — EAB announced today an extension of its flagship student success technology, Navigate , to help colleges engage and enroll prospective students.

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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. Glad to be here.

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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. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

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University Business

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Students are especially interested in better understanding the devices and software they will need for the course in addition to the estimated cost of technology,” according to WCET. . It’s important that students understand the technologies required for the course and whether their devices are compatible.

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University Business

APRIL 29, 2024

. “We always want to look locally at what is impacting our students,” Hernandez said. ” Texas State deploys a survey to its first-year students around the six to eight-week mark to examine any need for interventions. “We aspire to have every employee be that one person for every student.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

“While they did send a message to the UIC community reaffirming a commitment to student mental health, they continue to ignore our concrete proposals on [student] disability assessment and including faculty in ongoing conversations about expanded mental health resources,” the union wrote. until 10 p.m.,

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University Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. “I would encourage you to stay encouraged, continue the good fight and do this incredible work,” said Davida Haywood, vice president of student affairs at Johnson C. Haywood was joined by Lake Tahoe Community College’s Michelle Batista, vice president of student services.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College. Transcript.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It’s critical that these students have access to flexible course schedules, clear and direct pathways to a degree and careers, credentials that stack toward certificates and degrees and wraparound services that support their academic, career and physical and mental health needs. Or it might be something more ambitious.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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. It’s about service-oriented levels of engagement ,’” explains Sine.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: Rochester Institute of Technology shifted its tutoring and support resources from a private space into two study centers, increasing visibility of the services and removing the negative social stigma around receiving help. Click here to submit.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

So for me, student success is: How do I help? Or, how do we help, as a campus, every student maximize their abilities and their experiences? It’s equal parts tearing down and building up, tearing down being like removing all the obstacles that bureaucratically or programmatically stand in a student’s way.

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