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How Students Feel About Grading

Student Voice survey data reveal five key differences in the ways students think about grades—as well as room for improvement in how professors assign grades and even design courses.

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Wellness Tip: Build a Campus Cry Map

When students need an emotional outlet, a campus cry map can show preferred private spaces to let the tears flow—or create a touch point for staff to step in and help.

First-year students at Washington University participate in orientation.

Program Launch: Success Center for First-Gen, Limited-Income Students

At Washington University in St. Louis, the Taylor Family Center for Student Success will unite formerly separate resource programs and provide students with peer mentors, financial support and education, and other guidance.

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Survey Gauges Student Supports for Well-Being at College

The Student Well-being for Institutional Support Survey (SWISS) evaluates students’ perception of their college regarding aspects of well-being, including academic support, mental health resources, housing, dining and spiritual life resources.

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How College Students Say They Learn Best 

In a new Student Voice survey, students share their preferences for class format, active learning strategies and note-taking. Interactive lectures and case studies are especially popular.

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Ungrading as a Form of Access, Equality in the Classroom

On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a social work professor from California State University, Chico, shares her experiences removing assessment from her graduate-level classes and the impact on learning outcomes.

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3 Campus Faith Spaces Focused on Spiritual Well-Being

Students engage with their religious or spiritual lives on campuses, where faith connections offer opportunities for community building and personal wellness.

A student talks with April Belback in the door frame of her office at the University of Pittsburgh's student success hub.

New on the Job: Q&A With April Belback, University of Pittsburgh

April Belback, director of student success at the University of Pittsburgh, shares about her work launching the institution’s Student Success Hub and the importance of belonging in the student experience.