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New Report A Mixed Bag on Student Engagement with Online Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt shift to online learning, stakeholders expressed several concerns. Would students really be able to learn as well remotely as they had in-person? Would student engagement suffer? And while student engagement was lower by some measures, by others, it increased.

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A Missing Piece [Peace]: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. However, one participant had an intense reaction to our suggestion.

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‘Great Resigners’ Report Shows Opportunity for Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report showed that, in order to advance, resigners are looking for online learning opportunities. People are consistently learning new skills to stay up to date with their current jobs and needing to learn new skills as they consider moving into different roles or a different industry.”

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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Without Better Postsecondary Data, We’re Leaving Stakeholders in the Dark

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

This post also appears in the Today’s Students Coalition blog series. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has upended nearly every aspect of our nation’s well-being and profoundly disrupted the higher education experiences of nearly 20 million students, put higher education in uncharted territory. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Where it all began

The Advisor That Cares

My innovation plan was born out of a desperate desire to increase student motivation to seek the information they need to be successful in their academic pursuits. When I began the ADL Program , I was advising for a few online graduate Master of Education programs (including this one). Reference TEDx Talks. 2015, November 5).

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Adapting Student Support and Service Delivery in a Crisis

Blackboard Blog

Not only did teaching and learning have to quickly shift to an online environment, but support faculty and staff also had to undergo a transition to working remotely. This has impacted how students are supported, how they get their information, and how they make decisions about their future education.