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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“This initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of our community colleges to serve as hubs for regional Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that convene high school educators, community college faculty, and representatives from local employers and workforce agencies,” Dr. Karen Stout says in the award notification.

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To design microcredentials that meet student needs, follow these 3 steps

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As a result of this change, they have seen more applicants for the traditional on-campus master’s program despite faculty fears that microcredential enrollment would cannibalize master’s enrollment. When students take all four certificates (in any order) and a final capstone course to assess their learning, they earn a master’s degree.

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The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments

EAB

EAB’s Adult Learner Recruitment and University Research teams surveyed 64 university executives, including presidents, provosts, vice provosts, and vice presidents of enrollment management, in summer 2022. Most survey respondents are expanding their graduate and adult education portfolios to meet these growing enrollment goals.

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Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities

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Research published in the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability suggests students enrolled in college-level courses are far less likely to seek ADHD accommodations than high school students. And the accommodations that support high school students with ADHD do not always work for adults. Here’s our step-by-step guide.

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4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers”

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The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education How can you effectively manage your recruitment funnel, predict yield, or plan for the administration of your programs if 80% of applicants are stealth? Often, adult-serving units (understandably) leave brand marketing to the university’s central marketing office.

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Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

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While many institutions follow a robust yield playbook for their undergraduate programs , I’ve found this isn’t always the case for graduate and adult education programs. Surveyed adult learners identified “individual communication with faculty” as an important factor when making an enrollment decision.