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Long Beach, CA—Improving students success won’t hinge on shiny new gadgets or high-tech early alert systems based on AI or big data. Increasingly
EDUCAUSE community members offer student success perspectives on the 2020 Top 10 IT Issues.
A major investment in undergraduate support, close attention to data, and a shift in the way it allocates resources gave the University of Rhode Island a lot to celebrate.
Institutions of higher education are facing greater challenges today than ever before. Administrators are grappling with increasing accountabilit
According to a recent analysis from Civitas Learning, only 60 percent of student success initiatives have a measurable positive impact on student persistence. That leaves a full 40 percent of initiatives having no impact whatsoever.
The number of students dropping out isn't rising - but the pressure on students is.
A new toolkit helps colleges and universities evaluate the return on investment of initiatives to increase student success.
Too many new initiatives, too many different directions, not enough time; colleges can end initiative fatigue with these four steps.
Heather Hiles talks about success—for students, for higher education, for the Gates Foundation, and for her personal interests.
Substantially increasing community college completion rates requires comprehensive institutional reform with a focus on measureable student success, an intentional and cohesive package of programmatic components, and a culture of evidence.
I am a white tenure-track faculty member, and I consider myself a progressive. I want to be an ally to my students of color, but I’m not sure how. I don’t want to make mistakes and offend anyone. Is it better for me to say nothing, if I’m not an expert on race? I feel so helpless. Do you have any advice?
Tennessee Technological University increases the GPAs of at-risk students with a dedicated, technology-rich, academic coaching support program run by the Office of Disability Services, along with appropriate technology aids to increase accessibility to information.
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There is no pleasure without pain in the doctoral journey, but with the right frame of mind and supportive supervisors, the joys certainly outweigh the suffering.
As the labor market becomes increasingly dependent on skilled workers who have at least some education beyond high school—whether that means a
Colleges and universities embrace the aspiration of student success yet are still grappling with big questions about how to define, measure, and struc
At this year's Educause Annual Conference in Chicago, Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance, outlined five initiatives can that really make a difference in student success.
Our institutions are quick to accept Chinese students’ money, but far too slow to invest in the tools to ensure their inclusion
Cluttered with confusing terminology, it and other densely worded documents are a significant barrier to college student success
Half of the students who walk through the doors of a college or university leave without a degree. Half. Most of those students are bright an
Since the Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS) effort began, we have witnessed committed, long-term approaches to improving st
Teaching and learning leaders share thoughts on the best ways to help students achieve success.
If students don't succeed, colleges and universities don't succeed. Our full attention must be concentrated on the mission-critical goal of helping st
Learn how one community college tackled student success by revamping their transcript evaluation process.
To determine how to plan for transformational change across campus, Rio Salado College used a strategic planning effort and sought expertise from higher education leaders. In the process RSC developed a replicable and executable roadmap to plan change.
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