Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

John’s University, was the assistant director and then director of ACP from 2009 to 2014. Also, collegiate athletic departments have stepped up their efforts toward retention and student success. Aliann Pompey Four-time Olympian Aliann Pompey, director of track & field and cross country at St. years at St. Both graduated. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. in 2009, he worked at other institutions before returning to work with Watford, whom he calls a superwoman that forges collaborations and helps others climb the ladder of success.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. While this is worth applauding, it’s also important to look at retention rates to understand trends in students who are still leaving community colleges.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

While this is worth celebrating, it’s also important to look at short-term retention rates to understand who is leaving community colleges early on. Even though completion rates have improved, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3% for students starting in fall 2020.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. You cannot just wait until the next chancellor comes along to keep them moving." He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We did well improving retention, diversity, and outcomes, moving up in ranks, all these sorts of things, but I want to do this at a scale that could only be done in a place like Arizona State University.’ He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Some studies suggest that hormonal birth control can affect appetite or water retention, while others have found minimal impact on actual weight gain (Baer et al., Fiber can also help with water retention, as it can promote digestion and reduce bloating. However, research on this is a bit mixed. Stay hydrated.

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