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Your Students’ Pivotal Moments

Along your students’ college journey are many Pivotal Moments, inflection points that can mean the difference between success and failure. Unfortunately, schools often fail to communicate the significance of these moments or to give students the necessary tools to navigate them. Browse the resources below to understand the challenges related to Pivotal Moments across the student lifecycle and to explore student intervention strategies to help more students succeed.

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What are pivotal moments—and how do they influence student success?

Pivotal moments can mean the difference between success and failure for your students. Here's how to help students…
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How Schools Can Help Students Navigate Pivotal Moments

Explore this infographic to understand the kinds of Pivotal Moments students encounter, what can go wrong as they…
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Finding your Pivotal Moments

Every person who works in student success understands that there are inflection points that can make the difference…
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How one college reduced summer melt by 8.6 percentage points in one year

Students can't successfully navigate pivotal moments if they don't know how to recognize them. Here's how one community…
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How one university restores students’ sense of self-efficacy when they stumble

Students with a low GPA at this university had a graduation rate below 10%. Here's how student success…

How students at one university honor faculty (in 200 words or less)

To celebrate the role of faculty in student success, California State University Fullerton recognizes professors and advisors for the impact they’ve had on students’ pivotal moments.

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Understanding and Designing Interventions for Pivotal Moments

Along your students’ college journey are many Pivotal Moments, inflection points that can mean the difference between success and failure. This session, originally presented at CONNECTED19, will help you understand the challenges related to Pivotal Moments across the student lifecycle and explore intervention strategies to help more students succeed.

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