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Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Radford University Class of 2027 Radford University in Virginia has received a $1.2 Radford plans to increase its retention rates by 5% this cohort, and likewise increase its graduation rate, said Trageser. million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years.

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Embracing Change: Crafting Forward-Thinking Strategic Plans for Colleges in a Dynamic Society

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By assessing these environmental impacts on your students, your institution is better prepared to develop a plan to fund long-term resources to address these barriers impacting enrollment, persistence, retention, and program completion. Department of Education, by 2027, 70% of jobs will require education or training beyond high school.

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SUNY Broome Addresses Enrollment Declines with Data-Informed Approaches

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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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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.

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

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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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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

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And so what we try to do is just create a space to really have the conversations and really just figure out how to make people feel comfortable, whether they're on the application side or whether they're emailing me now, as a class of 2027 member. WL: Thank you so much for sharing some of your background and the work that you do at Penn.