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College Enrollment Rates Rebound Slightly

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Within "high-minority" high schools, the college attendance rate rose from 54% in 2022 to 54.5% One statistic remains constant across all socioeconomic populations — attendance at four-year colleges continues to outpace that at community colleges. in 2023, while in "low-minority" schools it increased from 63.7%

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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4) I have had the opportunity to redesign the institutional research function at both community colleges and at a public regional university. Performance funding for higher education: Do financial incentives impact college completions? New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017 (173), 63-74. link] 1353/rhe.2017.0013

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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In fact, the number of high-net-worth donors who reported that their philanthropic giving was based on an issue they cared about (rather than an organization they felt especially attached to) grew by 13% from 2017 to 2020.

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Cannabis Microcredentials Can Boost Budding Careers

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Today, students can take Green Flower's cannabis courses at 27 universities and workforce training programs at several community colleges. Since 2017, bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, certificates, and minors in cannabis have popped up all over the country.

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New York Expands Direct Admissions Program

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This year, 65,000 students received admissions letters to the system's community colleges and information about CUNY's four-year universities. In fact, a 2017 report from New York University speculated on whether a 10% admissions plan would work in New York City.

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How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines

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Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 Most of the enrollment that has been recovered at community colleges is through an uptick in dual enrollment. As of fall 2022, enrollment declines at community colleges had slowed to 0.4 percent since 2010, college-going rates declined by 5.4

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National College Completion Rate Stalls for 3rd Year in a Row: Report

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Public two-year schools were the only institutions that saw an increase in college completion from the previous year. New Mexico had one of the highest percentage increases in college completions — over 2 percentage points. In the 2017 cohort of incoming first-time college students, 65.6% in the 2017 cohort year.