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Community Colleges Test New Model Linking Student Success to Community Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Community Vibrancy Framework, developed by Achieving the Dream (ATD), moves beyond traditional metrics of student completion to create a more comprehensive model of institutional and community transformation.

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Carnegie Classifications Unveils Major Redesign to Better Reflect Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ted Mitchell The Carnegie Classification system, long considered the definitive framework for categorizing U.S. These schools will serve as models for studying successful approaches to student success. The redesign introduces a notable new designation: "Opportunity Colleges and Universities."

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The Power of Role Modeling Self-compassion Practices in Your Class

Faculty Focus

Leading the way by role modeling self-compassion, in addition to teaching and supporting self-compassion practices to our students, can propel the transition to emotional wellness and resiliency in any academic or professional environment. Teach it by role modeling it. Great question! American College Health Association.

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Flipped Finally Flopped and Up Floated a Better Model

Faculty Focus

I desperately wanted my face-to-face classes to follow the flipped learning model where students begin the learning process at home before class – typically through video content over core concepts – so that valuable, limited class time could be spent working through the most difficult problems in the course together. Yes, it is painful.

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Flipped Finally Flopped and Up Floated a Better Model

Faculty Focus

I desperately wanted my face-to-face classes to follow the flipped learning model where students begin the learning process at home before class – typically through video content over core concepts – so that valuable, limited class time could be spent working through the most difficult problems in the course together. Yes, it is painful.

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Redefining Student Success in Higher Education: Beyond Grades and Graduation Rates

Helix Education

But in 2025, that definition feels as outdated as a flip phone. Gone are the one-size-fits-all definitions of decades past, replaced by nuanced frameworks that acknowledge the complexity of modern student journeys. Read the report The old scorecard for student success in higher education was simple: graduate on time with good grades.

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Private colleges and discount, 2020

Higher Ed Data Stories

First some definitions: Discount rate measures the amount of institutional aid you award as a function of how much gross tuition you charge. I don't look at public universities because doing so is only meaningful within a state because of funding models that vary from one state to another. But as a thing unto itself? Here's why.

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