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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bermea Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) may be models for how institutions can organize to effectively serve and advise students, according to a new report from Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. It provides tips for effective advising and includes strategies to help ensure students receive needed support.

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Report: Communication Key to Improving Transfer Rate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Garcia, executive director of CCCSE, said conversations about transfer must begin at the onset of a student’s time at a community college. Community colleges have transfer advising and articulation agreements, but these agreements evolve and change. The data shows having a plan increases the likelihood of successful transfer.

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Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. Although the effort has received support generally, some higher ed scholars and advocates have levied some criticisms and concerns about it.

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Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr. Appointed Provost at the University of Pennsylvania

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson – an urban researcher, media ethnographer, anthropologist of religion, and theorist of race/ethnicity – is currently the dean at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication and serves as the Richard Perry University Professor and is on the faculty at Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography. Jackson holds a B.A.

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Financial Aid Success Story

College Aid Consulting Services

We have another financial aid success story to share. We started advising this family on the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms for financial aid in the beginning stages of their daughter’s college pursuit. by The post Financial Aid Success Story appeared first on College Aid Consulting Services.

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Integrated Approach to Student Success Leads to 8% Retention Lift at Northwest Missouri State University

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: Deliver on the mission to provide holistic services that support the success of every student every day. The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Slate is a highly customizable software that automates time-consuming practices, improves communication, and de-siloes student information. The program’s second phase put additional focus on the platform’s ability to influence student retention and success.

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