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A Recipe for Success Coaching

Colleges are using success coaching initiatives to help boost students’ academic achievement. Here are seven research-based principles in coaching for student success.

Pepperdine University students wear N-95 masks while watching the Franklin fire creep toward the Malibu campus.

Pepperdine Cancels In-Person Finals Due to Wildfire Threat

Following a six-hour lockdown on campus due to a wildfire threat, Pepperdine University administrators canceled final exams for Tuesday, Dec...
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Listen: Customized GPT Assists Students With Coursework, Learning

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear from a college administrator and faculty member about how generative AI can supplement student learning and fill prior knowledge gaps.

Ph.D. Graduate Blasts Twitter After Her Dissertation Is Trolled

Ally Louks reflects on the “baseless“ and “outlandish“ hate comments she received after posting a selfie with her dissertation on “the politics of smell” in prose.

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Has Chapel Hill’s ‘Civic Life’ School Become a Conservative Center?

Backed by lawmakers and university leaders but opposed by hundreds of faculty, the initiative has hired professors with similar backgrounds—including a few who’ve expressed sharp political opinions.

Report: Racial Inequities Play a Role in Loan Default Disparities

Black and Hispanic student loan borrowers experience disproportionate repayment challenges compared to their white peers, a new report from the...
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College Leaders Share Perspectives on Shortened Terms

A new report from AACRAO identifies the benefits and some of the administrative challenges of implementing short-form, accelerated courses.

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UVA Students Resume Campus History Tours Without Officials’ Approval

In August, administrators banned the volunteer student guide service from giving university-sanctioned historic tours. Now, the club has decided to go out on its own.