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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California's community colleges find themselves caught in a 60-year-old funding constraint that increasingly hampers their ability to serve todays students, according to a new report from the Community College League of California.

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Oregon Tech Doubles Down on Student Coaching to Serve Diverse Rural Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"Given the range of work, family, and financial commitments most students are juggling today, it's not enough to simply open the door," said Ruth Claire Black, dean of online learning and global engagement at Oregon Tech. "We We need to actively walk alongside students as they navigate their journey."

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How an IR-Led Outreach Experiment Boosted Student Persistence at Greenville Technical College

Civitas Learning

From Data Project to Culture Shift As a fellow in Harvard’s Strategic Data Project , Kevin used the Initiative Analysis capability within the Civitas Learning platform to evaluate various student success initiatives—discovering high-ROI efforts like Brainfuse Online Tutoring and validating the value of personalized outreach and timely advising.

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Study Shows Limit to Benefits of Online Classes for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough.

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ACCS has ongoing initiatives to increase the state’s college-going rates and “labor force” participation through scholarships, flexible (online) learning options, and support services. Alabama’s future is bright, and our community colleges are at the heart of it,” said ACCS Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dr. Neil Scott. “As

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Strategies for Success in Online Learning

Purdue University Global

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Academic Success Resource Center and Blog. I’m Michele Paulsen, lead tutor of the Math Center, and I’m here with tutor Melinda Hall to discuss strategies for success in online learning. Melinda, it seems like more and more students are enrolling in online courses (Peck et al.,

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How to Best Support Students Struggling with Online Learning

Good Tutors Finder

How to Best Support Students Struggling with Online Learning. Some students have taken to online learning like fish to water. While you can’t solve every online learning challenge, there are ways that you can support and help your students struggling with online learning to be more successful.