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A Nudge to Renew
Text messages encouraging first-year community college students to fill out federal student aid form boost persistence to sophomore year, study finds.
Why They Stay or Leave
In new research being released at international education conference, foreign students identify financial issues as their main sources of dissatisfaction.
Who Will Teach Nursing?
With retirements looming, vacancies unfilled and accreditors cracking down, many colleges search for strategies to hire professors in fast-growing field.
Motivation and Student Success
New study suggests that the reasons students seek a higher education can have a big impact on their grades and likelihood of staying enrolled.
Opinion
Research to Improve Retention
Colleges can identify those at risk of dropping out, and then provide services and adopt policies to keep these students enrolled, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
Scrambling to Understand Veterans
Colleges aren't doing a good job of tracking how current and former military service members are faring on their campuses, a new survey finds, but that may be changing.
Paid to Live on Campus
In its new sophomore housing initiative, Ohio State University will draw from numerous strategies to improve retention and student success.