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Tag: Student success
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Georgia State Receives $2 Million from Kresge Foundation Education Program
Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has received $2 million from the Kresge Foundation Education Program. The money will go towards the institute’s implementation. NISS will help higher ed institutions implement technology-driven and evidence-based systems to increase college access and completion. It is slated to open in the fall. Using data-driven approaches, […]
June 22, 2021
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ETS to Host Virtual Conference on Student-Focused Teaching Methods
ETS will be hosting a free virtual conference to discuss student-focused teaching methods Apr. 20-21. The conference is titled “A Different Kind of Thinking: Shifting Approaches to Assessment and Teaching and Learning for the Benefit of All Students.” “The time is now to leverage growing knowledge about students and to embark on a new conversation […]
April 7, 2021
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California Higher Ed Leaders to Host California Community College Black Student Success Week April 26-30
California higher ed leaders are hosting California Community College Black Student Success Week from April 26 to 30, an event dedicated to Black and African American student success at California community colleges. A daily webinar series – called “The Black Hour” – will be held throughout the week from 12 to 1 p.m. and open […]
March 24, 2021
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Education Company EAB to Acquire Student Success Platform Starfish
Education company EAB will acquire Hobsons’ student success platform, Starfish. As Starfish joins EAB, hundreds of colleges and universities will join EAB’s Student Success Collaborative network. “Starfish has helped more than five million students stay on their postsecondary roadmaps to success and graduation,” EAB CEO David Felsenthal said. “By adding the Starfish team and technology […]
February 19, 2021
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Platform Assists Higher Ed Institutions in Retaining Students
Aviso Retention, an educational assistance platform, is allowing higher ed institutions to retain their students and better help them succeed.
November 9, 2020
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Dr. Constance Carroll Leaves Legacy of Student Success at San Diego Community College District
During her 16-year tenure as the longest serving chancellor in the history of the San Diego Community College District, Dr. Constance Carroll has taken her leadership to a new level. She is known in her community as “the people’s chancellor,” and her track record supports that moniker.
June 24, 2020
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How My Tenure as Vice President at an HBCU Made Me a Better Scholar
My doctoral training gave me many things, including the “statistical chops” to analyze cross-sectional, nationally-representative, and complex-sampled survey data from HBCUs with relative ease. But I lacked the practical experience at an HBCU that could enrich my understanding, deepen my perspectives, and connect my interpretations back to the context from which they came.
February 10, 2020
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Dr. Constance M. Carroll Announces Retirement in 2021
After serving as San Diego Community College District’s (SDCCD) chancellor since 2004, Dr. Constance M. Carroll has announced she will retire in 2021. As the longest-serving chancellor in the district’s history, Carroll has overseen major changes within the state’s second-largest community college district, including “unprecedented student success” and more than $1.4 billion in new construction […]
February 3, 2020
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Three Relationships Institutions Shouldn’t Underestimate in Closing Opportunity Gaps
It’s tempting to focus on faculty- and teacher-student relationships at the core of schools. And for good reason. Educators remain the leading in-school driver of student success. But it turns out that there are other relationships beyond that core that can offer real value to students and can bolster outcomes for institutions. The reality is that teachers shouldn’t go it alone.
January 31, 2020
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NASPA Study Analyzes Services for Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct
In partnership with the University of Kentucky College of Education, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) created a study to analyze current higher education services for students accused of sexual misconduct.
January 28, 2020
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American Association of State Colleges and Universities Receives $2.5M Grant
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) a $2.5 million grant in order to increase student success. AASCU has around 400 public colleges and university members and is one of 12 organizations to receive the foundation’s Intermediaries for Scale grant. Through the grant, AASCU aims to […]
January 9, 2020
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Comparisons May Unintentionally Perpetuate and Validate White Supremacy
Most research on Black collegians has sought to understand the experiences of Black students at predominantly White institutions or to compare the experiences of Black students at historically Black colleges and universities to their same-race counterparts at PWIs. In this context, the higher education community in general and HBCU officials specifically may lack an understanding of the issues and needs among Black students situated in Black colleges.
August 12, 2019
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