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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Transportation is a significant issue, and Trent suggested increasing transportation vouchers. She also noted that the college should reach out to students regarding their needs rather than waiting for students to come to them.

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American Indian College Fund Receives Near $39 Million for TCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The money might also be used for projects that are not specifically grounded in Native culture, but which address the needs of Native students, such as funding for laptops and Wi-Fi, transportation, and childcare. The College Fund is aiming to let the TCUs lead the way in determining what would help them the most.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Impact “As of 2020, students who live on campus, their [three-year] graduation rate is 4% higher than the students who do not live on campus,” says Andrew Morong, dean of enrollment management at CMCC. Their fall-to-fall retention rate between fall 2022 and fall 2023 was actually 11% higher than commuters.”

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Busting Roadblocks in the Community College Enrollment Cycle

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Top Student Enrollment Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them In my more than two decades of steering enrollment management at various institutions, I’ve seen students encounter numerous hurdles on their journey to and through higher education.

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Data-Driven Decision Making in Higher Education: Unlocking the Potential of Analytics

Creatrix Campus

This contributes to holistic data management, supporting admissions, enrollment, and student services.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

There can be a transportation, childcare, or food insecurity barrier. Someone may have lost their housing or is experiencing a mental health issue. The challenges that can prevent students from earning a credential can take many, many different forms.

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The State of Higher Education Part 1: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 159 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

enrolled in a two- or four-year institution and, for whatever reason, stopped out along the way. Drumm McNaughton 16:36 If you’re an enrollment manager, director, or VP at a university, those should be people you are targeting to bring back, am I right? That’s an insane number. That’s a lot of people.