Knack

JULY 1, 2025

Since 2021, the University of New Hampshire has partnered with Knack to offer scalable, peer-led academic support to its undergraduate students. For UNH, this growth hasn’t come at the expense of its on-campus academic support services. What began as a pilot initiative has evolved into a full-scale, campus-wide strategy.

Tutoring

Knack

MAY 14, 2025

Sustaining Student Support Amid Shifting Budgets Across the country, colleges and universities are grappling with a difficult truth: even as the need for student support intensifies, the financial resources available to provide it are shrinking.

Academic support

Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest) worked to improve retention rates, it recognized that faculty and staff needed a centralized location to communicate and access student data easily. Their data-driven student support ecosystem has led to significant improvements in retention, with a 16% increase from 2012 to 2022.

Advising

Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

In response, they implemented several targeted strategies: Weekly instructor check-ins to align on content and assignments APA and writing workshops for students enrolled in ENGL 1301 Academic support referrals to help students build foundational skills These efforts led to a notable result: persistence rose from 59% to 70% in a single term.

Scheduling

Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

But even the most capable students can struggle if they don’t have access to basic resources like quiet study spaces, reliable Wi-Fi, group meeting areas, and academic support services. With course-level insights , institutions can identify where students are struggling and identify the right academic support.

Success

Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

assistant vice president for retention at Emory & Henry University, weighed in on what colleges and universities can do to help support underrepresented student groups to ensure they receive the care and support they need to succeed. Increase representation in support resources Representation matters. Proffitt, M.A.,

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

Student Success - Sessions address retention strategies, academic support systems, and innovative approaches to ensuring students graduate prepared for 21st-century careers.

Literacy

Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube In this episode, Dr. John Rindy covers a lot of ground when discussing proactive academic support. 22:00] – People are interested in retention but truly don’t understand their role regarding retention. [24:17] It’s provoking action. [20:40]

Academic support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Matos Rodríguez Corequisite courses give students academic support to help them succeed; count toward degree requirements; and, unlike non-credit bearing remedial courses, count for academic credits. Dr. Félix V. And these students had to pay tuition and use federal and state financial aid for such courses.

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“The resource centers serve as one-stops with many tailored supports that can help male students of color find a sense of purpose because it typically will include things like mentorship, academic support, career exploration, leadership development opportunities, and peer support networks,” says Jez.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. She asked many questions, which he gladly answered.

Success

Knack

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Scaling academic support in colleges of business is a powerful strategy that not only enhances student retention and persistence to graduation but also fosters job creation for students.

Tutoring

Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Data-Activated Strategic Decision-Making and Planning as the first step in a responsive process that improves student retention and completion in a way that supports financial health. However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The PISTE Fencing Academy fosters the aspiration to academic excellence, which includes providing academic tutoring to participants. The academy has partnered with the Stuyvesant High School Honors Society — Stuyvesant is a highly selective public high school — and other outlets to provide academic support and mentoring.

Scholarship

Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To achieve its goal of an unwavering focus on success for all students, SRU needed a deeper knowledge of the challenges students face and a better understanding of which initiatives best support them.

Student success

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps. percentage point lift in first-year retention from 2012 to 2020 and even stronger gains for second and third-year retention A 7.7

Student success

Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2012, I had the opportunity to move into a newly created role serving as the Director of University Retention Programs, where I worked with the University President on institutional strategies related to student success and retention. There is a national focus on the value of higher education, including cost and outcomes.

Student success

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

You're approaching it from other areas, from, 'Hey, we're here for academic support, but we're talking to you in high-stress moments.' And these things will typically occur during midterms and finals, during the start of a semester when there's transitions happening. We escalate this to advisors.

Communication

Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.

Curriculum

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Creating a comprehensive inventory goes beyond traditional academic support like tutoring and advising and requires engaging with all campus departments to uncover less obvious resources and events that also have a strong influence on student persistence. Leaders need to take action to see the desired outcomes.

Advising

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This trend will shape the composition of the students you serve while dictating the importance of retention to maintain enrollment. Academic support: Preparing for the increase in demand for math tutoring and academic support later in the decade.

Student success

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This trend will shape the composition of the students you serve while dictating the importance of retention to maintain enrollment. Academic support: Preparing for the increase in demand for math tutoring and academic support later in the decade.

Student success

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Here are five speculations, although this is not a comprehensive list: Retention will likely be put under considerable pressure. It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant.

Student success

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Here are five speculations, although this is not a comprehensive list: Retention will likely be put under considerable pressure. It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant.

Student success

Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To achieve its goal of an unwavering focus on success for all students, SRU needed a deeper knowledge of the challenges students face and a better understanding of which initiatives best support them.

University

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 21, 2024

year initiative provides financial and academic support for students retaking high-priority courses in which they were previously unsuccessful. In addition to improving the success rates of students, retention was also very high (just over 85%) for students retained in the fall after completing their summer Accelerator course.

Student success

EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Use this diagnostic to assess your students' experience with onboarding, academic support, and more. 5 ways community college presidents are supporting Black and Latino male student retention. Are you offering a modern student experience? Get the diagnostic. Continue reading. November 30, 2022. September 14, 2022.

Community college

Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a result of participating in the program, students reported an overall decrease in concern in areas including attendance of online lectures, comprehending course material, and accessing both student and academic support.

Student affairs

EAB

APRIL 4, 2023

And what that does mean though is that if they weren't a major on the undergrad level in business, they may need some help, some prerequisite courses, some academic support, academic preparation to actually move into these specialized fields. And then also I think data analytics. DK: Understood.

Application

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

We’re not afraid to specifically address Black male student-athlete achievement,” said Harris, who oversees all student-athlete academic support services and is also an athletics diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) designee, which involves overseeing the athletics department’s DEI initiatives. “We Even the team’s chaplain, Fr.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. & Alexander, L.D.

Advising

EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Improving retention of undecided freshman & sophomore football players A private university in the Midwest used Navigate’s Population Health Dashboard to narrow its focus to the 2022 Spring Freshmen and Sophomore students classified as undecided and playing on the football team. Articulate objectives for the short-term (e.g.,

Advising

COE

JULY 17, 2023

Brown’s extensive experience in higher education spans more than two decades, during which he served in various roles, including associate dean for student development and achievement, first-year experience instructor, director of the Academic Success Center and TRIO Student Support Services, and chair of retention and completion committees.

Education