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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education is one of the most powerful assets our state has to uplift families, support businesses, and create prosperity. A credential earned after high school changes an individual’s career trajectory and typically leads to higher wages and more stable employment. And it is not just about a job.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He’s why Americans should have hope for higher education and advocate for more investments in leaders who walk their talk.” Pathway to the presidency Growing up in Compton, there was no question that Curry, who was the youngest of his siblings, would go off to college. Pamela Luster, president emerita at San Diego Mesa College.

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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnstone NCII has spent the past decade supporting the guided pathways movement alongside a great group of national partners, while integrating a focus on student financial stability, connection to living wage employment, and the nuances of this work at urban, suburban, and rural colleges. Dr. Robert.

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The Time to Talk with Students About Transfer is Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Proponents of the guided pathways movement suggest that transfer and career exploration should happen early in students’ educational journeys so that they can make informed decisions about their course of study and not waste time and money taking courses that won’t count toward a degree.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shes known for her transformational work in higher education, says Dr. Theresa B. Utilizing a data-driven approach, ATD provides coaching that facilitates institutional transformation so that these colleges can have maximum impact on the lives of their students and on the communities within which they are located.

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Lessons Learned from Student Success Redesign

Civitas Learning

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube Rethinking strategies can be challenging, but with the many changes we see in higher education post-Covid, redesigning systems could be the key to student success. Penny Kelly explains that they’ve taken some new approaches to how they use data and technology.

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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

Metrics: Graduation rates Degree output Time to degree Excess credits By the mid-2010s, the Completion Agenda had given rise to the Guided Pathways movement. As the name implies, Guided Pathways endeavors to guide students on structured pathways matched their individual education goals.