EAB

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Community College Outreach Campaign Ideas. A targeted outreach campaign is an effort of focused, proactive communication to a population of students in need of a specific intervention or action. 3 ways to combat the community college enrollment decline. How to Build a Student-Centric Community College.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka called for free community college in a speech to her chamber. Thirty-one states currently offer free community college with varying eligibility requirements, including several of Massachusetts' neighbors.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Community college enrollment fell sharply during the pandemic and hasn't fully recovered. Many students who left community college during the pandemic aren't planning to return, according to a recent New America survey. We've seen 1 in 5 students disappear from community colleges since the pandemic began," Fishman said.

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MAY 5, 2023

Austin Community College in Texas will launch a cybersecurity bachelor's degree program in fall 2023. Government officials and major employers alike have looked to community colleges to combat a national cybersecurity skill shortage in recent years.

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JULY 2, 2024

million investment in the state's community college system. million donation to the Maine Community College System (MCCS) will fuel short-term workforce training programs over the next five years. million in 2021. Maine recently extended its free community college program for graduating high schoolers.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Community college students are largely more optimistic about digital learning, compared to before the pandemic, according to a report from Bay View Analytics. The report highlights an increased focus on digital tools and online learning at community colleges.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges. Modern student expectations are everchanging—can your community college keep up? Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

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APRIL 1, 2024

The California Community Colleges system will offer six more bachelor's degree programs. Six new bachelor's degree programs have been approved to be offered by the California Community Colleges (CCC) system. The CCC introduced the pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program at 15 community colleges in 2014.

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JULY 27, 2023

In 2021, the California Legislature authorized California Community Colleges to propose bachelor's degree programs. California State University (CSU) this week raised concerns that seven of California Community College's proposed bachelor's programs are too similar to existing programs offered at a nearby CSU campus.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

The $950,000, three-year grant will go toward a student resource center at Northwest-Shoals Community College. Department of Education is sending $950,000 to help support underserved students' basic needs at Northwest-Shoals Community College in Alabama.

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JULY 1, 2024

Over 76% of students who started college in fall 2022 returned to college the next year, and over 68% returned to the same college. Community colleges have seen the biggest retention rate gains over the last decade. for the 2021 starting cohort. for the 2021 entering cohort to 68.2%

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Leverage Faculty Partnerships and Technology to Address the Community College Enrollment Crisis. Pueblo Community College's Two-Pronged Approach to Combatting Summer Melt. Pueblo Community College (Pueblo) is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with over 5,000 students across three campuses. The Challenge.

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JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges are training students for the fast-growing electric vehicle industry. million STEM investment during a visit to Pima Community College, according to The Arizona Republic. Community colleges are increasingly pivoting toward STEM to train students in high-demand, high-paying fields.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The recently launched Civic Mapping Initiative is making state-by-state maps of community colleges' accessibility by public transit. The initiative was launched by the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation, which found in a previous nationwide analysis that only 57% of primary community college campuses were accessible by public transit.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Proposed legislation would offer forgivable loans to some Virginia community college students. New legislation in Virginia would offer forgivable loans to certain community college students who agree to work in "high-demand" fields. The legislation would require students to agree to study for a "high-demand" occupation.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Bachelor's degrees at community colleges can help close racial equity gaps, according to a report from the UCLA Civil Rights Project. Few community college students who want to transfer to a four-year school do so. The report recommends expansion with a key focus on racial equity. California Gov.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The 2023 budget includes many earmarks for community colleges. Earmarks have returned Congress, and community colleges across the country are set to benefit from millions of dollars tacked onto a recently passed spending package. Sara Jacobs (D) designated $1.2 Juan Vargas (D) secured $1.2

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Biden visited Mesa Community College to promote the Mesa College Promise , which covers two years of tuition and fees at the school for eligible Mesa high school students. Community colleges." The Mesa College Promise program is accepting applications beginning March 1. And you know what does exactly that?

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MARCH 28, 2023

Adult learners and dual enrollment are driving growth at Illinois community colleges, according to a recent report. The two reports are a bright spot for community colleges, which have seen enrollment declines accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bill would allow low-income students to pursue bachelor's degrees at community colleges tuition-free. It would extend the two years of free community college already offered to qualifying students to four. California Community Colleges offer over 30 bachelor's degree programs.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Community college students will receive at least $3,000 and public university students will receive at least $5,000 per year. North Carolina is giving students from most families free tuition and fees to any community college and covering at least half of the tuition and fees to any public state university.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

2021 44,073 4.7% Transfer applicants include students who have excelled at community colleges, students pursuing unique interdisciplinary opportunities only available at Stanford, or those who have shown significant academic and personal growth since beginning college elsewhere. 2026 56,378 3.7% 2025 55,471 3.9%

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Moreover, around 5,620 (or 92.6%) of successful transfer applicants came from community colleges in California. 2023 23,974 6,189 26% 2022 24,930 5,961 24% 2021 28,457 5,435 19% 2020 25,957 6,271 24% UCLA transfer acceptance rates fluctuate per year. What is the UCLA transfer acceptance rate for community colleges?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

January 30, 2023 EAB survey confirms higher ed advancement talent crisis August 11, 2022 How to Engage Student Activists and Donors to Drive Positive Change February 8, 2022 3 holiday reminders to make the new year productive December 15, 2021 How to win new major gift prospects after a record year of alumni engagement November 3, 2021 Get the competitive (..)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Community colleges and four-year schools offer various associate degrees in a variety of subjects. You can start at a two-year community college to save money before transferring to a four-year school. In fact, many community colleges partner with four-year schools to offer seamless transfers.

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Ruffaloni

JANUARY 25, 2024

Traditional undergraduate challenges remain National Student Clearinghouse 2023 fall enrollment data indicate that undergraduate enrollment grew for the first time in several years (+2.1%), but nearly all growth was driven by community colleges (+4.6%) offering dual enrollment courses.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Only 8% of bachelor’s degrees were awarded in social sciences and history in 2021, compared to 19% in business and 13% in health sciences. Between 2010 and 2021, the number of degrees awarded in computer science increased by 144%. By 2014, those figures had dropped to 2.6% and 9.2%, respectively.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

To help you out, we've compiled this blog post on the easiest colleges to get into in the US. Still, if you're looking for a school with a guaranteed admission policy or a good safety school so you can also apply to some of the hardest colleges to get into with less anxiety, you'll find what you need in this blog post.

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JUNE 1, 2023

In addition to the expansion of Pell to incarcerated students, this partnership comes on the heels of Michigan’s Clean Slate Laws —enacted in April 2021. Mary views Second Chance Pell programs as vital to meeting regional workforce needs—a key pillar for many community colleges.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Many people who left their jobs and found new employment between May 2021 and May 2022 said they took an online course to boost their job prospects, according to a Cengage survey. People voluntarily left their jobs in massive numbers starting in early 2021 as part of a trend that's been dubbed the "Great Resignation."

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Recently, Texas A&M made the news for announcing a joint engineering academy with Tyler Junior College. The university partners with eight other community colleges to combat an engineering shortage in the state. Even the largest Catholic colleges tend to be smaller than the country's largest universities.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In 2021, overall beer sales rose by 1%, while craft brews grew by 8%, accounting for 27% of the U.S. Western Michigan University took a different tack, partnering with nearby Kalamazoo Valley Community College on a joint brewing program that offers students certificate, associate degree, and baccalaureate degree options.

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APRIL 28, 2023

More than 40 million students had some college but no credential as of July 2021, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Students largely came from community colleges and tended to return to the same community college they last attended when heading back to school.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

A spring 2022 College Pulse survey asked students when their mental health had been the strongest across the first two years of the pandemic. The low point in winter 2021 was followed by a gradual and steady improvement, yet just one-fourth of students said that they were feeling their best at the time of the survey. December 8, 2022.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Awardees are chosen from among the colleges, universities, and individuals that use Navigate , EAB’s student success management system, or Starfish , the student success platform EAB acquired in 2021. Congratulations to our 2022 winners: Technology Pioneer Award: Bakersfield College. Sierra College. Mercy College.

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