Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. UM also has the Office of Native American Affairs, which facilitates communication and consultation with tribal nations to improve UM systemwide to better serve Native communities and learners.

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Higher education Education FAFSA Grant 278

Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Silos persist, differing definitions of student success hinder collaboration, and institutions struggle to establish a consistent and centralized knowledge base. Data-activated cross-functional collaboration as the second step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health.

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Collaboration Retention Facilitation Student success 52

EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I recently facilitated a survey of higher ed leaders to understand their data and analytics goals and pain points. The survey results made clear that leaders consider data critical to the most fundamental priorities at their institutions, such as enrollment, retention, student success.

Success 52

Success Facilitation Accessibility Access 52

EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

Retain more students and close equity gaps Retention and student equity efforts rely heavily on data; without establishing benchmarks and tracking progress toward KPIs, there is no meaningful way to judge progress. First, it improves retention by giving students the specific form of support they are most likely to benefit from.

Database 52

Database Compliance Retention Equity 52

EAB

MAY 2, 2023

At the front end of the process, leaders must prioritize enterprise data domains for consideration and definition; at the end, they must work closely with campus to respond to new needs and initiate better data stewardship among those inputting and using enterprise data. If done right, the three tips above will free up staff capacity.

Compliance 52

Compliance Community college Leadership Facilitation 52

EAB

MAY 1, 2023

If you hear: It would be great if we had data on term-to-term retention. We often hear from institutions about uncertainty regarding the source, the methodology, the timeliness, and data definitions. You might say: Let’s explore options that facilitate self-service analytics.

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Retention Accessibility Access Compliance 52

Blackboard Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

HR was involved to help facilitate changing of roles. Julie: About 15 years ago when we started our one-stop, our institution was very focused on graduation rates and retention rates. And the third challenge is continuing to evolve the definition of a one-stop. We’ve made great strides as an institution.

Student services 52

Student services Students Financial aid Student success 52