Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. It was a devastating blow to the college. The market regularly draws more than 700 students and plans are underway to build student housing on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Though typically less pronounced, graduation gaps also exist at community and technical colleges in our state. Higher education leaders face an obligation to Kansas families to remove barriers to access and success and ensure that our system lives up to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. Structural change is needed.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lineage B: Degree planning Even as first-year experience programs grew in popularity from 2000 to 2010, leaders at open-access and two-year institutions began advocating for expanding focus beyond the first year. As the name implies, Guided Pathways endeavors to guide students on structured pathways matched their individual education goals.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Fewer students than ever will be college-ready – as we have traditionally defined it – so colleges must become more student-ready.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Fewer students than ever will be college-ready – as we have traditionally defined it – so colleges must become more student-ready.

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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%

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