Free community college helping to shore up state university enrollment

WAHPETON — North Dakota State College of Science will focus on student success, community partnerships and continuous improvement as it works toward a goal of generating 80,000 annual credits by 2030, interim President Lisa Karch said during the college’s State of the College address Oct. 19. Karch outlined the college’s strategic priorities, enrollment goals and financial position while emphasizing the importance of collaboration among faculty, staff, students and community partners. “The more time I spend traveling across our three locations and talking with all of you, students, community partners, the more convinced I become that our greatest strength is not found in a building, is not found in a program and it’s not found in the budget,” Karch said. “It is found in our people.”Karch said the college’s three strategic priorities are student success, community engagement and partnerships, and a commitment to continuous improvement. The priorities align with work already underway through the college’s strategic plan. Student success includes academic achievement, personal growth, student engagement, belonging and well-being, she said.

The introduction of Medicaid work requirements set to take effect Jan. 1, 2027, could slash enrollment in New Hampshire’s Granite Advantage Program by as much as 60 percent, with somewhere between 23,000 and 29,000 adults losing their coverage by 2028, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute. While new federal standards are being rolled out nationwide, New Hampshire has adopted its own stricter requirements for the jointly run program, including additional documentation and more frequent verification of eligibility. The paperwork burden alone could result in otherwise-eligible beneficiaries being dropped, according to Jessica Williams, a policy analyst who authored the institute’s study. “The reality is that people who are working or who qualify for an exemption could lose their health coverage under the new federal law because they aren’t able to navigate the new, complex and time-consuming reporting requirements,” Williams said in a statement, noting that New Hampshire still has important decisions to make about how to implement its rules. Get N. H. Morning ReportA weekday newsletter delivering the N. H.

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