Student Success

The sale of student lists exacerbates inequity in the admissions process, reports say

Underrepresented students often get overlooked because colleges have the option to sift information by preferred demographics, according to TICAS.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 23, 2022

IT certifications ease tech job access as employers lower degree requirements

The tech talent crunch has companies looking beyond academic credentials to meet workforce demand. For burgeoning IT pros, there’s a chance to level up. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 21, 2022

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Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Making higher ed mobile: Catering to student demands for ease, speed and access

Higher ed leaders don't have to look far to woo students with the devices they can't live without: their smartphones.

Sept. 19, 2022

We agree with the surgeon general. The door to fixing college mental health is cracked, and it’s time to blow it open.

Two Lumina Foundation leaders take up Vivek Murthy's call to expand counseling services and address loneliness among college students.

By Zainab Okolo and Jamie Merisotis • Sept. 19, 2022

Gates Foundation pours $100M into college transformation effort

The five-year commitment flows through six intermediary organizations, which the foundation says is an evolution in its approach to grant-making.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 15, 2022

What colleges should do to keep degrees from being segregated

Students enter college with majors split by race and gender. They graduate the same way, a Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality report said.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 15, 2022

Short-Term Pell didn’t make it into August’s CHIPS Act. Where does it go from here?

Several paths remain for expanding Pell Grants to programs as short as eight weeks, but they're unlikely, especially before November's midterms.

By Lilah Burke • Sept. 9, 2022

How one nonprofit is looking beyond ‘generic tools’ to help HBCUs boost retention

The Partnership for Education Advancement's CEO discusses working to boost technology at HBCUs and colleges that drive social mobility.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 9, 2022

Colleges prepare to expand programming when Pell Grants are reinstated for prison education in 2023

Programs will be required to support students holistically, with academic advising, career advising and easily transferable credits.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 8, 2022

Over 1 in 20 students at a state flagship are caregivers, researchers found. They face these challenges.

Students with caregiving responsibilities were disproportionately women, receiving financial aid and attending college part time, researchers found.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 8, 2022

Skills-based learning is the key to improving ROI in education

Colleges must make sure students leave with hands-on experience, not just theoretical understanding, argues the executive director of Turing School.

By Jeff Casimir • Sept. 6, 2022

Expand post-baccalaureate offerings to help diversify faculty, researchers say

More bridge programs between undergraduate and graduate studies can boost low-income students and students of color, according to Ithaka S+R.

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 1, 2022

Turn to these ABCs to help a generation of college students devastated by the pandemic

Reaching learners now means going beyond waiving standardized test scores, argues the provost of The College of Health Care Professions.

By Joanitt Montano • Aug. 22, 2022

College students who are parents face wide affordability gap, study finds

Parents making minimum wage must work 50-plus hours a week for tuition and child care. Colleges can help, but pay needs to rise, the Education Trust says.

By Lilah Burke • Aug. 19, 2022

How colleges can help neurodivergent students succeed

The dean of Beacon College's student success center discusses how the college navigated the pandemic and supports students with disabilities.

By Laura Spitalniak • Aug. 19, 2022

California bill advances to clamp down further on community colleges’ remedial courses

The measure builds on a law passed in 2017 requiring two-year institutions to steer most students into transfer-level classes.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 18, 2022

Fluid students flowing in and out of education are higher ed’s future. Here’s how colleges must adapt.

The Universities at Shady Grove's executive director adapts the fluid fan idea reshaping the business of sports, shedding light on higher ed's future.

By Anne Khademian • Aug. 15, 2022

75% of master’s programs with high debt and low earnings are at private nonprofits

Urban Institute report undermines narrative that programs with poor student outcomes are all at for-profit colleges and in the humanities.

By Lilah Burke • Aug. 12, 2022

Eastern Gateway president: Heightened Cash Monitoring 2 status ‘has no impact’ on students

Regulators added to the Ohio community college's administrative burdens this week, but nothing changed for students, President Michael Geoghegan said.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 10, 2022

What happened when the Common App offered college students proactive admission?

The organization began piloting a program last year admitting students to some institutions before they’d even applied. It says early results are promising.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 10, 2022

College leaders appear at White House to discuss Dobbs fallout

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a meeting where administrators raised concerns from student well-being to how their medical schools will teach.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 8, 2022

President Speaks: What Agnes Scott College learned about recreating in-person experiences online

The private women’s college prides itself on offering in-person experiences, but it had to switch gears during the early days of the pandemic.

By Leocadia I. Zak • Aug. 8, 2022

What to know about Opportunity Insights’ new economic mobility data

Colleges scored poorly on a measure of whether people are likely to form friendships across class lines — a challenge for the higher ed sector.

By Laura Spitalniak • Aug. 3, 2022

Arizona State University launches IT apprenticeship

Apprenticeship programs are one way employers are attempting to navigate a tight labor market, especially in tech.

By Kathryn Moody • Aug. 2, 2022

College students average less than 22 credits in their first year, too few to graduate on time

A National Student Clearinghouse initiative examines challenges to timely undergraduate degree completion, including disparities by race and ethnicity.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 2, 2022