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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams became the director of the Career Advancement Center, where he would spend the next five years inviting first generation, low-income students, women, LGBTQ+, and other under-represented undergraduates into pursuing their graduate degrees. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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Use the CSS Profile for Aid From Top Colleges

College Planners of America

The Profile is an online fee-based product of the College Board, the same nonprofit organization that administers the PSAT and SAT tests and Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams. International Students Many CSS colleges provide institutional financial aid to eligible international students.

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The top 5 ways prospective graduate and adult learners are finding your programs

EAB

By contrast, students interested in master’s or doctorate degrees typically explored options over a longer period. Forty-three percent of prospective graduate students spent at least one year researching programs.

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“Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it

EAB

Factors Contributing to Move-In Melt Based on our last year’s data, we saw move-in melt primarily happening in two student groups: international students and students without financial aid packages where the enrollment team believes they may be eligible for need-based aid.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

It could be a controversial political appointment, to the board of trustees of someone that students don't serve in the same, or identify the same political party as that individual or some controversy around that person's placement. Are our international students somehow affected one way or another?

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How to Recruit Adult Career Switchers

EAB

And so they're thinking strategically about how you support your adult learners with career support in finding an internship or job placement once they leave, because transitioning into the right field after graduation is key for a career changer.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ultimately, the answers to these questions not only helped with employer placement at the institutions but it allowed us to be realistic with our employers in what we could or could not do to meet their recruiting needs. Also, I’m concerned with how this will affect our international students.