Student Success

Career centers must evolve into hubs of lifelong guidance, personal development and future readiness, writes Hassan Akmal of UC San Diego. College leaders must embrace five strategic imperatives to lead this transformation.

A campuswide student success event at DePaul University helps connect faculty and staff members to close achievement gaps for students across the institution through idea sharing and presentations.

A professor at Michigan State University teaches two courses in a virtual reality setting, allowing for focused discussions and learning in a new and engaging environment.

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, launched an activities-based therapy group in 2024 to help students combat social anxiety and build self-confidence.

The Hope Center’s most recent basic needs survey shows while a majority of respondents lacked essentials, including food and housing, fewer than half engaged with institutional supports to mitigate these challenges.

Despite a majority of institutions offering tutoring services, only one in eight students utilize these resources. Here are five ways to provide or incentivize use of tutoring services.

Chattanooga State and Southwestern Oregon Community Colleges have received Achieving the Dream’s highest recognition. Take a closer look at their noteworthy data deeds.

A recently published article from researchers at Washington State University finds drop-in therapy dog interactions can help students who left their childhood pet behind. The study has implications for providing students with healthy coping strategies.