Academic Life

Leaders at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College rally around the student support program CState Accelerate to improve student success measures and increase funding from donors.

As higher education practitioners continue to look at student success holistically, here are two dozen recent data points to consider for the upcoming calendar year.

With fairness and equity in mind, professors should provide both constructive student feedback and insights on what they’re doing well academically.

When working alongside teaching assistants, professors can consider these five areas to promote a better experience for themselves, the assistants and the undergraduate learners enrolled in the course.

Florida State University opened the Center for Academic Guidance this year, using data to identify struggling students and providing them with support resources to improve retention and persistence.

A new study published in the American Educational Research Association’s journal found, when classes are more diverse, all students achieve higher grades.

New research from California State University, Fullerton, found students who participated in a first-year experience course were more likely to persist to their second year and achieved higher grades, on average.

DePaul University staffers are piloting a zero-credit course to connect incoming neuroscience students and provide a resource hub for them during their first year.