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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. As in-person and hybrid learning resume, enrollment numbers have not returned to pre-COVID levels.

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Strategies for Success in Online Learning

Purdue University Global

I’m Michele Paulsen, lead tutor of the Math Center, and I’m here with tutor Melinda Hall to discuss strategies for success in online learning. Melinda, it seems like more and more students are enrolling in online courses (Peck et al., Yet the dropout rates for online learners have been higher than in traditional classrooms.

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A Day in the Life of a #RealCollege President

Believe in Students

While making sure the college meets designated achievement goals pertaining to student enrollment, success, retention, and completion, we work equally hard to develop plans and programs that enhance academic and student service offerings. A rising challenge for students nationwide is access to basic needs.

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

Mr. Magliozzi described why a campus might choose Mainstay as a technology partner: "We're the only platform consistently proven to move the needle on enrollment, retention, and academic success. Let's do it for year-to-year retention.' 'We We increased year-to-year retention three percentage points, that's awesome.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

It is worth noting that the Get Ryerson Ready team created this program while they all grappled with the personal and professional ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and diligently ensured that their day-to-day work also shifted to the new online environment. What We Did. What We Observed.

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Chatbots and AI in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

With student access to easy answers, we reduced summer melt by about 30+%. Last year, we wanted to know our students' perceptions about online and remote learning at VCU. We found that our first-year, first-generation students, Pell-eligible students had less favorable experiences with online learning.