Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. Why should new reform efforts focus on leadership?

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But to fully engage faculty in these efforts, institutions must change the culture surrounding the idea of who owns recruitment and enrollment. As experts in their fields and mentors to current students, they are uniquely positioned to make meaningful connections with prospective students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Yet there is little research on the underrepresentation of African American community college trustees. However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While there are FAFSA webinars available, I believe community and family focused FAFSA and financial aid workshops in tribal communities might be an effective way to promote college going overall among indigenous students.” FDLTCC is both a tribal college and a community college part of the state system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

EAB has announced an upgrade to its flagship technology, Navigate , to help colleges recruit and retain students. It was tested in partnership with select community colleges and now will become available to more schools. Schirmeier said: “The technology is just one part of the solution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received $75,000 to increase retention, completion, and transfer success for male students of color. Dr. Sunni L. Within higher education, closing the achievement gap is the conversation most associated with our male students of color,” said MSSI Program Director Dr. Sunni Solomon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Along that same line, experts spent the webinar discussing strategies and recent briefs on equitable admissions in higher ed, specifically on topics such as recruitment, legacy admissions, early action practices, test-optional and test-free policies, and holistic review of student applications.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Background and Relevance Open enrollment policies are a defining characteristic of community colleges. Background and Relevance Open enrollment policies are a defining characteristic of community colleges. However, this commitment to providing broad access to postsecondary pathways (Kisker et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018. Montague of Volunteer State Community College raised serious questions about the unique pressures faced by women leaders, particularly women of color. Success stories Among the initiatives success stories is Dr. Shanna L.

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MARCH 20, 2025

In a June 2024 article, Katherine Gonzalez noted, Top-level leaders in community colleges are not only aging, but also retiring in waves, with an average tenure of five to seven years. One such case of a highly successful organizational transition occurred at Carroll Community College in Westminster, Maryland.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. This doesn't just mean hiring multilingual advisors or admissions recruiters.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Military friendly is a common phrase used by organizations to communicate an appreciation of military service members (Kirchner, et al., If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. 4) How does your organization recruit and integrate military-connected staff?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Police academies are the gateway to cultural competence, allowing recruits to gain an understanding of cultural perspectives.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Teacher, Adviser, Researcher… Recruiter? Liam Knox Thu, 12/07/2023 - 03:00 AM Plummeting enrollments at Evergreen State College put deep cuts on the table. When the faculty volunteered to help recruit new students, the tide began to turn. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Recruiting to Campuses Far, Far Away Liam Knox Tue, 11/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Demographic shifts and funding woes have led a diverse and growing array of colleges to hire recruiters who live and work hundreds of miles from campus. Is it worth it? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Cooney The state has experienced a growing shortage in emergency medical service providers, including volunteers, due partly to difficulties recruiting and low pay. For example, in-state community college tuition was around $5,290 in 2023-24. New York experienced a 17.5% GPA, to be eligible for the tuition-waiver program.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. The KSU-CCLP is a unique program that prioritizes recruiting women and minorities as future leaders that reflect the demographics of community colleges. in community college leadership. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. We really have to be flexible.

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APRIL 26, 2024

million in a settlement over unlawful recruitment tactics for military students, the California Attorney General’s office announced Thursday. The University of Phoenix has agreed to pay $4.5

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Brown University is launching a new initiative to improve student diversity, focusing on expanded recruitment and financial aid strategies to combat the effects of the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling striking down affirmative action.

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JUNE 26, 2024

appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for students recruited to a sham university set up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to sue the government to recoup what they paid to enroll.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2025

Rector: Recruiting U.S. Scholars Can Protect Threatened Research sara.custer@in Fri, 03/28/2025 - 03:00 AM Universities should offer opportunities to U.S. talent because it can prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off, says head of leading European institution. Byline(s) Emily Dixon for Times Higher Education

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transfers into very competitive or highly selective institutions. Six-year completion rates have also increased.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Those who returned to education overwhelmingly chose to return to public, two-year community colleges or primarily online institutions. Briscoe said institutions need to “reassess how dismantling all these things are actively affecting recruitment and retention.” “How

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

ASU has added several Spanish language marketing materials, including an En Espanol section on the university’s website, a comprehensive admissions piece, Spanish campus tours, and multiple recruitment pieces for academic programs. CSUN has put an infrastructure in place for faculty and staff recruitment, including equity review officers.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Orange County Community College, a bachelor’s degree in history from Vassar College, and a Ph.D. The professor studies the flow and migration of people, in particular, how individuals from Latin America came to, worked in, and were recruited to play baseball in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In recent years, California institutions are steadily losing many of their community college graduates who go on to transfer to for-profit colleges or opt instead to attend an historically Black college or university in another state. Wood is hoping to recruit some of those students to his campus. “In

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MAY 22, 2023

A Recruitment Partnership Falls Apart Featured Image at Top of Article INTO USF center.jpg Liam Knox Tue, 05/23/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 15, 2023

Police Seek Recruits at HBCUs Featured Image at Top of Article 52297367220_5cf6c1feae_c.jpeg Sara Weissman Mon, 05/15/2023 - 03:00 AM

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