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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students of all backgrounds were more likely to enroll, perform well, and persist in college. However, the effects were not enough to wipe out differences in how often students withdrew from school temporarily, with Black students more likely to stop out than others. The study found that KPromise has many benefits.

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Baker More than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Nearly 123,000 of those residents were part of credit-based programs, a 6.2%

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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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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Student Behavior Collaborative

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Student Behavior Collaborative We’re Improving Student Behavior, Together Guided, peer-supported workshops to help district leaders create the conditions for positive student behavior in their schools. Cohort participants will receive early access to EAB’s Conditions for Positive Behavior Diagnostic.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

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Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog. Adult learners are diverse because adults are diverse. Listen to the podcast: are you treating student-parents as a liability or asset?

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment. In my experience managing graduate business enrollment, the pool of students applying to business programs is always changing. To many students, testing now feels like an unnecessary hurdle on the path to graduate school.