Knack

APRIL 25, 2025

Tutoring has long been recognized as a valuable form of academic supportbut its full impact often goes unmeasured. When campuses start collecting and analyzing data about their tutoring programs, they gain more than just statistics.

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Knack

JANUARY 24, 2025

As colleges and universities strive to enhance student success, one key strategy is increasing access to academic support services. However, even the most effective resources can go underutilized if they aren't convenient or accessible for students.

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Good Tutors Finder

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

How a Tutor Can Help a Student With Dyslexia: Empowering Success Through Specialized Support Dyslexia affects millions of students worldwide, influencing how they process language and making tasks such as reading, spelling, and writing more challenging. Fortunately, personalized tutoring offers an effective means of support.

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Knack

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Thats why Temple Universitys Fox School of Business has made it a priority to ensure all students have access to the support they need to succeed. A key part of that effort has been its partnership with Knack , a peer tutoring platform that connects students with fellow classmates who have already mastered the material.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. We learned that tutoring was immensely effective for males and African American students, in particular.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, the cost of tuition can be a barrier for families considering private school options, limiting access to these institutions. To address this challenge, private K-12 schools can proactively implement strategies to ensure equitable access to financial aid. Key Strategies for Equitable Access and Promoting Diversity 1.

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Knack

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A conversation with Dawna Perez, Executive Director of Student Success, and Kate Ziemer, Senior Vice Provost of Academic Affairs, highlighted the impact of Knacks peer tutoring platform on scaling tutoring services and improving student access across the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. This recognition] means a lot.” WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

These disparities are not just a matter of personal hardship but are indicative of systemic issues that need addressing to ensure equitable access to education for all. Strengthening community-based programs that proved mentoring, tutoring, and college preparatory resources can help African American men succeed academically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In addition to this new course, Wentworth continues to provide tutoring and assistance for students struggling with their work, and this course will be no exception, Sontgerath said. This requirement change-up is a move towards increasing accessibility at Wentworth, Sontgerath said.

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Knack

JULY 9, 2024

At Knack, we understand the importance of accessing and analyzing tutoring activity data to enhance academic support services. To facilitate this, partner institutions can now enable the generation and delivery of comprehensive CSV files containing all tutoring activity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. Lower-income and minoritized students are also more likely to have spotty internet access, she added.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities. years at St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Bridging the gap in access to digital tools, skills training, and a cutting-edge curriculum is essential for empowering underrepresented groups to participate in the tech landscape. Collaborative efforts could include tutoring programs, curriculum development, and targeted interventions designed to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

At the country day school, in addition to school resources students’ parents would utilize private tutors and other outside support services. Those students also had access to test preparation for ACT and SAT examinations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Maybe the student has come from an area with less access to resources and didn’t learn the same material as everyone else, so they aren’t as prepared and feel it every day. Or, it could be having them go into their community to tutor some high school kids to increase their verbal communication and leadership skills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To understand how to ensure better access and promote positive outcomes for all students in dual enrollment programs, community colleges need to understand the dual enrollment experience from the perspective of students themselves. . … I knew what my homework was going to be like in the future.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Cecilia Marshall From 24/7 chatbots to personalized tutoring, AI can provide resources for students and educators. “We constantly are thinking [about how] if we don't provide a resource or support at this point, our HBCUs might be left behind in the dialogue.”

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Knack

DECEMBER 6, 2024

While strides have been made to increase access and inclusion, persistent gaps in achievement and retention continue to disproportionately affect students from underserved backgrounds. Equity in education remains one of the most pressing challenges in higher education. One of the most impactful tools in this effort is academic support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Efforts implemented by awarded institutions in prior years have included services such as counseling, tutoring, childcare, community-building activities, targeted outreach, financial assistance, technology provision, and transportation. “By

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Students will have to “opt-out” of wrap-around services instead of “opting-in,” an approach that will make all the difference, said Dr. Jhenai Chandler, director of college completion at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). “We We want to make sure all students do well,” said Chandler. Photo credit: Jessica Douglas, OMD.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Reducing the financial barriers to access doesn’t necessarily reduce the financial barriers to success,” said Dr. W. Even when you have access equalized, there are still so many other advantages in the schooling process than can build up and propel white students further than Black and Latino students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Students experiencing basic needs insecurity are struggling to access reliable housing, nutritious food, or both. We talk about academic problems all the time—we advertise our tutoring programs—now we have to make basic needs as much as issue that needs attending to, that universities and colleges have the resources for.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Working behind the scenes are tutors who help students access their class, stay focused, and execute assignments. Students are not allowed to turn on their cameras, Slade said, but they are able to use the chat box and microphones to ask and answer questions. It’s a group effort,” said Slade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Northeast College’s College Access Scholarship and Renton Technical College’s McCarthy Bridge Grant program are two examples. The school also bolstered the ways it helps students with health and wellness, including the creation of a farmer’s market where students can access fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Knack

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

By integrating Knack into their support ecosystems, theyve expanded access to tutoring while empowering students to learn from one another in meaningful ways. With strong campus communities and a focus on personalized support, these institutions have embraced peer learning as a powerful way to enhance academic success and connection.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. “For a lot of them, it comes down to a sense of community.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If a student is not meeting certain milestones, someone from Mfume’s office will reach out to the student and help arrange tutoring or other services. Access will continue to be our trademark.” “We monitor and follow up with all of those faculty alerts.” with some college and no degree. million of the $15.1

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Knack

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Since launching our partnership in Fall 2024, VSU has made tutoring more accessible than eversupporting all students in all courses. In just one semester, the impact has been remarkable, with over 1,000 student contact hours and 57% of students engaging with tutoring for the first time through Knack.

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Knack

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Knacks partnerships with some of the largest colleges and universities in the country ensure that students in every courseacross disciplines and class yearshave access to high-quality peer learning.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To encourage these students to apply for financial aid, it’s crucial to provide clear and accessible information. By creating a simplified application with flexible deadlines and clear instructions, schools make the process more accessible and user-friendly for transfer students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Those barriers lead to a lack of access to quality education for our minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.” It sponsored a cohort of faculty to participate in an ESCALA program with an eye toward closing the gap in educational access and success for Latinx students.

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Tutor Ocean Corp

MAY 11, 2022

TutorOcean updates its mobile tutoring app, making it even easier for learners and tutors to connect. By leveraging the TutorOcean companion app , students are able to find, connect and communicate with tutors on the go. The pandemic has shifted how students and tutors want to connect. About TutorOcean.

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Good Tutors Finder

AUGUST 21, 2024

Preparing for Success: How to Start the New Academic Year at an International School with a Private Tutor As the start of a new academic year approaches, students and parents feel anticipation and anxiety. One highly effective strategy is to begin the academic year with the support of a private tutor.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The barriersranging from cultural stigma and financial constraints to limited access to tailored supportare significant and deeply rooted. Unclear systems: Overlapping or confusing systems for accessing resources can deter already overwhelmed students. Simplifying access and offering proactive guidance can make a huge difference.

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