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Blogs
Community colleges are facing steeper pandemic-era enrollment drops than any other higher education segment. Learn 3 ways community colleges can invest their resources to enroll more students and retain the students they have.
Blogs
Community college staff members are taking on larger workloads as enrollments continue to dip. Innovating on how to attract and retain talent is critical for stabilizing student support. This post explores community college staffing trends and offers three ways to attract and retain staff.
Blogs
Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. But they're also more likely to face certain barriers to enrollment and retention. In this blog, we share 5 ways community colleges can recruit and enroll Latine/x students.
Study
In an era of declining enrollments and heightened competition, community college leaders must focus on optimizing intake for incoming students by smoothing their path to enrollment and completion. This study examines how to prevent early attrition by supporting optimal financial decisions, guiding intentional academic decisions, and minimizing first semester dropout.
Expert Insight
To help get a handle on this tough enrollment situation, many colleges are turning to strategic enrollment management (SEM), as it offers a straightforward way to prioritize efforts for a successful fiscal future.
Roadmap
An uncoordinated communication stream can deter students from progressing through the enrollment funnel or completing critical steps after enrollment. Community college leaders should review their current communications plans and ensure that messages match the preferences of today’s students.
Roadmap
Guided Pathways was developed as a solution to stagnant completion rates, but implementation of this model varies widely. Use this roadmap to launch or improve upon your Guided Pathways efforts.
Resource
Discover how community colleges can identify viable program launch opportunities for career and technical education and plan for the cost of new programs.
Expert Insight
The success of a vision often relies on the buy-in and action of those not directly involved in strategy-setting. Learn how one community college translates lofty, strategic goals into daily actions for staff through a system of strict, accountable project management.
Expert Insight
Under the pressure of achieving a strategic vision, many higher ed leaders neglect the ingredients for impactful, sustained change. Read our insight for three of the most important parts to create an infrastructure that supports all strategic initiatives.
