Academics

Community colleges serve a diverse array of students who tend to need more supports outside the classroom. But the typical success measurements in higher education don't capture any of that.

Our mission as educators must be laser-focused on equitable, long-term success for a wider spectrum of students, writes Lynn Perry Wooten.

By Lynn Perry Wooten

Colleges are employing multipronged strategies to inform students about the pandemic. Will their efforts get students to take safety precautions seriously?

A City University of New York program considered a national model for improving graduation rates of disadvantaged students is facing budget cuts. Higher ed experts worry this may be the first of many disinvestments in student success due to the recession caused by the pandemic.

Companies and colleges are launching new programs and partnerships to re-enroll stopped-out students. The timing couldn't have been better.

Jeff Gold, Roy Stripling and Michal Kurlaender describe a program that encourages professors to use tools offering specifics about the academic trajectories of their students to help facilitate those students' paths to a college degree.

By Jeff Gold et al.

Data in a new online tool raise questions about how well public and nonprofit colleges and universities are doing in helping students earn enough to repay their debt.

The latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse finds completion rates still rising across all sectors in higher education, but with a slowing pace.