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25 Stats for 2025

Inside Higher Ed compiled two dozen–plus data points to help guide strategic decision-making and student success initiatives on college campuses.

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What Actually Moves the Needle on Student Success?

A December report from the Brookings Institute identifies three evidence-based strategies that promote student persistence and completion and future considerations for higher education leaders.

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Nudges Work—for Students’ Most Pressing Tasks

Nudges from a chat bot helped Georgia State students complete their FAFSA verifications, register for classes, sign up for academic coaching and more.

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Scaling Up: College Readiness Coaching for First-Year Students

A personalized coaching model for at-risk first-year students helps address persistence at Shepherd University. The intervention has expanded campuswide, allowing all learners to receive this kind of help.

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A Recipe for Success Coaching

Colleges are using success coaching initiatives to help boost students’ academic achievement. Here are seven research-based principles in coaching for student success.

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Supporting Noncitizen Students in Higher Ed

President-elect Trump has threatened mass deportations. The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration suggests how institutions can support students who may be immigrants or undocumented.

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Academic Probation Gets a Rebrand

College students who earn a 2.0 GPA or below are often at risk of dismissal. Leaders are now reimagining how academic probation is communicated to students and ways to make the policy less punitive.

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College Completion Rates Trending Up

Prior dual-enrollment experience made students more likely to finish their credential within six years of starting college, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.