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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education , focused on participants in the first such program, the Kalamazoo Promise. The results reveal the limits of purportedly race-neutral policies, said Dr. Wil del Pilar, senior vice president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit that focuses on educational equity.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

EAB

Hear EAB’s latest research on the characteristics of the adult learner market We’ve rounded up a few quick facts about adult learners—check them out below. Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog.

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The health of higher education studies – cause for optimism?

SRHE

By Rachel Brooks How healthy is the area of higher education studies? Higher education research has also been critiqued for occupying a relatively marginal place within the wider discipline of educational research. Indeed, there is mounting evidence that higher education research is an increasingly vibrant area of enquiry.

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Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how

EAB

This cost-consciousness impacts the way this new generation of prospective graduate and adult learners approaches higher ed. In this year’s survey, students identified financial aid and scholarships as the most important factors in their enrollment decision. But no two adult learners are the same.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself. Clover, D.

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4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers”

EAB

The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education How can you effectively manage your recruitment funnel, predict yield, or plan for the administration of your programs if 80% of applicants are stealth? And are discounts or scholarships advertised? Is the program tuition readily available?

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Is higher ed burning—or bright? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. higher education, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. It’s hard not to embrace Wingard’s conclusion. Compared to before the pandemic started, there are now about 1.4