Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Given that less than 1% of Americans have served in the military, administrative leaders across all education sectors often have a learning curve. Military friendly is a common phrase used by organizations to communicate an appreciation of military service members (Kirchner, et al.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

The University of Texas at Austin closed its Gender and Sexuality Center, transferring some of its activities and services to the university’s Women’s Community Center, which UT then closed in May. “It It is a space to establish community, which is important for persistence and student success.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success. While all members of an institution share the goal of guiding students to timely graduation, working in isolated silos often leads to inconsistent communication and redundant service.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. They also provided more hands-on training for faculty and students to spur wider adoption of the Navigate student success platform and improve communication during the registration process. EAB · How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. Episode 126.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. I care more than just graduation at community college. I track them in graduation. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. After earning tenure, Byrne began taking on administrative roles, one which notably put her in direct contact with Macaulay Honors College. Upon completion of her Ph.D.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 20, 2025

The Outcomes: UNCA saw an immediate impact, including a nearly 5% increase in first-year fall-to-fall retention and the ability to quickly mobilize outreach during crises using the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform. Its relationship-driven education model emphasizes small class sizes, close collaboration, and high-impact experiences.

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Longstanding methods of managing data in silos make it difficult for faculty and administrators to agree on common data sources and shared dashboards. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that 97% of college administrators surveyed believe that higher education needs to use data and analytics to drive better decisions.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The additions will help students get faster and more accurate answers to common questions through a conversational AI knowledge bot, help advisors and other support staff write more effective student communications, and give administrators better tools to analyze institutional student success efforts.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

assistant vice president for retention at Emory & Henry University, weighed in on what colleges and universities can do to help support underrepresented student groups to ensure they receive the care and support they need to succeed. Communicating free or low-cost options is vital. Proffitt, M.A.,

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Enhance Enrollment Strategies By examining past enrollment and retention data, schools can determine how financial aid impacts student retention and overall institutional stability. Schools can ascertain: Aid Impact on Retention Do students who receive aid remain at the school longer? Is communication clear and timely?

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Thrive Alliance Group

MAY 10, 2022

Teacher retention is becoming a critical challenge for schools across the country, as a growing number of teachers are overburdened and burned out. Many school administrators (who may be struggling with burnout themselves) are feeling like the damage is done and at a loss for how to fix the problem. Provide emotional support.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Effective communication, guidance, and resources are foundational to an effective student success strategy. Tailoring and implementing the right mix of initiatives for each institution is crucial to improving retention and graduation rates. This analysis contributed to a 12% increase in retention from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023.

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Thrive Alliance Group

MAY 19, 2022

Teacher retention is becoming a critical challenge for schools across the country, as a growing number of teachers are overburdened and burned out. Many school administrators (who may be struggling with burnout themselves) are feeling like the damage is done and at a loss for how to fix the problem. Provide emotional support.

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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. And to reach students while their support can still make a difference, they needed a student success platform to help staff proactively identify struggling students and facilitate effective communication.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The multi-year effort – TransferBOOST (Bachelor’s Opportunity Options that are Straightforward and Transparent) – helped formulate lessons other community colleges, four-year institutions, and state leaders can apply in their own contexts to increase student enrollment, retention, and completion.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Data-Activated Strategic Decision-Making and Planning as the first step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention.

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eager Although your institution may already have a policy in place, it is important to make intentional decisions that actualize the cost savings, talent retention, and productivity benefits of flexible work. Next step: Begin drafting your institution’s policy.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 13, 2023

Enabling Data-Informed Action is the third step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. Advisors can filter their caseloads daily to see immediate changes in predicted persistence and tailor communications to meet the needs of different students.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Challenge: Delivering timely support to a diverse and sizeable student population to foster improved retention and completion rates. ACC faced several obstacles to fulfilling its goal of improving retention and providing students with the support they need to persist and graduate on time with a credential.

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Thrive Alliance Group

MAY 16, 2023

But a week of gestures isn’t enough to help you build the confidence and competence of your staff, let alone solve the growing problem of teacher retention. Why Administrators Need To Fill The Teacher Appreciation Gap In the past, teachers could count on getting regular, positive feedback from parents. Validate feelings and ideas.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 9, 2023

When used in the context of other student success analytics, early alert systems can help faculty quickly communicate concerns that might impact a student’s academic success. Administrators should carefully consider how and when faculty are asked to use alerts to provide information about student progress.

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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

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. With this knowledge, the college could devise targeted retention strategies to keep students on track to graduation.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

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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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. And to reach students while their support can still make a difference, they needed a student success platform to help staff proactively identify struggling students and facilitate effective communication.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 23, 2024

Moreover, barriers to retention, such as classes not offered in a certain term or conflicting courses, can lead students to under-enroll in courses or enroll in courses they don’t need to complete their degree. When questions arise, students can easily seek guidance by communicating directly with advisors.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Data-activated cross-functional collaboration as the second step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. When each group has a different idea of what student success means, communication and collaboration can become challenging.”

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrators and department leads should conduct a thorough audit across all departments to understand what’s available to support students so they can decide what initiatives and programs need a closer look. Administrators and leaders should collaborate with Institutional Research to schedule regular reviews.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 26, 2024

Advisors used various tactics to help students plan, from spreadsheets to handwritten worksheets but lacked a centralized system for communication. Additionally, manually selecting courses for 1,200 incoming students to prepare for orientation highlighted an opportunity to streamline administrative processes.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Blogs The 6 most in-demand topics for district leaders last year AskEAB's 6 most popular research requests in 2022-2023 Each year, EAB’s Dedicated Advisors pass hundreds of questions from district leaders and school administrators to our AskEAB team. This is no surprise, as 25 states (and Washington D.C.) Program evaluation: 4.5%

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EAB

JANUARY 5, 2023

In recent years, institutions have confronted historical legacies of oppression , invested in faculty diversity , and developed retention programs for Black and Latino men , among many other initiatives. Articulate inclusive vision: Envisioning and communicating a vision for DEIJ and making the case for progress. Activities.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 24, 2023

The last few years in education have forced school administrators into thinking, operating, and forecasting differently —from acquisition strategies to marketing, budgeting, engaging, and everything in between.   The good news is that schools are continuing to be agile, determined, and rising to challenges with adaptability and strength.

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EAB

APRIL 12, 2023

Superintendents report moderate to major concerns around hiring a variety of staff from district administrators to special education teachers to operations staff. While superintendents also worry about retention, their concerns about hiring outpace their level of concern about retention for all employee types.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

King assembled a diverse and powerful coalition of individuals from various departments and disciplines, including academic staff, faculty, administrators, and students, all working together towards a common goal—improving retention and graduation rates for minoritized students.

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