Meeting learners’ needs in a virtual environment requires student-centricity, empathy, and an openness to finding new solutions to old problems. It’s obvious that how universities are doing their work this…
Is a College Education Attainable and Affordable Now?
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversitySchools and university campuses closed rapidly this spring. There was a dramatic rise in unemployment and forecasts of further economic distress. These forces are leading families and students to wonder…
While faculty and learners remain in the remote environment until further notice, communication is the lifeline between each other and the institution. Students need to feel connected to their campus,…
How COVID is Affecting Online Education
Becky Takeda-Tinker | President, Colorado State University—Global Campus Andrew DixonSome institutions are able to make the switch to remote learning faster and smoother than others. For online institutions – it might seem like business as usual. That doesn’t mean…
Community Crisis: Staying Engaged with Your Faculty, Staff and Learners
John LaBrie | Dean and Associate Provost for Professional Education, Clark UniversityUnderstanding and Supporting Retention, Persistence and Student Success for CTE Students
Wendy Kaaki | Core Faculty in Leadership, Education and Development, American College of EducationTaking Initiative To Bring Back Adults
Buffy Tanner | Director of Innovation and Special Projects, Shasta College Matt Bergman, Tracy RobinsonThe Key to Guided Pathways: You Need to Get Started
Ricky Tompkins | Vice President of Learning and Chief Academic Officer, NorthWest Arkansas Community College Tom ShaverSense of Belonging for International Students: How Can We Foster It and Why Do We Need To?
Vandana Pawa | Program Coordinator at the Center for Community Action and Research, Pace UniversityCan a Machine Imitate an Academic Adviser? The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education
Jennifer Varney | Senior Associate Dean of the COCE, Southern New Hampshire University Christina DumengI Don’t Care What You Know Until I Know You Care: Why Caring Campuses Retain More Students
Brad Phillips | President and CEO, Institute for Evidence-Based ChangeHow to Leverage Fresh Starts to Support Enrollment and Persistence Growth
Ross O'Hara | Director of Behavioral Science and Education, Persistence PlusDisrupting Remediation: How We’ve Bucked the Status Quo to Improve Students Success
Trenda Boyum-Breen | Associate Teaching Professor in the College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University Brooks Doherty
It is tempting in today’s world of non-traditional higher education, with its alluring statistics on the growing population of adult learners, to strategize only on how to offer a quick,…
Small Changes, Large Rewards: How Individualized Emails Increase Classroom Performance
Zoë Cohen | Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine Tucson, University of Arizona“No professor has ever cared about me.” This was a sentence in an email I received from a struggling student in my Physiology of the Immune System course, an upper-division…
This series discusses the results of the Pacific Crest Online Recovery Course, exploring how to help students who are returning to postsecondary education learn to learn. The Barriers Re-Considered The…
How Raising the Bar Helps Re-Entry Students Succeed (Part 3)
Daniel Apple | President, Pacific Crest David LeasureThis series discusses the results of the Pacific Crest Online Recovery Course, exploring how to help students who are returning to postsecondary education learn to learn. Lessons Learned 1. Socio-economic-psychological-physical-health…
How Raising the Bar Helps Re-Entry Students Succeed (Part 2)
Daniel Apple | President, Pacific Crest David LeasureHow Raising the Bar Helps Re-Entry Students Succeed (Part 1)
Daniel Apple | President, Pacific Crest David LeasureSupporting Non-Traditional and Lower-Income Students
Martin Tadlock | Interim Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida St. PetersburgSymbiotic Benefits: How Improving Strategic Student Engagement Impacts Institutions and Students Alike
James Wiley | Eduventures Principal Analyst, National Research Center for College & University AdmissionsOne Step to Rethinking Financial Aid: Completion Grants
Shari Garmise | Executive Director of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities and Vice President for Urban Initiatives, Association of Public and Land Grant UniversitiesServing Traditionally Underserved Communities at NAU: Balancing Broad and Targeted Approaches
Pauline Entin | Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Northern Arizona UniversityA Strategic Focus on Outcomes: Shifting From Access to Success with Data
Brenda Hellyer | Chancellor, San Jacinto CollegeCreating a Data-Driven Advising Culture: Overcoming Three Central Roadblocks
Charlie Nutt | Executive Director, NACADAFour Key Variables Institutions Must Track to Measure Online Student Success
Susan Aldridge | President of Drexel University Online, Drexel University
Here’s a hypothetical: Let’s say Jane, a student I’ve never met, comes into my office, wanting to return to college after many years. When I pull up her transcripts, I’m…
Taking Advising Analytics Beyond the Numbers: The Road to Improved Academic Advising (Part 4)
Gates Bryant | Partner, Tyton Partners Jonathan HornsteinDiscussion of analytics in higher education has reached a fever pitch. The anecdotal enthusiasm—and concern—is there, reflected in the number of articles written about analytics, conference sessions with it as…
In today’s higher education environment, the goalposts for many institutions have shifted significantly. Where the focus and incentives—both in terms of market incentives and government funding—were once squarely focused on…