Olivia Cheche

Oct 22, 2024 | newamerica.org | Olivia Cheche

Student support services are important to student success and help ensure an institution is providing equal opportunity to all those who obtain a degree. New America’s annual Varying Degrees survey seeks to better understand how Americans nationwide perceive higher education, and the report includes questions on what institutions should do to help students succeed.

Oct 1, 2024 | newamerica.org | Olivia Cheche

What do Americans think about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education? New America’s annual Varying Degrees survey seeks to better understand how Americans nationwide perceive higher education, and the data just released in summer 2024 show that, while partisan divides exist on some key questions, a majority of Amercians express support for actions that would improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.

Apr 4, 2024 | newamerica.org | Olivia Cheche

This is the fourth blog in a series that presents our findings from the latest Community College Enrollment Survey. An overview of the survey findings can be found here, a blog post that focuses on student parents can be found here, and a piece that focuses on support services can be found here. Over four years have passed since the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and colleges and universities across the nation are still navigating the impacts on higher education.

Feb 28, 2024 | newamerica.org | Olivia Cheche

This is the third blog in a series that presents our findings from the latest Community College Enrollment Survey. An overview of the survey findings can be found here, and a blog post that focuses on student parents can be found here. Community colleges offer a variety of support services that help students persist towards completing their programs. Such support services can be oriented around meeting financial, academic, or basic needs.

Feb 7, 2024 | newamerica.org | Sophie Nguyen |Olivia Cheche

This is the first in a series that presents our findings from the latest Community College Enrollment Survey. Other blogs that go deeper into several findings of the survey will come out through March. Enrollment at community colleges has increased for two years in a row since the pandemic. In fact, the latest fall 2023 data show that the growth in undergraduate enrollment is the highest at community colleges.