Academic support, Access and Instruction

The Role of Academic Support in Closing Equity Gaps

Knack

DECEMBER 6, 2024

While strides have been made to increase access and inclusion, persistent gaps in achievement and retention continue to disproportionately affect students from underserved backgrounds. Addressing these disparities requires more than good intentionsit demands actionable strategies that prioritize equitable support for all students.

Academic support

Academic support Equity Tutoring Instruction

Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Currently, 60.1%

Retention

Retention Mentoring Financial aid Grant

Study Reveals Only 16% of Faculty is Ready for GenAI in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For example, it found that stress, rising costs, and lack of academic support are higher education’s top concerns. GenAI could be the remedy to ongoing challenges from teacher shortages and crowded classrooms to democratizing access to higher education through lower-cost options, according to the survey.

Higher education

Higher education Faculty Education Instruction

Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

To help them, colleges are going beyond academic support. When campuses make these changes to the physical space, it makes things more accessible for all,” she said. These factors make it harder for first-gen students to function in institutions that were developed for elite whites.

First generation

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Many declined to enroll in the first place.

Collaboration

Collaboration Equity Tutoring Mentoring

Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Community colleges need to build a more dynamic understanding of local labor markets, embed students’ relationships to work and career ambitions into academic support systems, rather than see our institutions as simply a throughway,” said Dr. Karen A. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. Success rates have grown from 40 to 60% on average.

Student success

Student success Community college Success Students

Encouraging Private K-12 Transfer Students to Apply for Mid-Year Financial Aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To encourage these students to apply for financial aid, it’s crucial to provide clear and accessible information. By creating a simplified application with flexible deadlines and clear instructions, schools make the process more accessible and user-friendly for transfer students.

Financial aid

Financial aid Tutoring Placement Students

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

Retention

Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation

Using Course Insights to Improve Academic Performance

Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.

Curriculum

Curriculum Tutoring Student success Academic support

3 Essential Questions for Mitigating Bias in Predictive Models

Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This allows support teams to offer guidance based on behaviors—factors that students can actually change. Census insights, and high school outcomes, institutions can access the most relevant and timely data to drive student outcomes effectively. By combining this with more traditional data like financial aid information, U.S.

Tutoring

Tutoring Student success Financial aid Success

Preparing for Success: How to Start the New Academic Year at an International School with a Private Tutor

Good Tutors Finder

AUGUST 21, 2024

With a tutor’s support, students are more likely to adhere to their study plan, stay on track, and avoid the pitfalls of procrastination. Ensuring Access to Necessary Resources Having the right resources at the start of the academic year is crucial. Find A Tutor Call Me Back Find A Tutor Call Me Back 3.

Tutoring

Tutoring Success Curriculum Scheduling

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant. Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason.

Student success

Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant. Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason.

Student success

Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Navigating the Path to Student Success Through Essential Guidance and Support

Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

Throughout my time in Academic Affairs I was responsible for leading out on strategic priorities for the University related to student success, retention, career outcomes, etc. Success Coaching is critical for student success Supplement campus resources and expand access to help students excel with TimelyCare Student Success Coaching.

Student success

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Between July and September 2020, 13,003 students had access to the Get Ryerson Ready course shell on D2L, and 2,552 students (a 19.6% Based on students’ anecdotal feedback, they found the instructional videos very easy to follow and they wanted more opportunities to practice than what was offered. What We Did. What We Observed.

Student affairs

Student affairs Curriculum Online learning Faculty

How to Recruit Adult Career Switchers

EAB

APRIL 4, 2023

And what that does mean though is that if they weren't a major on the undergrad level in business, they may need some help, some prerequisite courses, some academic support, academic preparation to actually move into these specialized fields. And then also I think data analytics. DK: Understood. DK: Understood.

Application

Application Communication Faculty Leadership

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood. In this chapter, best practices focused on the areas of advising, engagement, instruction, and programing will be discussed.

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