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Closing the ‘drop-out gap’ for students near credit completion

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New research reveals that nearly 1 in 5 students who do not graduate from college have completed 75 percent or more of their required credits, highlighting a troubling…
Classroom Innovation

7 alarming problems with students’ critical thinking

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critical thinking
Critical thinking is one of the top-requested skills employers look for in job applicants, but are colleges and universities doing enough to help students develop this skill? Fifty-nine…
Campus Leadership

Efforts grow to make higher-ed recruitment more equitable for low-income students

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low-income students
As institutions face criticism over disparities in different racial groups' access to higher education, a record number of universities have pledged to focus on enrolling low-income students. The…
Digital Innovation

6 big-impact technologies on the higher-ed horizon

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higher-ed technologies
Analytics technologies, makerspaces, and redesigning learning spaces are just a few of the numerous technology developments and trends outlined in a preview of the forthcoming annual Horizon Report. …
Campus Leadership

9 trends shared by innovative community colleges

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community colleges
Supporting mobile devices is a top priority among a majority of community colleges surveyed in the Center for Digital Education's annual Digital Community Colleges Survey, which offers an inside…
Classroom Innovation

What are higher-ed’s analytics priorities?

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Higher-ed leaders are increasingly focused on institutional analytics, despite challenges associated with implementing enterprise-wide programs, according to a new Ellucian survey of 200 college presidents, provosts, CFOs, CTOs,…