Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of student success systems, today announced that Harper College has adopted the Starfish® system to support its efforts to increase the number of students persisting through developmental education programs in order to begin studying college-level course materials.
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5/20/2013
Limited community college capacity could keep 2.5 million Californians out of the system over the next 10 years. The seat shortage is expected to fall hardest on Latino students, squeezing 840,000 out of the schools.
5/3/2013
The Council of Independent Colleges is leading a public information campaign for the liberal arts and liberal arts colleges. The organization hopes to persuade the public that the liberal arts are fundamental to the education of all Americans and that these subjects will help young people achieve their legitimate aspirations to stimulating careers, good salaries, personal fulfillment, and a sense of contributing to the common good.
4/18/2013
Why? Because education in the United States is broken. We have lost sight of what should be the driving factor in education: fostering innate curiosity. Instead, we have become focused on outcomes and measuring the end results of our efforts.
4/17/2013
Southeast Community College officials are reporting double-digit declines in enrollment. The year-to-year figure is down nearly 12 percent, and the spring quarter enrollment is down around 17 percent from the 2012 figure. The school says the final count of full-time students for the 2012-2013 school year is just over 8,800, compared with just under 10,000 the year before.
4/10/2013
Almost four out of 10 Oklahoma high school alumni who enroll in the state's higher education system the fall after graduation take at least one developmental course as college freshmen, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education data show.
4/10/2013
California is renowned for its community college system, but its budget, along with other forms of education, has been reduced significantly. The difference for community college is that cuts have led to a steady decline in enrollment, limiting access to higher education.
4/10/2013
It costs much more to recruit new students than to keep the ones you have, which is why retention is so important to colleges and universities. With a 67 percent one-year retention rate costing $6.5 million in lost revenue annually, Valdosta State University (Ga.) officials knew they had to act. The problem was data that could have helped identify remedies were sorely lacking, and what little information the institution possessed was difficult to access and analyze.
3/28/2013
College of the Redwoods officials say cutting courses in some programs may help boost student enrollment overall at the local campus, despite findings in a new report released this week that enrollment rates in California's community colleges have plunged as cash-strapped campuses ax classes and instructors.
3/21/2013
ApplyAlly announced the Q2 2013 launch of its social network geared toward prospective college students as well as academic institutions. ApplyAlly allows prospective students to search for and interact with schools they might be interested in attending, and it allows college admissions professionals access to student data and analytical tools to understand that data, providing a complete picture of each individual student.
3/20/2013
Every institution leader thinks about how to connect with students from a range of backgrounds. At Bluegrass Community and Technical College (Ky.), the Office of Latino Outreach and Student Support Services works to provide access to educational opportunities for students, and then supports them once they enroll. Erin Howard, Hispanic/Latino outreach director there, shares her perspective on admissions and outreach.
3/14/2013
While legislative action on immigration reform policies has been very limited, colleges and university campuses at least proved to be friendly places for discussion among those debating and advocating reform.
3/7/2013
Union County College offers these to the employees of local businesses through a unique partnership of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA), the New Jersey Community College Consortium, and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
3/7/2013
Students applying to get into the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus will be able to apply online next year. But they won't be using an online process that allows students to apply to many colleges with one application.
3/7/2013
James Anderson has joined Boise State University as associate vice president for enrollment services in the division of student affairs, starting in early April.
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