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6-Year Graduation Rate Holds Steady

For the second consecutive year, 61.1 percent of students who began college six years ago graduated within that time frame. But community colleges’ completion rates are inching up, while the rates at private four-years are declining.

Students participate in a LaunchPad training session at the University of Mary Washington

First-Year Program Teaches Students Executive Functioning Skills

A four-week early-college program at the University of Mary Washington helps students organize their schedules and use tech tools to stay on top of deadlines.

Veterans in a classroom

12 Ways to Improve College for Military Learners

A recent report outlines strategies that could make higher education more supportive of active-duty, veteran and military-affiliated students.

A graduate smiles with a diploma at Central New Mexico Community College’s commencement ceremony

Listen: How One Community College Is Embracing AI-Powered Data Tools

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how AI can be leveraged to improve predictive analytics and provide insight into workforce outcomes data for a two-year college.

Closeup of a sign reading “financial aid counselor” at the door of a room in which a female staff member speaks to a female student on a college campus.

Increasing Awareness and Access to Emergency Aid

Few college students have ever accessed emergency aid. How can colleges and universities bridge this gap to promote persistence?

Hispanic students listening to an instructor during a class in a sunny classroom on a college campus.

Belonging Intervention Improves Persistence for Community College Students

A program replicated in the California Community College system also helped close equity gaps in minority students’ GPA and sense of belonging in the classroom.

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A Microcourse for Sophomore Student Success

DePaul University partnered with an ed-tech company to offer a short course to improve second-year students’ time management, career preparation and sense of belonging.

A photo illustration of Secretary of Education Linda McMahon running a shell game.

ED’s ‘Special Projects’ Grants Spark Concern Over Congressional Intent

The pushback, which arose Monday, is part of an ongoing debate about how much flexibility the Trump administration has to move money around.