Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

By our definition, students have entered a program when they have explored options and chosen a program direction, passed introductory program gateway courses, and developed a full-program educational plan. Connections with faculty are important. Faculty should know students’ preferred names and use them from the very start.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Nonetheless, the percentage of women STEM faculty remains disproportionately small. Women now receive around 40% of STEM PhDs — far from parity but a definite improvement. He describes it as a way to help women on faculty get the sort of information that’s often shared in informal social connections between men.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Silos persist, differing definitions of student success hinder collaboration, and institutions struggle to establish a consistent and centralized knowledge base. 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.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

What was not expected, however, was their expansion of the third-party servicer definition. As predicted, in a recent blog post the ED said they specifically plan to "consider clarifying or narrowing the scope" of the clauses on "software and computer services, student retention, and instructional content."

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management? Retain more students and close equity gaps Retention and student equity efforts rely heavily on data; without establishing benchmarks and tracking progress toward KPIs, there is no meaningful way to judge progress.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The survey results made clear that leaders consider data critical to the most fundamental priorities at their institutions, such as enrollment, retention, student success. Faculty and staff can’t access trustworthy data. LEARN WHY DATA DEFINITIONS AND GOVERNANCE MATTER FOR UNIVERSITY STRATEGY.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

The three share tips on collecting and using data to convince faculty and senior leaders to become enthusiastic partners in the effort. DC: And I'll add on to that, even more so with the faculty component. Students may, you know, they're going to see their faculty more than they see their academic advisor. Learn more.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

One result of this effort was the definition of robust campus-employer partnerships, co-created by BGEE campus teams, EWG members, and students. We must see career readiness as equally important as graduation rates; in fact, increased student confidence could lead to improved retention and graduation rates.

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EAB

MAY 1, 2023

If you hear: It would be great if we had data on term-to-term retention. We often hear from institutions about uncertainty regarding the source, the methodology, the timeliness, and data definitions. Case in point Share the data, good and bad, in an open forum like a faculty meeting or training.

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EAB

APRIL 4, 2023

And so there's definitely a disconnect and so we are having a lot of conversations with institutional leaders about the resources that they need to increase their market share of adult learners, while also setting realistic enrollment goals, right? BD: Yeah, definitely. And by growth, I mean extremely large growth of double digits.

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EAB

APRIL 25, 2023

The survey explores topics such as talent retention, carbon neutrality efforts, deferred maintenance, space utilization, and computerized maintenance management systems. And so we definitely want to make sure that we continue to take those things into account when we're specifically thinking about budgets. MG: Definitely, definitely.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

However, our experts discuss four moments in particular when making a positive connection and drawing that student in is especially critical for retention. They've just done a couple of years so far, but already we're seeing retention gains for students who participate. I definitely remember how tough that moment was.

Mentoring 52

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

And although we definitely have the discussions as a 'we,' eventually, a decision has to be made, and that decision has to be carried on the shoulders of the chancellor. I quickly realized that I can have a lot of conversations, but the decision will be mine, and the responsibility of it will be on my shoulders." You have to spin with it."

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. On today's episode, leaders from the Center for Community College Student Engagement point to new studies that highlight important, but potentially overlooked factors that can boost student retention.

Guided pathways 52

Guided pathways Students Community college Retention 52

EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

But what other acronyms, definitions and understanding of the landscape do we need to get straight before we dive in here? CH: At the same time, back on February 15th, the department decided to pretty expansively broaden the definition of a third party servicer. CH: I'm happy to do that. I always find it easiest if we do.

Instruction 52

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

But what other acronyms, definitions and understanding of the landscape do we need to get straight before we dive in here? CH: At the same time, back on February 15th, the department decided to pretty expansively broaden the definition of a third party servicer. CH: I'm happy to do that. I always find it easiest if we do.

Instruction 52

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

So, to answer your first question, I definitely agree that universities, campuses want to diversify. WL: And that definitely changed my perspective of which type of institution is going to see me as a viable candidate. I know we are in a chaotic place. And it's a very rare, complicated time for a lot of reasons. WL: Correct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

One important discovery they highlight is the fact that, when students are more civically engaged, they have a better academic persistence and retention. There is another hole in civic engagement research: a lack of real consensus around the definition of civic or community engagement. Dr. Ioana G. Hulbert, researcher at Ithaka S+R.

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