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Instilling Sense of Belonging in Students’ Major Program
Stony Brook University sought to improve retention rates among humanities and social science students by creating paid first-year research experiences.
Advising Resources for Student Success
Five ways to boost academic adviser capacity and improve processes for students.
Peer Instruction Doesn’t Help Underprepared Students
Peer support can increase students’ engagement in a course, but one study found that peer instruction didn’t result in better grades or content knowledge for learners.
Plugging the Gap: How One College Is Reducing Course Failures
Through course redesign, embedded TAs and a culture of experimentation, the University of the Pacific is seeing returns on first-year attrition.
Dual-Enrollment Program Offers Students Cybersecurity Certificate
A Vermont partnership gives high school students hands-on experience in cybersecurity and a conditional acceptance to a local college.
How Faculty Stall the Transfer Process
A new report from MDRC finds that faculty members hold negative perceptions of transfer student readiness for upper-level courses, which can impede degree completion.
Wayne State Launches Prison Education Program
Starting this fall, two dozen Macomb Correctional Facility inmates will be eligible to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wayne State University.
First-Year Persistence Continues Slow Climb Back From Pandemic Drop
Nearly 84 percent of the first-year students who enrolled in fall 2023 persisted at their institution to the spring term, though 14 percent left higher education entirely.