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Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

vi Access to robust data helps institutions implement evidence-based policies to support successful transfers, and access to better data can help students like Coleen understand how different institutions will support their degree progression, as well as how to minimize financial cost and the potential for credit loss. Herrera, A.,

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. So, the focus ought to become, ‘what about success?’”

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

These six trends will have long-term impacts on how community colleges interact with students and getting ahead of them now will position you for success in the future. rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4% Between 2009 and 2020 one-year retention rates fluctuated between a low of 49.3% rate in 2020.

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Institutions Can Help Close Widening Completion Gaps with the Postsecondary Data GPS

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

The results of the study show a troubling trend: gaps in baccalaureate attainment by income level were even larger than they were in the previous study , conducted between 2004 and 2009 (BPS:04/09). These widening gaps are the result of attainment rising for everyone, but rising more rapidly for students in the highest income quintile.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

But if you come together and say, ‘This is a community college project,’ and half of the community colleges in the state are all doing one application, you're more likely to find success. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.” And that got us the grant. Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.

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Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

The Best Framing for the Best Ideas in Higher Ed When higher education leaders present their ideas and results at conferences, sharing perspectives on innovative practices and student success initiatives, the perceived value of their experience depends on how relevant it seems to their audience.

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.