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Are Students College-Ready, or Are Colleges Student-Ready?
As pandemic-related learning issues become more prominent among incoming students, institutions of higher education can consider how structural barriers impact student success.
Voices of Student Success: Improving Upward Transfer Processes
Listen: Where Upward Transfer Fails and How Institutions Are Improving Processes
On the latest Voices of Student Success episode, hear about the state of upward transfer in the U.S., the opportunities to improve processes and how one college improved advising to support associate degree earners.
Ep. 124: Voices of Student Success: Improving Upward Transfer Processes
Community college students make up 40 percent of enrollment in U.S. higher education, and 80 percent of those students want to go on to earn a bachelor’s degree. However, only around 16 percent of those students will be successful in transferring and completing a four-year degree within six years after transferring.
Teaching Tip: Giving Students Extra Time for Tests
Mathematics faculty members at Moorpark College piloted an intervention to increase allotted time for all students to complete math tests—and saw more students pass.
Success Program Launch: Wraparound 2-Year Program for First-Gen Learners
Boston College established a two-year residential college for low-income, first-generation students, which equips them with college readiness prep and experiential learning.
ASU Adds Sustainability to Gen Ed Curriculum
Starting fall 2024, incoming students will complete a sustainability course as part of a larger interdisciplinary focus.
Study: The Role of Autonomy in Student Motivation
A study from Carnegie Mellon University finds students with more autonomy in their academic choices have better attendance and improved academic performance.