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Academic Success Tip: Create a Class Exit Ticket
Professors can collect student feedback throughout the term with short “exit ticket” assignments to conclude a class period.
Success Program Launch: Study Abroad for First-Year Students
Wheaton College will offer study abroad experiences for travel-inclined students in their first year at the college. College leaders hope the international education experience improves participants’ college experience over all.
Academic Success Tip: Use Pop Culture Metaphors to Aid Student Interests
Ohio State professors use superheroes to make human anatomy courses more interesting to students, increasing their motivation and understanding of the material.
Campus Engagement Tip: Promote Effective Club Leadership Models
To promote student participation, higher education practitioners can encourage well-organized student programming groups to carry on traditions and maintain a defined mission.
Connecting On-Campus Work to Life Skills
To further connections between curricular and experiential learning, the University of Iowa created a program to hold regular conversations between student employees and their on-campus supervisors, deepening their on-the-job learning and relationships on campus.
Allergen Program Provides Comfort and Confidence in Dining
Duke University’s “Ask Me” allergen program trains dining staff to serve as allergen experts, creating a safer environment for students with food allergies.
Student Wellness Tip: Support Tech Breaks, in Class and on Campus
Helping students to disconnect involves encouraging self-reflection on technology use, no-tech class activities and apps and phone settings that provide motivation for more no-mobile-device time.
Orientation for ‘Gen P’
New student orientation satisfaction rates fell early in the pandemic but they’re back up, according to Student Voice survey data. First-year experience leaders say it’s not business as usual: less is now more.