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Georgia State Prep Program Seeks to Retain Local Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

Georgia State University has launched a teacher prep and retention program to help ensure students in metro Atlanta school districts receive stable, qualified classroom instruction.

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Children are facing potentially permanent learning loss. But additional instructional time alone won’t help.

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But additional instructional time alone won’t help. There are many strategies district leaders have used to combat learning loss that focus on building more instructional time, like extending the school year and encouraging summer prep classes. What district leaders need to focus on now is the quality and efficacy of that instruction.

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5 Retention Strategies You Might Be Missing

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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5 Retention Strategies You Might Be Missing

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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Higher Education DEI Efforts are in Trouble. Here’s How We Change That

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

Model state legislation has been written — and if passed, would prohibit colleges from hiring DEI officers, spending money on DEI, and bar trainings that instruct staff/faculty to identify and fight against systemic racism. And the campus leaders dismantle problematic polices and practices that have stood in the way of equity.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. & Alexander, L.D. Dr. Donna Y.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Through the lens of the individual donor, we must take note of a few other points that may be instructive for advancement professionals who seek to better understand and make connections with this category of contributors. billion and $516.65 billion in charitable giving, respectively. And herein lies our greatest opportunity. Dr. Roderick L.

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Streamlined Registration Process Boosts Enrollment at Jacksonville State University

Civitas Learning

APRIL 4, 2024

The Challenge: Facing declining retention and cumbersome scheduling, JAX State needed to address barriers to enrollment. This eliminates the need for students to search through multiple platforms to find details such as instructional modality, fees, and the part of the term in which the course is offered.

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The 6 most in-demand topics for district leaders last year

EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

1: Instruction and academic programming This year, AskEAB received more than 100 different questions on instruction and academic programming from our partners. These questions came from a wide range of district leaders—from superintendents, to directors of curriculum and instruction, to principals. Other (e.g., PE, science): 7.5%

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At NACADA, many institutions shared how they have built success teams with roles to supplement advisors’ work, with titles like retention manager, success coach, and student support specialist. It said no—advising requires a human touch and an understanding of students’ needs on a deeper level than AI can comprehend.

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Navigating the Path to Student Success Through Essential Guidance and Support

Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

Post-graduation, I started working in Residence Life and enrolled in the graduate program completing a Masters in Human Services and a certificate in conflict resolution. As a result, institutions are focused on increasing student retention and graduation rates and looking at career outcomes.

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Five Things University Leaders are Prioritizing This Year (And Two They Should Be)

EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Now in 2023, issues with academic readiness and social isolation are having meaningful impacts on retention and student success, including an entirely new phenomenon – “move-in melt.” Several partners have shared anecdotes of students arriving to campus, moving into dorms, and abruptly withdrawing upon re-entering more social settings.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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5 higher ed thought leaders we are following

EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Thought leaders to follow Anant Agarwal Anant Argarwal ’s mantra is direct: “education is a human right–everyone should have access to it like the air we breathe.” We asked EAB’s top experts for recommendations on who to follow for new perspectives on higher ed’s latest trends. Here are a few people we are following.

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 4, 2023

Mr. Magliozzi described why a campus might choose Mainstay as a technology partner: "We're the only platform consistently proven to move the needle on enrollment, retention, and academic success. Let's do it for year-to-year retention.' 'We We increased year-to-year retention three percentage points, that's awesome.

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What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today’s competitive labor market

EAB

MARCH 24, 2023

Blogs What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today's competitive labor market Competition for talent is at an all-time high, forcing colleges and universities to rethink their historical approach to attracting and retaining talented staff on their campuses.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

hooks (1990) calls this unique love and protection ‘homeplace,’ a space that provides a sanctuary that supports the wholeness and humanizing of those who collectively create and exist in said space. instructional practices, curriculum development, teacher-student relationships, classroom climate, etc.) Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Erik M.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

After undergraduate programming demonstrated improved retention and graduation rates, Watford was able to recruit students to Virginia Tech. Encouragement Watford inherited one pre-college program that already existed for seventh and eighth graders, providing information about electrical and computer engineering. It is now called Imagination.

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Georgia State Prep Program Seeks to Retain Local Teachers

Children are facing potentially permanent learning loss. But additional instructional time alone won’t help.

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5 Retention Strategies You Might Be Missing

5 Retention Strategies You Might Be Missing

Higher Education DEI Efforts are in Trouble. Here’s How We Change That

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Streamlined Registration Process Boosts Enrollment at Jacksonville State University

The 6 most in-demand topics for district leaders last year

Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

Navigating the Path to Student Success Through Essential Guidance and Support

Five Things University Leaders are Prioritizing This Year (And Two They Should Be)

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

5 higher ed thought leaders we are following

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today’s competitive labor market

From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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