Reinventing Advising to Transform Student Outcomes
By focusing attention and resources on improving student success, it’s possible to find and...
Moving Leadership Beyond Empty Mandates: The Road to Improved Academic Advising (Part 1)
Creating a shared vision for advising and ensuring retention and success inititiatives have clear...
Focusing on Retention in an Open-Access Environment: How Technology Can Pave the Way
Though community colleges are open-access institutions, leaders at these organizations must focus...
15 to Finish: Encouraging Students to Redefine “Full Time”
By defining “full time” as 12 credits per semester, institutions are putting students into a system...
Should College Students Assessed as Needing Remedial Algebra Take College-Level Statistics Instead?
Research shows that credit-bearing co-requisite courses lead to significantly better outcomes than...
Improving Pathways to Persistence and Success
As more and more focus—both inside and outside the academy—is placed on student outcomes,...
How to Ensure a Successful Transfer Transition: The Obstacles
Four-year universities are typically designed and managed with traditional, 18-22 year old...
Ready to Launch: Re-Envisioning the Preparation of Students for Online Learning
—Co-written with Angela Gunder | Senior Instructional Designer, University of Arizona Online...
Academic Advisers Who Make a Difference: Mentorship, Retention and the Road to Graduation
Higher education institutions can drive their retention and completion rates by investing in a...
It Takes More than Convenient Hours: Working with Highly Non-Traditional Students (Part 2)
— Co-Written with Emilia Diamant | Executive Director, Jeremiah-Endicott Program and Marcelo Juica...
Does Developmental Education Improve Labor Market Outcomes?
Developmental education is seen as critical to improving access to postsecondary programming but...
Five Ways to Drive Success for Adult Learners
Focusing on students’ success is the best way for an institution to remain viable and successful...
