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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

Addressing Systemic Gaps: Institution-specific analytics can more accurately project course demand for future planning and identify opportunities to offer tailored academic support for challenging courses. Austin Community College (ACC) models this approach by involving faculty from the beginning in designing their early alert system.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To help them, colleges are going beyond academic support. These factors make it harder for first-gen students to function in institutions that were developed for elite whites. Indeed, six years after entering college, 56% of first-gen students have not earned any post-secondary credential.

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The data has helped reveal the varied challenges facing our students as individuals, as well as better insights into how to address those challenges through academic support, career learning opportunities, and initiatives designed to increase belonging and community.

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

School & Student Services by Community Brands

By creating a simplified application with flexible deadlines and clear instructions, schools make the process more accessible and user-friendly for transfer students. To ensure a smooth transition, private schools can provide comprehensive support services for transfer students.

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3 Essential Questions for Mitigating Bias in Predictive Models

Civitas Learning

This approach reduces the risk of unintentionally reinforcing bias and increases the likelihood of positively impacting a student’s academic journey. For example, UTSA uncovered that tutoring and supplemental instruction programs were especially impactful for male and black students.

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Innovation in Action: Overview of the UIA’s Current Scale Projects

The University Innovation Alliance

year initiative provides financial and academic support for students retaking high-priority courses in which they were previously unsuccessful. million, 2.5-year