Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

At Lakeland Community College , leaders used Course Insights to investigate performance in their First Year Experience (FYE) course. This effort contributed to an 8% increase in retention between 2016 and 2021, surpassing their goal with an 80% retention rate from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022.

Scheduling

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Traditional metrics, such as retention and graduation rates, don’t fully capture whether students succeed during college. SUNY Broome Community College (SUNY Broome) identified 184 students with academic warnings and financial aid concerns and launched a targeted outreach campaign. This was a key factor in their 3.7%

Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2024

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. The mission was a success.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Felder, president of Harford Community College in Maryland, where Stout began her community college career in 1984.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The potential for community college students and adults with some college credit to obtain a future degree is limited by a higher education system that has not fully embraced the many pathways today’s learners take to complete a degree, according to a new white paper from the Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice’s (CHEPP).

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways. In 2022, Diverse recognized her with the Diverse Champions Award.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

As indicated by several key metrics, over the past decade underrepresented minority (URM) students have made considerable progress in retention, graduation, and persistence rates. CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. Dr. Linda Oubré, president of Whittier College in California. trillion by the end of 2022, according to the U.S. In spring 2020, Black male retention at Whittier dropped to 30%. Dr. Karen A.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

Tutoring

EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. for 16–24-year-olds.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The latest data for fall 2022 enrollment shows the declines characteristic of the pandemic have begun to level off, but overall postsecondary enrollment is still on the decline, dropping by 1.1% But community college enrollment only dropped by.4%, But community college enrollment only dropped by.4%, Dr. Karen A.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Undergraduate credentials awarded in the 2022–23 academic year fell by 2.8%, continuing its downward trend for the second year in a row. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and equaling the average rate for freshmen from 2016-2018. “It And although freshman enrollment hit pre-pandemic marks for several institutional types, community colleges saw continued drops.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Enrollment has declined steeply, with 85% of 2022 losses coming from four-year schools. On Thursday, e xperts from the National Student Cle aringhouse (NSC) joined with leaders from the community college and educational nonprofit worlds to talk about the changes ahead.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu.

Mentoring

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. Like the majority of community colleges in the U.S.,

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Online, 18.1%

Retention

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. November 1, 2022. EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Episode 126. Transcript. TZ: Great.

Retention

EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College. of attending your community college?

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). But a November 2022 article in U.S. She says employers need to create conditions that support recruitment and retention.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003.

Higher education

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 22, 2023

A focus on student completion has grown in recent years given this staggering statistic: 40 million adults nationwide have earned some college credits, but no degree or credential. Upward transfer rates capture these important contributions in a way that graduation rates alone do not. Interested participants can register here.

Student success

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With the year’s final weeks approaching, we looked back at the stories, practices, and trends that resonated most with the Civitas Learning community in 2022. UTSA Achieves 16% Retention Lift with Data-Activated Student Support Ecosystem. Tacoma Community College’s Data-Informed Approach Provides an Equity Framework.

Advising

EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9%

Student success

EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Efforts to boost student retention are more critical than ever as overall enrollment numbers decline. November 21, 2022. 72 Community College Outreach Campaign Ideas. October 25, 2022. ?Everyone September 8, 2022. 2022 Navigate HBCU Summit On-Demand Materials. August 12, 2022. August 4, 2022.

Mental health

EAB

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Community College Outreach Campaign Ideas. A targeted outreach campaign is an effort of focused, proactive communication to a population of students in need of a specific intervention or action. 3 ways to combat the community college enrollment decline. July 21, 2022. Student Success Priorities 2022.

Community college

EAB

MARCH 24, 2023

Blogs What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today's competitive labor market Competition for talent is at an all-time high, forcing colleges and universities to rethink their historical approach to attracting and retaining talented staff on their campuses.

Retention

EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

Community college

EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges. Modern student expectations are everchanging—can your community college keep up? Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

Community college

EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

How to Address The 2 Biggest Hurdles in Community College Virtual Onboarding. To help identify chief pain points in community college online enrollment, my colleagues and I went undercover as prospective students, applied to community colleges, and attempted to complete as many onboarding steps as possible within a 5- to 7-day window.

Community college

Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Tailoring and implementing the right mix of initiatives for each institution is crucial to improving retention and graduation rates. This approach has yielded impressive results: an 8% improvement in retention from 2016 to 2021, and an overall retention rate of 80% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, surpassing their retention goal.

Retention

EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A spring 2022 College Pulse survey asked students when their mental health had been the strongest across the first two years of the pandemic. College Pulse Survey, Spring 2022. December 20, 2022. December 19, 2022. December 19, 2022. December 14, 2022. December 14, 2022.

Mental health