Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When Imperial Valley College (IVC) conducted a student survey seven years ago, they discovered over 200 students experiencing food and housing insecurity. The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

We already know the benefits of investing in a one-stop student services solution –you will improve consistency of service and answers, improve the student experience, and better utilize overburdened staff. Many institutions implement one-stops to increase low student satisfaction levels.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Podcast Could Your Students Benefit from “One Front Door” Onboarding? EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Dr. Tiffany Ray-Patterson, VP of Student Services at Germanna Community College, to discuss her “One Front Door” approach to student onboarding that is breaking down institutional silos and connecting more students to the guidance they need.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Appily combines EAB’s suite of student services into a one-stop destination where visitors can discover colleges, take virtual tours, find scholarships, explore majors, and match with schools. The Appily site is free for students. For more information on Appily and its features, please visit appily.com. Learn more at eab.com.

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COE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Intersectionality and Helping Students “Foster Their Identities” August 21, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Intersectionality examines the interconnected nature of how race, gender, class, and other social categorizations create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. Their comments were edited for length and clarity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

noa), Native Hawaiian students make up roughly 15% of the undergraduate student population. Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa allows students to identify in many different ways, offering nuance and visibility to a student’s experience.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Challenge: Administrators and staff lacked the real-time information necessary to reach struggling students before it was too late. The Strategy: Empower success teams to use institution-specific analytics and insights to uncover barriers faster and connect students to the most beneficial support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. in higher education and student affairs from CGU. Carter holds a B.S.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Challenge: Administrators and staff lacked the real-time information necessary to reach struggling students before it was too late. The Strategy: Empower success teams to use institution-specific analytics and insights to uncover barriers faster and connect students to the most beneficial support.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Studies have consistently shown that students in private schools tend to perform better on tests than public school students. For example, data from the ACT college readiness exam indicates that students educated in private schools have an average composite score nearly four points higher than those educated in public schools.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Challenge: General lack of visibility into students’ needs, limited methods of communication, and technology constraints, lead to inadequate access to personalized academic advising and support. Advising staff relied on outdated data to generate piecemeal reports that only captured a small part of each student’s academic situation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. We’re concerned about their lived experiences while they’re here and beyond.”

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 25, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube | Full Transcript Today on the show, I’m talking with Dr. Marisa Vernon White, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services at Lorain County Community College. Vernon White shares their experience and how they use data to generate dialogue. [12:05]

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Timely MD

MAY 1, 2023

A recent nationwide survey found nearly 60% of Gen Z college students have received mental health care before arriving on campus – during their K-12 years. Many college and university leaders already have made significant investments in creating a connected system of care that improves student outcomes by supporting student mental health.

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Blackboard Blog

MAY 20, 2020

This has impacted how students are supported, how they get their information, and how they make decisions about their future education. Now we’re sharing the steps we took as Blackboard Student Services to prepare to support our staff and partners immediately and plans to continue support in the longer term.

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Supporting Student Success

OCTOBER 8, 2020

I remember friends from a youth organization (4-H) hosting an exchange student from Japan. I was in grade 4 and I wanted to learn all about this student’s life back home and how it compared to her experience in the US. And then a year later, I begged them to be an exchange student myself.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Coming from very poor means and setting a standard for how you support one another, [he was] in this work to support students, our communities, and our nation.” In his work, de los Santos served as vice chancellor for student and educational development at Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona for 21 years.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

The widely accepted belief that student success is a responsibility shared by the entire campus, rather than just traditional student services, is challenging to implement. In this step, leadership teams facilitate cross-functional collaboration by establishing alignment around a shared definition of student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood.

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EAB

MAY 22, 2023

Accelerators Strategic Enrollment Management Student enrollment is practically everyone’s job at an institution. The Success and Retention Opportunities Accelerator empowers users with student success analytics to improve student success outcomes through interventions, policy changes, and other initiatives.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Effective academic advising teams have the power to significantly impact student success, but often there are unseen barriers preventing advisors from reaching the right students at the right time. A Civitas Learning study on what works for student success found that advising is the most impactful initiative (5.8

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

If you’ve worked at a community college, you have probably encountered at least one of these statements from a student, no matter your role. In order to design a modern student experience , colleges must understand the forces that shape student expectations long before they arrive on campus.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities serve as a prime example, having used HEERF to expand access to much-needed 24/7 mental health services through TimelyCare for students at all 12 of its community colleges. We cannot simply ignore what our students are facing.” According to the U.S.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 11, 2023

The vision of the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform is to drive equitable, optimal student outcomes through better decision-making and collaborative student support systems. Already underway are several appointment and calendaring improvements made at the request of student users. (We We love our student users!)

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Believe in Students

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As the #RealCollegePresident at Compton College, it is my job to ensure that students are prepared for a bright future. This is essential work and the heart of Compton College’s mission, which is to offer a welcoming environment where our students are supported to pursue and to attain academic and professional excellence.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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EAB

JUNE 27, 2023

Blogs How to expand opportunities for Hispanic adult learners in nursing and health care 3 ways UCF is increasing enrollment (and retention) of Hispanic graduate students in nursing Based on our Office Hours with EAB podcast, Episode 131, How UCF is Expanding Opportunities for Hispanic Adult Learners. Nursing school is stressful enough.

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Blackboard Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

The past few years have seen a complete shift in not only the delivery of higher education courses, but also student services. This has been notably hard for students, as well as faculty and staff members. Smart use of data offers the opportunity to personalize your support services for each student.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And how do we begin to plan for the future knowing that colleges, students, and staff may have very different priorities than three years ago? Knowing that these students are highly represented at community colleges means that prospects are likely looking to the college as their main reference point when exploring their enrollment options.

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ConexEd

AUGUST 17, 2022

There’s officially a crisis of food insecurity plaguing college students, and it’s on the rise nationally, with some 3 out of 5 students going hungry and being pushed closer to the dropout edge. Yet as bad as the news looks, there are solutions out there — and California is leading the way by investing in.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College. We've got about 6000 students.

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ConexEd

AUGUST 11, 2022

After nearly 3 years of pandemic fallout, the Golden State of California has created the Basic Needs program which has the potential to serve struggling students in the most relevant way possible. Not only are students struggling to navigate the challenges of higher education, but they’re also dealing with some of. First, the bad news.

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COE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The ability to customize views, whether it’s an Excel-style screen or a student-by-student breakdown, gives us unparalleled flexibility. Schedule a demo empower ’ s individual student services tracking goes beyond grades and testing, providing insights into financial aid, application status, and other crucial data.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. percent compared to the prior fall, driven entirely by the growth of dual enrolled high school students (+11.5 percent) and 18- to 20-year-old students (+1.4

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EAB

MARCH 10, 2023

Press Release EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention EAB expands Navigate’s CRM capabilities to engage prospective students March 10, 2023 Tempe, Arizona (March 10, 2023) — EAB announced today an extension of its flagship student success technology, Navigate , to help colleges engage and enroll prospective students.

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