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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This program paired faculty members with developmental education freshmen. “In Fall 2022, our first faculty mentor pairings were made,” says Ben Telesca, vice president for student affairs, SRSU. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She saw that certain processes and procedures, such as schedules and transcript evaluations, could be unique and not simply replications from four-year institutions. She began to study community colleges and understand that theyre different depending on local context, state system and other factors. As technology developed, she embraced it.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

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Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours. Developmental education: Implementing or expanding credit-bearing supplemental instruction models in anticipation of increased demand.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours. Developmental education: Implementing or expanding credit-bearing supplemental instruction models in anticipation of increased demand.