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Collegiate Esports Programs Serve as Recruitment and Retention Tools

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, for example, competitive video gaming is proving to be a powerful tool for recruitment and retention. With growing interest in esports, many are looking to develop their club and varsity programs to attract potential students. As more high schools develop esports programs,…

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How to Design Online Classes for Higher Engagement and Retention

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Since student engagement is a key factor in enrollment and retention, colleges and… Many student decisions likely will come down to universities offering more engaging learning experiences, something that online programs need to think about.

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Community college resource center takes on male retention

Inside Higher Ed

Image: To increase enrollment and retention of male students, Queensborough Community College in New York is investing in a Male Resource Center, aimed at its smallest populations of Black and Latino men to create equity, President Christine Mangino says. The problem isn’t unique to Queensborough. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

Inside Higher Ed

IU is one of those institutions where [retention and persistence] numbers are pretty good. My [first- to second-year] retention number is 90 percent, so I don’t spend my day every day thinking, “How do I fix it?” And retention, graduate rates, DFW rates are not that. Those are measures of failure.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Inside Higher Ed

“On campus, we have [key performance indicators] that we measure around things like yield and retention and graduation,” he explains. One key focus of consolidating student offices is creating greater harmony in the student journey, Sine says. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Higher Ed’s Staffing Concerns Eased by Technology

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

But budget shortfalls and concerns over adequate training, professional development and retention often mean that higher ed IT departments are learning to do more work with fewer people. Higher education’s technology landscape is changing and evolving, which means its IT workforce must adapt as well.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

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