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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Technology that didn't exist when the law was draftedcomputers, the internet, online learning platformsnow consumes significant portions of college budgets. Nearly half are Pell Grant-eligible, and 68% experience at least one basic needs insecurity, with 24% self-identifying as homeless.

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Oregon Tech Doubles Down on Student Coaching to Serve Diverse Rural Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"Given the range of work, family, and financial commitments most students are juggling today, it's not enough to simply open the door," said Ruth Claire Black, dean of online learning and global engagement at Oregon Tech. "We The institution serves students across campuses in Klamath Falls, Portland-Metro, and online programs.

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Making a Difference with Writing Across the Curriculum

Purdue University Global

Presented by the English and Rhetoric Department and the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative at Purdue University Global, TheWACademic Blog is a digital space where writing educators and professionals share stories, data, and research that demonstrate the power of WAC in college courses (PG WAC, 2024). The WACademic Blog.

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Digital Learning May Help Improve Outcomes Among the Under-Resourced Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Every Learner Everywhere Every Learner Everywhere is a network of organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, scaling, and measuring the efficacy of education technologies, curriculum and course design strategies, teaching practices, and support services in blended and online learning environments.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rise of technology and online learning (late 1990s-2000s) The late 1990s and early 2000s marked a pivotal shift in higher education with the rise of digital technologies and the burgeoning of online learning platforms. When students study all worlds except their own, they are miseducated.”

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Study Shows Limit to Benefits of Online Classes for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. In a recent report by Bay View Analytics , 94% of community college students gave their online courses a passing grade, and 58% expressed a desire for more.

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Advancing the #RealCollege Movement

Believe in Students

Jesse Stommel, who had begun developing a critical tool called the #RealCollege Curriculum. Sara and Jesse suggested that Believe in Students would be the ideal home for this curriculum, and we happily accepted, seeing the opportunity to build something different and valuable to college faculty, as well as other partners.