{"title":"Briefings","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31152","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Free tuition to medical school\u0000AAUP sanctions New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College\u0000Notre Dame allocates $68 million to mental health\u0000Transfer numbers are up\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"8 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140226636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bakersfield College erases student shortfall by attracting more adult learners","authors":"Wayne D’Orio","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31151","url":null,"abstract":"When COVID‐19 reduced the enrollment at California's Bakersfield College by 14% in just two years, Dr. Brian A. Rodríguez knew his job would be more important than ever.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"8 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140227653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"5 questions with Marianne Sipe of Stamats","authors":"D. Talarico","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31153","url":null,"abstract":"Our recurring “5 questions with” series profiles a communications professional through a brief Q&A. Most often, we feature someone from an institution, but this month we talk to someone who works with colleges and university enrollment teams.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140225503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From professor to trucker: How Wendy Farkas learned, at age 54, to drive a semi","authors":"Rachel May","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31144","url":null,"abstract":"When she enrolled in trucking school, Wendy Farkas had been both a professor and adult learner for more than fifteen years. She first went back to school when she was in her thirties, after a career as a K‐12 educator. Even after she earned her PhD and was hired as a professor, she continued to take courses in administration every semester, slowly adding to her credentials. Her latest transition, however, into her life as a trucker, proved to be one of her most challenging experiences.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"213 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140452390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new study finds that online‐only programs hurt graduation rates","authors":"Rachel May","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31142","url":null,"abstract":"Students benefit when enrolled in face‐to‐face or mixed courses, rather than simply taking online‐only classes, according to new research. As institutions emerge from the pandemic days of increased online offerings, the authors of a new study examined how students fare in online‐only environments versus in mixed online and face‐to‐face settings.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"1 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139959699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against dismissed student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31083","url":null,"abstract":"Case name: Brunhilda v. Purdue University Global, et al., No. 21‐CV‐1299 (D. Minn. 05/30/23).","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"5 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139959284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"5 questions with: Carrie Phillips of University of Arkansas at Little Rock","authors":"D. Talarico","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31140","url":null,"abstract":"In our recurring “5 Questions With” series, the Recruiting and Retaining Adult Learners marketing column profiles a communications professional through a brief Q&A. This month, we introduce you to Carrie Phillips, chief communications and marketing officer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"5 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139958993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More companies report eliminating bachelor's degree requirements for jobs","authors":"Halley Sutton","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31132","url":null,"abstract":"Nearly half of companies plan to eliminate a minimum bachelor's degree requirement for some positions in 2024, according to a report issued by Intelligent.com. The report recorded the results of a survey completed by 800 companies based in the United States, which found that 45% of companies surveyed reported that they intended to eliminate the requirement of a bachelor's degree for some positions in their organization.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139617202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News briefings","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31127","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Students studying in China down, expected to rebound\u0000Proposed rule would strengthen apprenticeships\u0000Incoming law class most diverse ever\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":" 1172","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139617229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learn about the DOJ and ED's joint ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding webpage accessibility","authors":"Michael R. Masinter","doi":"10.1002/nsr.31131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nsr.31131","url":null,"abstract":"On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Education Department released a joint “Dear Colleague” letter outlining the Section 504 and Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility obligations that govern educational institutions’ public‐facing webpages. Although the Dear Colleague letter reiterates that all public‐facing webpages should be accessible to low‐vision, hearing‐impaired, and limited motor control users, it offers little new guidance on compliance timelines, suggesting instead that the Departments will afford some flexibility to institutions that have not yet come into compliance. Thus, while institutions already should have ensured as a matter of self‐interest that critical public‐facing webpages — including those related to applications, marketing, and news announcements — are accessible, institutions need not scour all public‐facing webpages to immediately root out inaccessible archival material.","PeriodicalId":405377,"journal":{"name":"Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners","volume":"112 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139616487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}