Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

That data show that the students who attend the summer bridge program build great resilience skills, and resilience leads to retention. AAP’s research, assessment, and evaluation unit conducts surveys, reviews grades and hosts focus groups to collect data on the summer bridge programs. She asked many questions, which he gladly answered.

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

Blogs What enrollment leaders need to know about the upcoming FAFSA changes Updated April 2023 As most of us in enrollment know, the FAFSA is set to substantially change for the 2024-2025 academic year. Fall 2023 – The FAFSA Estimator will be released, allowing students to determine eligibility for federal student aid.

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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. Terms like FAFSA, withdrawal deadline, or academic probation can feel alien and inaccessible.

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EAB

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Greatest Hits You dealt with tectonic shifts this year, and that’s reflected in the content you read and listened to: Our most popular podcast posed the question, “ Will ChatGPT ruin or improve higher ed? ” Your institution continued to struggle with recruitment and turnover in every aspect of operations.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

While loan payments will continue to be stalled for students actively enrolled at your institution, there are a number of ways they could negatively impact your students—and your retention rates— today. These concerns could impact retention as current students think critically about taking on more debt. Navigate partners see a 3.5%

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

While this is worth celebrating, it’s also important to look at short-term retention rates to understand who is leaving community colleges early on. Even though completion rates have improved, one-year retention rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade , with a 51.3% for students starting in fall 2020.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

So we looked at the data and found that the majority were getting tripped up by the bureaucracy: FAFSA, transcripts, immunization, deposits, registration, and so forth. Students would come to orientation, sign up for classes, put down housing deposits, but the term would begin and they were nowhere to be found.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

One thing that I think that we picked up on very early as we were modeling this with five different cohorts, is how many students are leaving resources on the table that are already due to them, and how the element of choice to fill out the FAFSA or to fill out the Arkansas Challenge paperwork for the lottery funded program here in the state.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

This addresses multiple problems at once, positively impacting staff retention, recruitment, and productivity. But given the difficult labor market and colleges’ typically limited ability to compete on compensation, other approaches will take on outsized importance. How prepared are you to engage the five strategic priorities?

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know!

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COE

JULY 17, 2023

Brown’s extensive experience in higher education spans more than two decades, during which he served in various roles, including associate dean for student development and achievement, first-year experience instructor, director of the Academic Success Center and TRIO Student Support Services, and chair of retention and completion committees.

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COE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Nearly one million low-income and disabled students receive college access and retention services through COE member colleges annually. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! The Federal TRIO Programs aid students in overcoming economic, social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education.

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COE

MAY 31, 2024

Nearly a million low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services through our member colleges and agencies. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Media Inquiries For media inquiries or to arrange an interview, please contact Terrance L.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

Nearly a million low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services through our member colleges and agencies. Blog Revised FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back – What You Need to Know! Media Inquiries For media inquiries or to arrange an interview, please contact Terrance L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But some MSIs — like other colleges and universities — are facing enrollment and retention issues due to stressors in the country overall — inflation, increasing student debt.” Gasman is particularly concerned that 2025 could see the undoing of the Biden administration’s efforts to relieve the burden of student debt.

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