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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education , focused on participants in the first such program, the Kalamazoo Promise. The silver lining of these two big decisions is that there’s a lot of attention to inequality in higher education,” she said. “I

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Baker More than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Nearly 123,000 of those residents were part of credit-based programs, a 6.2%

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Daley College, City Colleges of Chicago Richard J.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

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Hear EAB’s latest research on the characteristics of the adult learner market We’ve rounded up a few quick facts about adult learners—check them out below. Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog.

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Just Knowledge: my GO-GN Fellowship project

Catherine Cronin

Although I have worked as an open educator within the higher education sector for many years, this GO-GN Fellowship is a departure from that standpoint. Green Sod Ireland develops and deliversprimary, secondary and adult education programmes and resources – all relating to ecological education.

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Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

EAB

While many institutions follow a robust yield playbook for their undergraduate programs , I’ve found this isn’t always the case for graduate and adult education programs. This insight inspired the school we worked with to go back out with a repackaged scholarship offer. Try these 4 strategies.

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6 elements of an effective graduate enrollment management plan—and why you need to build one

EAB

NTR can be calculated as Total Annual Tuition minus Discount/Scholarship. And today’s GEM plan must meet and adapt to the changing landscape of higher education, such as demographic shifts, technology, delivery modalities, student perceptions of education, rising costs, and increased student debt.