Category: Insights
21 million new jobs will be created by 2030. Here’s how your curriculum should respond.
“If higher education continues to think the traditional one-size-fits-all approach is going to work, we’re going to miss the boat,” says one associate dean for digital innovation and enterprise learning.
How (and why) admissions officers are testing for personality
To boost student retention, more admissions leaders are turning to character attributes to better predict student success.
3 uses of virtual reality on campus
Virtual reality may become one of the most important tech tools in education across the next decade. Here’s how colleges are going virtual.
Why 94% of RMU students use the university’s advising app
And how the app contributed to a record high fall-to-spring retention rate.
How FSU increased retention of first-generation, low-income students by 11.3%
Here’s how Florida State University expanded support services beyond the first year and retained more sophomores.
How to Integrate Resilience Skills Into Support for Readmitted Students
See two examples of how institutions proactively weave resilience into their support for returning students.
How to get strategic enrollment management planning right
To help get a handle on this tough enrollment situation, many colleges are turning to strategic enrollment management (SEM), as it offers a straightforward way to prioritize efforts for a successful fiscal future.
Why nudges work and how to use them to keep students on track
Leaders from all corners of campus use nudges, including advisors and faculty. Provosts who oversee these teams can get a better sense of whether the nudges are working by asking two questions.
How one university made student success every department’s responsibility
Without buy-in and engagement from each department, your campus-wide student success initiatives can’t reach their full potential.
The right way—and the wrong way—to teach grit
Resilience is not about using your willpower to suppress bad habits and negative emotions.