Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

million) in 2016 as bachelor’s degrees (1.92 Students specifically pursuing certificates and other forms of certification made up almost 12% of all undergrads. The post Supporting Non-Traditional Paths to Student Success appeared first on Scholarship America.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

The study, “Helping or Hurting: The Effects of Retention in the Third Grade on Student Outcomes,” examined this practice’s effects, looking at how the state of Indiana’s test-based retention policy – based on third-grade reading tests – impacted student success, disciplinary outcomes, and attendance up to five years down the line.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While many PWIs have potential to build partnerships, there is a need to acknowledge the cultural components as assets and pursue long-term partnerships built around enhancing student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

DOWNLOAD INFOGRAPHIC Sources “ Completing College: Completing College National and State Reports – Fall 2016 Cohort ” National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (2022). “ How America Completes College: Understanding What Helps Students Graduate ” Sallie Mae, in partnership with Ipsos (2022). Economic Well-Being of U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Granville said the enrollment management/student success division received $2 million, which will become part of the division’s new recurring budget. This will enable the hiring of additional staff in recruitment, processing, registration, and student success. In February 2023, there were about 2,500.

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Supporting Student Success

APRIL 1, 2021

Or maybe they had stood at the crossroads in a small community during a recruiting trip and saw with fresh eyes how big their campus must feel to students whose town has nine buildings along Main Street. This was the start to the excellent Rural Student Success Unconference hosted by the University of Georgia, March 19-20, 2021.

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#RealCollege Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Faculty and Students Together (FAST) The FAST Fund is a faculty-led, non-profit organization that provides MATC students experiencing economic challenges with quick financial assistance. Goldrick-Rab started a non-profit, Believe in Students , that provided the Local 212 MATC FAST Fund with a $5,000 start-up grant.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a media interview with Brandon Wolf , a survivor of the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and a civil rights activist. We must signal that change is needed and we have to demand more for our students. The Modern Student Experience Resource Center. Learn more.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Surveyed adult learners consistently identify student support services as an important factor when making an enrollment decision. But as my colleague Ed Venit described , student success efforts for graduate students and other adult learner populations often lag behind those at the undergraduate level.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

New Directions for Institutional Research, 2016 (166), 47-59. July 29, 2022 What happens when you disaggregate your student success data? The Review of Higher Education, 40 (3), 391-426. link] 1353/rhe.2017.0013 2017.0013 Kirby, Y., & Floyd, N. link] McLendon, M., Hearn, J., & Deaton, R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. link] This chapter explores the concept of identity-conscious advising and coaching to support the development of First-Generation Black Male College Students during their undergraduate experience. Frazier, R.-M.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Prior to joining NACAC in July of 2020, Dr. Pérez served in secondary and higher education leadership positions across America, most recently, as Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success at Trinity College in Connecticut where his work was described as transformative.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

The panel explored what's possible with the technology and shared success stories. We launched this tool in May 2016 for our incoming students, thinking maybe we'd have 6000, 8000 exchanges with the students before the beginning of fall classes. In four months, we had over 180,000 exchanges.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

First, that predictive power of admission test scores was marginal when combined with high school grades, which decades of research shows are the single-most indicative factor of student success in the admission process. A large number of non-academic factors, such as income level, exert a powerful influence on student persistence.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The research findings presented below draw from analysis of the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) 2016 Canadian Reference group, which included 42,642 students from 42 postsecondary institutions (colleges and universities) across Canada (ACHA, 2016; Ezekiel, In Press). American College Health Association (2016).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

What happens when you disaggregate your student success data? Organizing for evidence-based decision making and improvement. Change, 44 (4), 45-51. link] 1080/00091383.2012.691865. Wishon, G., & Rose, J. Institutional analytics and the data tsunami. EDUCAUSE Review. M., & Walz, A. September 15, 2022. August 23, 2022.

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MAY 30, 2023

percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 This will help to build trust and eliminate confusion.

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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. Twelve months will be an eternity, so keep moving."

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 24, 2023

President Milliron explained how this approach has already made a difference at National: "Our board has adopted a focus on how everything we do is around championing student success, building trust, advancing inclusion, embracing accountability -- and I love our last one, which is 'make things better.' That is a shared process."

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