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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Additionally, summer students tend to take fewer courses but on a more rigorous schedule, which may help both learning and morale. They may also avoid summer learning loss.

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Study Shows Limit to Benefits of Online Classes for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Justin Ortagus, an associate professor of higher education administration and policy and the director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida, examined over 40,000 student transcripts from a diverse, high-enrollment community college from between 2009 and 2019.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: New student orientation course scheduling process overwhelmed students, prevented advisors from having meaningful student interactions, and made it harder to manage classroom space and observe bottlenecks in class scheduling effectively.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: New student orientation course scheduling process overwhelmed students, prevented advisors from having meaningful student interactions, and made it harder to manage classroom space and observe bottlenecks in class scheduling effectively.

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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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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

This strategy helps reduce the time spent doing manual, repetitive tasks like sending email nudges, scheduling advising appointments, and coordinating early alerts, so your team can spend more time with students. rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4% whitepaper: Admissions sTAFFING IN A VOLATILE LABOR MARKET 6.

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The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

EAB

rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4% Appointment scheduling: displays advisor availability and allows students to schedule appointments right from their mobile app. Even though completion rates have improved, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3%