School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Creating an Inclusive School Culture: Diversity and Inclusion Training: Provide faculty and staff with training on diversity, equity, and inclusion to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all students. To learn more about what SSS can do for your school, please register for a demo.

Financial aid

Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

More than a philanthropic win, Opportunity Vanderbilt forced the institution to reevaluate its alignmentensuring that student services, academic support, and financial investments worked in sync to set students up for success both in and beyond college. You can’t just ask, Are our students graduating?

Financial aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Thats where the Financial Aid Assistant (FAA) program by School and Student Services (SSS) comes in. Designed specifically for private and independent K-12 schools, FAA removes administrative burdens, ensures award accuracy, and supports familieshelping schools optimize aid allocation and attract the right students.

Financial aid

Civitas Learning

JUNE 24, 2025

In our latest Next Practices podcast episode, we sat down with Ryan Bailey, Director of the Student Success Center, and Jamie Muhlestein, Associate Director of Student Success and Support, to explore how UVU is transforming the traditional model of student services by investing in relationship-building as a core strategy.

Student success

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 17, 2025

For example, a Financial Aid Impact Night featuring speeches from students, families, and faculty whove witnessed the transformative power of financial support. The post How to Attract Diverse Families with Financial Aid appeared first on School and Student Services by VenturEd Solutions. Connect with us here.

Financial aid

College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2025

Regardless, grants have been canceled, programs have been canceled, and public HBCUs in conservative states have had to contend with attacks on DEI in their courses, student services functions, policies, and the selection of their presidents.” But not all threats are external. Kimbrough cited the need for HBCUs to “fix governance.”

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Meaningful change requires long-term investments in infrastructure, faculty development, and student services. Furthermore, political leaders and candidates must recognize that their commitments to HBCUs extend beyond token gestures or short-term promises.

Educational leadership

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Comprehensive primary care services, including the evaluation and treatment of most acute and/or chronic medical conditions affecting adults. Student Well-Being Blog. Any JH staff, student, and faculty can access the pantry upon submission of a brief form upon arrival. Student Outreach and Support (SOS).

Mental health

School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

Leadership development and faculty retention were also central themes, with speakers sharing best practices for cultivating strong, sustainable school communities. Thats where School and Student Services (SSS) comes in. “Attending NAIS Thrive 2025 was a remarkable experience.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2025

Faculty, students, and higher education workers across the country are preparing to participate in a National Day of Action this Thursday, April 17, to defend academic freedom and advocate for higher education as a public good.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Dr. Steven Jones Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College located in the city of Moorhead. Mississippi Delta Community College has named Dr. Steven J. Jones as the tenth president of the college.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Rich also led a transformative fundraising campaign that generated over $85 million in new investments for scholarships, student services, faculty positions, and academic initiatives. The initiative's success earned the 2023 Exemplary Model Award from the American Association of University Administrators.

Placement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

academic employment has dramatically shifted from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty to mostly contingent positions. That's according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)which provides data depicting the shift away from tenure to contingent faculty at most U.S.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. The college plans to sustain student services through reassignments, modifications to existing duties, and staggered work schedules.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. The college plans to sustain student services through reassignments, modifications to existing duties, and staggered work schedules.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Some African American student-athletes said professors, too, cared a lot and helped them with their classes. Community College.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rhode Island College (RIC) will be requiring masks in classrooms for students and faculty when spring semester starts next week, given a slight surge in COVID-19 cases in Providence County, WJAR reported. The masking requirement will also apply to faculty offices, labs, and student services staff offices.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Previously, he served as director of the School of Social Work at Texas State University and director of veteran student services at Saint Leo University. “I I am humbled at the opportunity to work alongside President Peters, faculty, staff, and students to continue the legacy of Oregon’s oldest public university,” Coll said. “As

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For institutions looking to measure their DEI efforts, the tool of choice has typically been campus climate assessments, surveys of groups like faculty or students that provide an aggregate picture of the impact of a college’s endeavors. The instrument also revealed that some basic DEI practices were less common.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the growing diversity at higher education institutions across the nation, too many student-athletes still find that they’re the “first” or the “only one” on their team or in their department. The annual NCAA Inclusion Forum convened more than 650 students, faculty, athletic directors, and administrators.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration. As vice president of Student Life at La Sierra University from 2007 to 2021, she led 10 departments ranging from athletics and counseling to campus security and spiritual life.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Previously, he was vice president for business, administrative, and student services, COO, and chief student services officer at North Central State College (NCSC); and director of academic financial planning & management at Central State University.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

At the median, selective institutions spend more than twice as much on student services and academic support per student and have more full-time faculty per student than open-access colleges,” said Nyhof. These factors contribute to higher graduation rates and better opportunities for their graduates.”

Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

After receiving the money in 2021, PCC – like many of the schools – chose to place it in a fund, the proceeds of which the college has been using to finance in-house innova- tion around education and student support. The former gives disadvantaged students at the community college the chance to take on research project opportunities.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“At Sonoma State, I witnessed firsthand how targeted support can influence the educational trajectory of low-income, first-generation, or BIPOC students,” says Rodriguez. Rodriguez says his lived experiences in college and his belief that strategic policies can significantly impact underserved communities converged on education equity.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Queensborough Community College's MRC describes itself as a one-stop student services center where male students from all disciplines can come together to interact, learn, grow, and build successful traits toward their personal and professional goals. If they wish, they can indicate what services they would consider beneficial.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

After he graduated from UC Santa Cruz, Curry landed a job at University of California Irvine’s Center for Educational Partnerships, doing outreach at Compton Unified School District, helping students go to college. We need to be more intentional at saying, ‘This is our major; how does this major connect to a job?’

Equity

Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest), a regional public university with 8,500 students, is committed to ensuring the success of “every student, every day.” But dispersed student information across multiple systems made implementing an integrated and collaborative student success network challenging.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Use phrases to show support like “regardless of immigration status,” “students with or without work authorization,” and “undocumented students (with or without DACA).” Provide holistic student services. Target undocumented students through specific on-campus programs and services.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

She focused on single parents who deal with many variables, developing a model program that helped these students succeed and graduate. After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Community colleges around the country are exploring residential options, developing housing for the first time, or partnering with organizations such as Educational Housing Services (EHS), a New York City nonprofit group that houses students from colleges throughout the city. “As This is a growing interest, it seems, every year.”

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

It’s that kind of thinking that exemplifies a “spirit of excellence” in her work, said Dr. Titilayo Evans, director of student services in the School of Nursing at NC A&T and a longtime colleague of Morris. “You cannot separate who a person is from managing their healthcare effectively."

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As vice president of student affairs, Carter reports directly to CGU President Dr. Len Jessup and the Board of Trustees. She is involved in myriad school matters including campus life, international students services, disability services, the Clery Act, and financial aid as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Therapist

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 28, 2023

Integrating data from various sources, including the Student Information System (SIS) and Learning Management System (LMS), provides a holistic view of each student’s academic journey, including behavioral, demographic, academic, and financial information all in one place.

Advising

EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They also provided more hands-on training for faculty and students to spur wider adoption of the Navigate student success platform and improve communication during the registration process. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College.

Retention