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How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts

EAB

And I'm thrilled to introduce Dr. Heather Speed, who serves vice president of Student Services at Pueblo Community College. So that was a big group of students that we identified and were able to create a campaign for it and go after. I'm Tara Zirkel, Director of Strategic Research with a focus on community colleges here at EAB.

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The Connections that Keep Students on Track

Scholarship America

Community-based initiatives can be geographical (as we’ll get into below); as nontraditional and online students make up a greater percentage of the college population, they can also be digital solutions like the app Upswing , a virtual student service center and peer-to-peer connector for remote students; as app founder Melvin Hines Jr.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.