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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough. References Pascarella, Ernest T., and Patrick T.

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Community Colleges Chart Path Forward on AI Integration as Students Outpace Faculty Adoption

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges across the nation are grappling with how to integrate artificial intelligence into their operations and curricula as students increasingly use AI tools while faculty and administrators lag behind in adoption, according to a new report from Achieving the Dream.

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How a Connected College Approach Helps Break Down Silos and Improve Student Success: Changing Higher Ed podcast 268 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Institutions often have writing centers and writing labs, as well as faculty development and faculty enrichment centers – redundancies that create confusion for students and incur unsustainable costs. Drumm McNaughton: besides the word Enrichment /Development? Drumm McNaughton: And we’d be outta work.

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High Structure Course Design for Student Engagement, Retention, and Success: Changing Higher Ed podcast 264 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Justin Shaffer

The Change Leader, Inc.

Courses that incorporate all three layers consistently show improved student performance, reduced failure rates, and narrower achievement gaps. The bar remains high, but the pathway to reach it becomes visible and achievable. Students retain more information, develop stronger habits, and build the resilience needed to persist.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough. References Pascarella, Ernest T., and Patrick T.

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Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference Plots Agenda for the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bienvenu, SJ, Distinguished Chair in Humanities, and Professor and Co-Chair of Languages and Cultures at Loyola University New Orleans joined Dr. Carolin Aronis, an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University, to call attention to the dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents on campuses over the last few years.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

You needn’t record and re-record until you achieve the perfectly polished presentation. Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Michael Smedshammer, and Kim Vincent-Layton (2020) refer to this as a “humanized” approach to video creation. In other words, they become ‘humanized.’ Humanizing Online Teaching to Equitize Higher Education.”