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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year.

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. Many aspire to transfer to a four-year college or university. Now that we can look at data from the fall 2017 cohort, we see just three percent of community college transfer students enrolled at selective schools.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an undergraduate at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, Lee was a computer science major. Stepping into a scholarship void In graduate school, realizing there were virtually no books on Asian American theater history, she began interviewing Asian American theater artists around the U.S. and Canada.

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At the University of Montana, esports is about more than competition

University Business

I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. There are 50 scholarships given out each year to students. Any of those things qualify and if you do at least one of those a year you qualify for our scholarship.”. They c o me from all over campus.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

The Change Leader, Inc.

They discuss how his organization helps democratize ideas in higher education, enabling all colleges and universities to solve real-world problems and revitalize their communities. This pilot is a partnership between Penn State University and other community colleges.