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

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Here's how to improve student success for adult learner populations Finances: Adult learners tend to be cost-conscious. These students may also face financial impediments from their prior higher ed experience, such as student loan debt or lingering bursar holds. Organic social media can change that.

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How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

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Blogs How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors Colleges and universities face a slew of “ pandemic ripple effects ” that pose long-term threats to student success. Join my colleague Lindsay Schappell and I for our discussion, Student Success Starts with Mental Health.

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

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The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

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Doing so helps short-staffed admissions team streamline subsequent communication efforts to convert more inquiries into applicants and more applicants into successful, engaged students. I think I spend a lot of my time not only on the recruitment side, but on the retention and success side of the house. MS: Interesting. MS: Got it.

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The Eight Dimensions of Student Wellness

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All of my research recently has been on the impact of the pandemic on college student success and looking at the ways we're gonna have to evolve to better support students going forward as we navigate this recovery. For student success professionals, this should be a clear-hand call. [music] 0:00:49.1 My name is Ed Venit. So let's say.

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How to Encourage Student Help-Seeking Behavior

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I'm a managing director of research here, and I have done a lot of work on student success over the years. EV: So why do we care so much about mental health and student success? And as we described in the prior podcast, that success can often be thought of as kind of a three-legged stool. [music] 0:00:33.0 My name is Ed Venit.