Institutions that can leverage local partnerships to expand access to paid internships will be better positioned to attract and retain a diverse student population
Those of us working most closely with students know that persistence does not happen because a resource exists. It happens because a student is ready to engage in it.
Here are three ways that this network of small, embedded community colleges is dramatically improving bachelor's completion for first-generation students.
As mission statements become highly generalized, they provide diminishing guidance for allocating resources, defining target student populations or evaluating program and institutional performance.
Let's be honest, the term "higher education" is a misleading and hierarchical label that elevates traditional college pathways over equally valid trade and career pathways.