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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Next steps: The team scheduled meetings with departments on campus that provide high-touch support to students, including academic counseling, financial aid, student services, outreach, special population support services and the tutoring center. Students who received the text were 6.3

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Programs can be choosy in which students they enroll, often bringing only small numbers of students to campus. Typically, students can earn a credential but not a degree. Not all programs serving intellectually disabled students have such a federal designation.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

EAB

Within UC’s decentralized model, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services & Information Technology (CECH) built a robust Student Services Center that provides guidance to students via a team of academic advisors, career development specialists, retention program managers, and a licensed counselor and social worker.

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How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts

EAB

And I'm thrilled to introduce Dr. Heather Speed, who serves vice president of Student Services at Pueblo Community College. We have an 11000 square mile service area, a large service area. We've got about 6000 students. We talked to our call center to see what were students saying. And we had no idea why.

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How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

EAB

We're able to work together to come up with a definition of what are the specific types of CBOs that will be most beneficial for what that college is focused on or how they might wanna make an impact, and can we build a list of those organizations from everything that's out there? JW: Yeah, I can definitely do that. Yeah, definitely.

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Top Strategies for Improving Student Retention in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

Factors that can impact academic performance include course difficulty, lack of study skills, poor time management, and test-taking skills. Financial stability: Many students struggle to afford college fees and other expenses and may drop out due to financial difficulties. Such a bond enhances student retention.

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Unleash the Chatbots! AI for Retention

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

The text message chatbot engages with students throughout the year and asks them questions about their college experience. When it determines that students could use specific help, it connects them to corresponding on-campus resources, like the financial aid office or the career center. Campuses are bureaucracies.