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Academic Success Tip: Engaging and Motivating Student Advisees

Academic advising involves building trusting relationships with students. One adviser explains practices that help students articulate their academic and personal needs while learning to advocate for themselves.

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Success Program Launch: Incentivizing Academic Success with Scholarships

Penn State World Campus launched a program fall 2023 to encourage online learners to engage in successful habits for their time in college and beyond.

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Academic Success Tip: Guiding Students Through Meaningful Feedback

Faculty members can improve student learning through effective and helpful communication about coursework and assessments. Here are three tips to keep in mind when giving feedback.

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Funding Student Success: Grant Funding for Open Educational Resources

To improve affordability in the classroom, Tennessee Tech incentivizes its educators to utilize free online course materials. The initiative has cut student costs by $1.4 million dollars over the past three years.

Voices of Student Success: College and Career Pathways for Rural Learners

Life after graduation readiness programs help rural high school students see a path to their future goals through college.

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Academic Success Tip: Learn Students’ Names

Students say having professors engaged in them personally helps them stay engaged in class, and learning students’ names can be the first step.

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Opinion

A New College Lesson Plan for Improving Executive Functioning

Many students are coming to college with difficulties in basic tasks and life management skills, resulting in an inability to, for example, prioritize tasks effectively and get to class on time. Academic adviser Ana Homayoun offers four ways higher ed can support these students.

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Scaling Up: Shrinking the DFW Rate

Georgia State’s Accelerator Academy is inspiring 10 other institutions to help students pass key gateway courses they’ve previously failed or from which they’ve withdrawn. Initial success metrics suggest the solution is scalable, even beyond this group of universities.