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Why Financial Literacy is the Bedrock of Student Success

Timely MD

Higher education traditionally focuses on academic excellence, career preparation, and personal growth. For students navigating newfound independence, financial understanding can mean the difference between thriving in college and struggling to stay afloat. Yet, one critical skill is often overlookedfinancial literacy.

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How strong institutional partnerships serve transfer students well. Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Department of Education (ED) recognizes the urgent need for clear, supportive institutional pathways to degree completion and recently organized the Raise the Bar Summit at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) to explore the intricacies of these processes. Serving transfer students well is an essential enrollment (and revenue) strategy.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Achieving HSI status Larry Eby Larry Eby, executive director of advancement at Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) in Delaware, said several years ago the college’s admissions office saw there was a rising number of Hispanic students pursuing higher education. José Luis Cruz Rivera, NAU’s president, said was very much intentional.

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5 Actions Community Colleges Can Take to Improve Student Mental Health

Timely MD

Community colleges are vital in providing accessible higher education opportunities to diverse student populations in rural, suburban, and urban communities alike. A community college is a two-year school, with open admissions, that offers reasonably priced higher education, often as a pathway to a four-year degree.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

The stresses and loss of the pandemic profoundly impacted student well-being, while the social disruption and isolation altered their social development. The pandemic left a host of economic and sociopolitical tensions in its wake, and these factors continue to weigh on students. When was your overall mental health the best?

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Gen Ztressed: Insights on Student Belonging and Suicide Prevention

Timely MD

The recent TimelyCare webinar “Student Belonging on Campus: A Key to Suicide Prevention” , part of the Gen Ztressed thought leadership series, brought together experts in higher education and mental health advocacy to discuss student belonging and suicide prevention. Learn more 4.