Facilitation, Financial aid and Retention

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While there are FAFSA webinars available, I believe community and family focused FAFSA and financial aid workshops in tribal communities might be an effective way to promote college going overall among indigenous students.” Among the necessities that these funds have covered are car repair, utility bills and groceries.

Higher education

Higher education Education FAFSA Grant

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. That sends a powerful message to students and also the faculty that they’re valued, and it has led to retention and growth.” Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

Retention

Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation

Number of Some College, No Credential Students Continues to Increase

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

If that staff member in financial aid or that person who was motivating them no longer exists, why would they show up?” Briscoe said institutions need to “reassess how dismantling all these things are actively affecting recruitment and retention.” “How How are we supporting students in the midst of all these legislative bans?

Students

Students Higher education Financial aid Facilitation

A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. Rueda-Acedo says the service learning is extremely beneficial in retention as well as the students’ personal connection to this profession.

Mentoring

Mentoring Advising First generation Retention

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

Grant

Grant First generation Career services Facilitation

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard Elmira College's partnership with Edify About Elmira College is a private college with a total enrollment of 673 students, a 76% retention rate, and a 56% six-year graduation rate. Exacerbating the problem, Elmira saw several key IT staff resign in 2021.

Financial aid

Financial aid Retention Facilitation Administration

SUNY Broome Addresses Enrollment Declines with Data-Informed Approaches

Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The Strategy: Implement student success technology to generate actionable insights, improve visibility, and create workflow efficiencies to lift enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. However, like many institutions, it faced challenges in boosting enrollment, retention, and completion rates.

Retention

Retention Advising Guided pathways Scheduling

Consider Best Value Colleges

College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News integrates academic quality after calculating actual cost less financial aid. Of the 2022-23 full-time undergraduates who received need-based aid, the percentage of them who received a grant or scholarship, which is aid that doesn’t need to be repaid. Academic quality (overall score in the U.S. Weight = 20% 4.

Financial aid

Financial aid Database Scholarship Grant

Consider Best Value Colleges

College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News integrates academic quality after calculating actual cost less financial aid. Of the 2022-23 full-time undergraduates who received need-based aid, the percentage of them who received a grant or scholarship, which is aid that doesn’t need to be repaid. Academic quality (overall score in the U.S. Weight = 20% 4.

Financial aid

Financial aid Database Scholarship Grant

One-Stop Student Services: Strategies to Succeed

Blackboard Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

We developed solutions for enrollment, admissions, advising, financial aid, and registration. HR was involved to help facilitate changing of roles. The Registrar or Financial Aid Director may have a hard time conceptualizing the new concept because their job functions require such strict adherence to rules and regulations.

Student services

Student services Students Financial aid Student success

What does a data management platform actually do?

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

Database Compliance Retention Equity

How a VPEM Drove Progress Toward a Data-Informed Campus

EAB

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We could unify different data sources, including our Student Information System (SIS), admissions CRM, and financial aid data. We use Rapid Insight’s data analytics tools to understand and predict our enrollment and retention. What motivated you to look for ways to improve Elmira’s data culture?

Accessibility

Accessibility Access Higher education Financial aid

The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

COE

MAY 8, 2023

The seven student programs play a critical role in the postsecondary education system by supporting other federal investments, like Pell Grants and other federal financial aid. Currently serving over 880,000 students in every state and many territories, the Federal TRIO Programs were first enacted in the Higher Education Act of 1965.

First generation

First generation Education Leadership Grant

The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide

COE

MAY 31, 2024

Wolanin established the program in memory of Dr. Wolanin, who championed student financial aid and college access. Nearly a million low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services through our member colleges and agencies. COE and the family of Thomas R.

First generation

First generation Grant Education Nontraditional student

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

COE

MAY 10, 2024

This stratification is further compounded by differences in financial aid availability and college costs, which disproportionately burden low-income students with unmet financial needs. Media Inquiries For media inquiries or to arrange an interview, please contact Terrance L.

Low income student

Low income student First generation Higher education Equity

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

COE

MARCH 10, 2023

McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement — play a critical role in the postsecondary education system by supporting other federal investments, like Pell Grants and other federal financial aid. “It It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

First generation

First generation Low income student Leadership Tutoring

Student Success Central

Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Number of Some College, No Credential Students Continues to Increase

A Continued Commitment to Community

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard

SUNY Broome Addresses Enrollment Declines with Data-Informed Approaches

Consider Best Value Colleges

Consider Best Value Colleges

One-Stop Student Services: Strategies to Succeed

What does a data management platform actually do?

How a VPEM Drove Progress Toward a Data-Informed Campus

The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

The Council for Opportunity in Education Receives a Major Grant to Extend Opportunities to First-Generation and Low-Income Recent College Graduates Nationwide

New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

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