The College Experience

Many students are unaware of or do not utilize campus resources. Creating easy access to information in the learning management system can break down this barrier.

Two higher education professionals share the challenges and opportunities in serving adult learners and how institutions can better help them persist and graduate.

Research from the University of Illinois finds college students derive belongingness from four factors. Having the cultural capital to navigate higher education matters most to students from racial and ethnic minority groups.

California Competes’ latest research identifies barriers and strategies to help adult learners who dropped out of college re-enroll and earn a degree.

A student ambassador program at California State University, Chico, provides rural students with peer support, advocacy and research opportunities.

Texas A&M University at Kingsville will roll out a program from the Institute for Evidence-Based Change to promote belonging among rural and diverse learners through universitywide commitments to care.

A staff member at St. Francis College shares how vulnerability helps him build trust with first-generation scholars and encourages help-seeking behavior among students.

Alamo Colleges, as part of a larger county partnership, play a role in helping former foster youth enroll and succeed in college through basic needs and academic supports.