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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. Interestingly, at the Community College of Aurora, over 40% of our learners identify as adult learners.

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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is a call to embrace three basic principles to guide our path through this time of transformative change: · Recognize higher education as a public good. · Depoliticize our colleges and universities. · Focus on outcomes that lead to jobs and support economic growth and prosperity.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. The Impact Internship is part of a campus wide effort to support undocumented students in their completion of the Dream Service Incentive Grant requirements.

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When Education Fails to Align with the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than one quarter of all middle-skills credentials and associate degrees offered nationwide are misaligned with the needs of their local labor markets, according to the latest report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW), " The Great Misalignment."

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. It then projects this inequality into labor markets, housing markets, and local school districts, guaranteeing the intergenerational transmission of race and class privilege.” Economist Dr. Anthony P.

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Enrollment Strategies for Moving Students through the Funnel

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Strategies for Each Stage of the Enrollment Journey Higher education institutions face many challenges in their efforts to engage with potential students and keep them motivated while they navigate the enrollment process. To learn more, check out the infographic below, created by the Higher Education Marketing Journal.

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What is Demonstrated Interest in College Admission?

Great College Advice

On it’s face, this expression of excitement lets the college know that you have done your research, that you have considered all your options in higher education, and that you have chosen to apply to this college because you feel strongly that you would be a great fit for the school. Let’s talk about “yield rate.”