Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

The money will go towards funding efforts to improve enrollment and retention at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). The Lilly grant will allow the College Fund to expand “Culture at the Heart: An Indigenous Approach to Enrollment and Retention,” a pilot program that had funded efforts at five TCUs to attract and keep students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment. “We

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

With a network of nearly 400 colleges and universities, this resource is invaluable for enhancing outcomes. Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A 2022 Gallup poll found that educators reported the highest level of burnout of any industry , and 35% of college and university workers reported “always” or “very often” feeling burned out at work. University workers have adjusted their practices and accepted extra responsibilities. They’re worn down. Dr. Margaret W.

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MAY 7, 2025

A lot can stand in the way of a students decision to enroll for the next termfrom a required course not being offered to scheduling conflicts with work. To better support studentsespecially those who had built schedules but hadnt registeredadvisors needed a more efficient way to see the full picture and prioritize outreach.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

Now, a new study from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University has shown that summer Pell has had meaningful benefits, improving retention, attainment, and even earnings up to nine years after college entry for students who received it. Liu found clear advantages for the students who got summer money.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 4, 2024

The Challenge: Facing declining retention and cumbersome scheduling, JAX State needed to address barriers to enrollment. The Outcomes: By simplifying the scheduling and registration experience, JAX State is achieving better student outcomes and improving interactions between students and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

When Dr. Devorah Lieberman became president of University of La Verne in 2011, a private institution of approximately 8,000 students about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, she was in many ways seeing life come full circle. University of La Verne President Dr. Devorah Lieberman is shown with graduating students in 2013. She notes that U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Instead, new student orientation, advising, and other supports are focused on assessing whether students need remediation, introducing students to the college, and helping them schedule their first-term courses. Dr. Davis Jenkins is a senior research scholar at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). If the university is not providing the resource, he will make a connection.” Michael Drake, president of the University of California. The students availing themselves of AAP have found their way to UCLA.

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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 outcome.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 14, 2024

At Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest), leaders are addressing these challenges with close collaboration and technology to create a unified culture of student success among all departments and campus stakeholders. Allison Hoffmann, Assistant Vice President of Admissions and Student Success at Northwest.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A new campaign content creator within Navigate will use generative AI to help advisors draft communications that encourage students to take necessary actions, such as enrolling for a class required for their major or scheduling a planning session to ensure they graduate on time.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 14, 2024

At Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest), leaders are addressing these challenges with close collaboration and technology to create a unified culture of student success among all departments and campus stakeholders. Allison Hoffman, Assistant Vice President of Admissions and Student Success at Northwest.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 3, 2025

Award Recipients Transfer News The Indicators of Timely Completers Colleges and universities have invested in their retention strategies to improve students completion and the cost of education by helping them complete a degree in a timely manner. All nominees are given a chance to submit an application packet.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 26, 2024

The Strategy: Implement an end-to-end planning, scheduling, and registration system to make it easy for students to receive guidance and find the classes they need to complete their degree. Since its founding in 1905, Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest) has been renowned for cultivating educators, innovators, and leaders.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

Here are four ways it helps drive results: From Reactive to Proactive Support Traditional analytics in higher education often rely on static, scheduled outputs like mid-semester grades, providing only periodic snapshots of student performance. The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a strong example.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Slippery Rock University (SRU), a regional comprehensive university in rural Pennsylvania, surfaced the need for a data-informed approach during its strategic planning process. SRU’s retention rate remains one of the strongest in the state, and its six-year graduation rate now ranks first among schools in the Pennsylvania State System.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Traditional metrics, such as retention and graduation rates, don’t fully capture whether students succeed during college. The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) consistently reviews campus initiatives to ensure resources meet student needs. Student-centered course scheduling also resulted in a 6.3 percentage points.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Tailoring and implementing the right mix of initiatives for each institution is crucial to improving retention and graduation rates. This philosophy is at the heart of Northwest Missouri State University ’s (Northwest) success. Many different offices across the university are part of that collective structure. ” —Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

She saw that certain processes and procedures, such as schedules and transcript evaluations, could be unique and not simply replications from four-year institutions. The metrics include course completion, retention, program completion and program completion with wage gains. As technology developed, she embraced it.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 28, 2023

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) is one of the nation’s largest producers of registered nurses, graduating over 45,000 skilled healthcare professionals over the past 50 years. “The The Outcomes: Comprehensive insights remove hidden barriers to graduation.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

After losing over 10% of two-year students during the pandemic, both due to declines in new students and to a national dip in retention, this enrollment recovery was a welcomed reprieve. While this is worth applauding, it’s also important to look at retention rates to understand trends in students who are still leaving community colleges.

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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. By 2027, institutions will be working to support students who experienced significant learning disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Yet many university leaders struggle to institutionalize flexible work and establish formal policies and procedures that clarify eligibility and approval processes and that align with broader institutional goals. Next step : Implement the recommended changes and schedule a call with one of our experts for support.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 20, 2024

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript As colleges and universities strive for higher enrollment, educational leaders are implementing proactive strategies that not only get new students in the door but also help them persist and graduate. How can we improve advising? What do persistence rates look like?

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point lift in first-year retention from 2012 to 2020 and even stronger gains for second and third-year retention A 7.7

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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.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) By Adnan Sosic Adnan Sosic serves as the Director of Marketing Analytics in EAB’s Agency team, focused on helping colleges and universities design audience centric and action oriented.edu content strategy. Click on the Schedule data deletion request button.

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Timely MD

JULY 30, 2024

In a July 2024 survey of college and university students , 65% said they are experiencing mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, and depression. Additionally, 76% of students said mental health services made available by their colleges and universities impact the likelihood of getting a degree. In 2024, The Larry H. &

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

UTSA Achieves 16% Retention Lift with Data-Activated Student Support Ecosystem. Explore how the University of Texas at San Antonio contributes to greater equity in higher education, positively impacts their students’ futures, and fosters institutional sustainability. Simplified Scheduling Experience Boosts Persistence by 5-7%.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Slippery Rock University (SRU), a regional comprehensive university in rural Pennsylvania, surfaced the need for a data-informed approach during its strategic planning process. SRU’s retention rate remains one of the strongest in the state, and its six-year graduation rate now ranks first among schools in the Pennsylvania State System.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrators and leaders should collaborate with Institutional Research to schedule regular reviews. This proactive approach enables institutions to address potential issues promptly, using insights as soon as they are available instead of waiting for scheduled reports. Leaders need to take action to see the desired outcomes.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nationwide, millions of students have the options of seeking certifications, improving workforce training, experiencing dual enrollment, completing a two-year associate’s degree, saving money doing general coursework before transferring to a four-year college or university, or, in some cases, even completing a bachelor’s degree.

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EAB

MAY 22, 2023

Email scheduling : Select the email frequency and recipients for dashboard delivery via PDF or Excel documents. Automated data refreshes : Schedule data to be refreshed to your Accelerator so that it is always up-to-date. This page describes the available Accelerators and the list will continue to grow. Here’s what we learned.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Rather than viewing the challenges faced by student-parents as obstacles, universities and colleges should recognize them as opportunities. By reframing the narrative and viewing them as valuable assets, universities can create a more inclusive and supportive environment.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Anisa Hansen Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Module 2: Participant discussion on chapters 1-3.

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