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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Currently, 60.1%

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After a Successful Tenure, Hauser Prepares to Pass the Torch

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hauser had always admired the institution because of its unique, tax-based funding, its open-access dual-mission purpose, and its location, nestled into the scenic western slope of the Rocky Mountains. Carrie Besnette Hauser became president of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in 2013.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2015, Stout has served as president and CEO of Achieving the Dream (ATD), a network of over 300 community colleges, with the goal of being accessible hubs of learning, credentialing and economic mobility that eliminate inequities in educational and workforce outcomes. Shes helping colleges implement evidence-based reforms.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In my position, I had the power to discontinue all developmental education and create a new path for students to be successful.” Toward that end, Thompson praises Dr. Dawn Offutt, executive director of access, engagement, and belonging, for creating programming that helps campuses be culturally competent for everybody.

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Sometimes a Little Nudge Goes a Long Way

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To see if nudging works for students, we randomly selected 1,000 students from two groups we thought would benefit most from visiting the ARC: students from low-income households and students enrolled in developmental education classes. Don’t worry — all students from both control groups still had access to the ARC.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

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These educational institutions and technical colleges offer affordable and accessible education, which is often tailored to meet the needs of the local job market. Community college leaders must navigate a complex landscape to fulfill their mission of providing accessible and quality education.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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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. Two-year schools and open-access four-year schools have been innovating around math reforms for over a decade. Closing equity gaps may become even harder.