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Persistence and Retention Rates Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels

New data show the highest persistence and retention rates in a decade, with Black students at public four-year colleges boasting especially high year-over-year increases.

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Financial Aid Timelines Sway Student Enrollment

A new report shows the importance of aid offers in college decisions—not just amount but also timeliness and clarity, two factors hampered by the FAFSA debacle.

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Teaching Tip: A More Strategic Syllabus Day

Rather than reviewing syllabus material, instructors can consider these five ideas to implement on the first day of class to promote students’ engagement and academic success.

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Listen: How Colleges Are Making Career Development an Undercurrent of Education

The latest Voices of Student Success episode explores how career integration can boost students’ outcomes, addressing concerns about the return on investment in higher education.

Voices of Student Success Podcast: Embedded Career Development

Voices of Student Success, a series focused on student retention, engagement and graduation in higher education, takes over this week’s...
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FAFSA Fiasco Pushes States to Mandate Universal Completion

Some feared the bungled rollout of the new federal aid form would halt momentum for state completion requirements. It appears to be doing just the opposite.

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Campus Engagement Tip: Create an Experiences Hub

A centralized site allows students to identify open research opportunities and other experiential learning activities, decreasing barriers to participation for all students.

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Positive Partnership: Short Programs Meet Workforce Needs

Leaders at Clackamas Community College built three- to six-month programs to respond to local workforce needs and provide learners with stackable credits for future learning.