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From First-Year to Graduation: How Email Marketing Nurtures Student Retention

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 11 minutes Student retention remains one of the biggest challenges in higher education, with dropout rates continuing to concern institutions worldwide. For colleges and universities today, student retention in higher education has evolved into something far more holistic than it once was. This blog post explains how.

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Montana State's Dr. Waded Cruzado Makes History as APLU's First Latina President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university has achieved record retention rates and a 61% increase in four-year graduation rates. Under her stewardship, the institution has also secured more than $850 million in private funding, supporting student scholarships and major campus expansion projects. She holds a Ph.D.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Furthermore, the Black men that attend postsecondary institutions, reportedly have the lowest retention rates of all groups. Perhaps equally concerning is that policies at the state and potentially the federal level that champion the retention and persistence of Black men in higher education such as DEI are being eliminated.

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Reconsidering research impact

ACRLog

On one hand, there is something undeniably fascinating about how statistical formulas can help us understand scholarship as conversation at a macro-level. Consequently, the perceived value of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences is diminished when their citation numbers are compared to STEM fields.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies. There are 11 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Minnesota.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nina Lyon-Bennett will be heading a scholarship initiative for students pursuing degrees related to agriculture and family and consumer sciences at UAPB and Fort Valley State University. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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The Role of Microlearning and Andragogy in Enhancing Online Student Engagement

Faculty Focus

With the growing demand for contemporary online education, it is crucial to analyze instructional design – a systematic process that applies psychological principles of human learning to develop effective instructional solutions. In this way, microlearning has become so demanding in current online education.