Year: 2018

Student Success & Well-Being

Transitioning to a new advising structure at Northern Arizona University

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Transforming advising in support of student success with purpose, commitment, and technology that can support better sharing of data across multiple units has been the focus of Northern…
Campus Leadership

3 ways colleges are using technology to help students borrow less

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Last month, a group of six senators introduced a bill designed to help prevent unnecessary student loan debt by encouraging greater transparency. The “Know Before You Owe Act” would,…
Campus Leadership

Here’s what higher-ed leaders should know about Generation Z students

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generation z
Members of Generation Z say they vastly prefer video as a learning method, according to a new study that outlines similarities and differences among these learning and Millennials.
Online Learning

Instructional designers share an evolving role, research finds

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instructional designers
The demand for instructional design professionals in higher education has soared in recent years, due in part to an increase in online and blended courses across the U.S.,…
Campus Leadership

Survey: Employers should prepare workers for lifelong learning

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tech skills
More than half of respondents (56 percent) participating in a recent survey say they believe today's employers are not adequately preparing workers with future-forward tech skills. The survey,…
Student Success & Well-Being

Middle Tennessee State University: Pressing forward on the quest for student success

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Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), a public research university of 22,000 students, is located in Murfreesboro, southeast of Nashville and almost exactly in the geographic center of Tennessee.…
Campus Leadership

10 ways colleges use analytics to increase student success

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analytics
The success of higher education institutions depends on the ability to excel across the student life cycle. Regardless of the type, size, or focus of a college or…