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HBCUs Utilizing the Common App See an Increase in Applications

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Marcio Moreno said that although ECSU already offered three other methods for application, families and future students were inquiring about whether or not they could apply through the Common App. ECSU has seen its applications grow by 20% since the 2022 application season.

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‘An Invisible Tax’: Study Finds That Schools Lag in Utilizing Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges and universities generate vast amounts of data every day, spanning from the research findings of their scholars to the log-in times of their students to learning management systems. Universities will also have to manage the privacy concerns that come with a deeper use of data.

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The ABCs of Community College Leadership: What CEOs Need to Know

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The effective and prudent management of the budget is one of the most challenging tasks a CEO undertakes. In many instances, the district office has the capacity and expertise to manage projects that the colleges cannot. The college president, however, is responsible for the outcome.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I recall me and Joshua going into classrooms to say, hey, utilize your voice, because the school cant address a problem if theres no need for it. Its a unique project, says David Lelie, senior project manager with Gafcon, the construction management company managing the project. We took it upon ourselves, says Louden.

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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community environment emphasis friendships and supporting each other Cooperative learning Group work and projects Group and team-based competitions Peer teaching Learning circles Movement tactile and kinesthetic Active learning activities 1 -- hands-on, role plays, simulations, games, field trips, shadowing Decrease lecture time to make room (..)

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That quote from Jack Welch, American business executive and writer, has stuck with Dr. Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia. Ed Advance also offered funding to cover the use of Slate for two years.

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Enhancing Faculty Understanding of Students’ Readiness to Learn

The Scholarly Teacher

The current study sought to develop new metacognitive instruments and evaluate their utility for and their relationship with previously established instruments. Subsequent research has shown its utility as a general model of how human beings adopt new behaviors. Image courtesy of Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels.

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