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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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At NACADA, many institutions shared how they have built success teams with roles to supplement advisors’ work, with titles like retention manager, success coach, and student support specialist.

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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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APRIL 5, 2023

Many states have third-grade reading retention laws , which require students to meet a reading standard before moving on to the next grade. Few prep programs, if any, include a curriculum conferring scientifically-based reading instruction methods or the five components of literacy. Low reading proficiency costs districts, as well.

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MAY 2, 2023

For every report, schools must review instructions, compile the data, connect the dots from disparate systems, and create a cogent narrative. New tech doesn’t solve all woes of the staffing crisis—but it definitely helps nurture the needs of those who remain. If done right, the three tips above will free up staff capacity.

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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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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. The instructional design. CH: I'm happy to do that. DK: Helpful.

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