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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education leaders face an obligation to Kansas families to remove barriers to access and success and ensure that our system lives up to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. Although these actions are helpful, they have not moved the needle toward closing access and success gaps. Structural change is needed.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2015, Stout has served as president and CEO of Achieving the Dream (ATD), a network of over 300 community colleges, with the goal of being accessible hubs of learning, credentialing and economic mobility that eliminate inequities in educational and workforce outcomes. Shes helping colleges implement evidence-based reforms.

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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnstone NCII has spent the past decade supporting the guided pathways movement alongside a great group of national partners, while integrating a focus on student financial stability, connection to living wage employment, and the nuances of this work at urban, suburban, and rural colleges. Dr. Robert.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It launched a popular Farmer’s Market on campus last year, providing each student with $20 a week to access fresh foods and vegetables. Workforce development is all of our programs,” he says, adding that the restructuring of the college’s Guided Pathways programs has proven successful.

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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

Lineage B: Degree planning Even as first-year experience programs grew in popularity from 2000 to 2010, leaders at open-access and two-year institutions began advocating for expanding focus beyond the first year. As the name implies, Guided Pathways endeavors to guide students on structured pathways matched their individual education goals.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

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These educational institutions and technical colleges offer affordable and accessible education, which is often tailored to meet the needs of the local job market. Community college leaders must navigate a complex landscape to fulfill their mission of providing accessible and quality education.

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Faculty Engagement and Data-Informed Support Elevate Persistence by 4% at Austin Community College

Civitas Learning

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The Challenge: Delivering timely support to a diverse and sizeable student population to foster improved retention and completion rates.

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