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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful. Tintos Theory of Departure (1997) and Pascarella and Terenzinis (2005) Influence Theory emphasize the importance of student-faculty interactions in fostering academic success.

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Working environments: a short overview of the literature

SRHE

by Nic Kipar We rarely consider whether staff on our campuses are enjoying their work environments and are able to be their most creative and effective selves. Here in the first of two blogs Nic Kipar reviews what we know from research about working environments; the second blog will look at what this might mean in practice.

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Will GenAI narrow or widen the digital divide in higher education?

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From a Connectivist perspective ( Siemens, 2005 ), this lack of connection to digital, social, and institutional networks limits their awareness, confidence, and ability to engage meaningfully with available digital tools. Another concern is the risk of impersonal learning environments ( Berei & Pusztai, 2022 ).

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful. Tintos Theory of Departure (1997) and Pascarella and Terenzinis (2005) Influence Theory emphasize the importance of student-faculty interactions in fostering academic success.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

These components are necessary to create a thriving educational environment encouraging learners’ growth and accomplishments. Culture is the lens through which individuals perceive and make sense of their surroundings, influencing human development and cognition.

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Reddit IPO Implications for Higher Ed Leaders Seeking to Rebuild Trust

Campus Sonar

Founded in 2005, Reddit is the last of the 2000s era social media companies to go public. The authentic, often anonymous conversations happening on Reddit can inform how you build an environment that attracts students and engenders their trust. Don’t make the same mistake with Reddit. Here’s what you need to know.

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Panel Dives into Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paul Glastris, the editor-in-chief of Washington Monthly , which introduced a ranking of colleges by social mobility in 2005, said that the new emphasis was really back to basics. It’s how human beings do everything,” he said. The panelists generally agreed that the new focus on social mobility was a positive development.