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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Given the extensive barriers individuals with criminal convictions face accessing employment, these policy interventions increase the likelihood of positive workforce placement upon completion of a degree. Simply put, institutions should develop programs for incarcerated students that are broadly applicable and assist in job placement.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

We already see concerning early signals around student mental health and math preparation. Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours. The 30 Priorities This feels like a tough road ahead, and it is.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

Focused on Mental Health While student mental health concerns have been growing for years, they have been significantly exacerbated by the stressors of the pandemic. Mental health concerns now beat academic and financial concerns in drivers of why students are considering leaving college.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

We already see concerning early signals around student mental health and math preparation. Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours. The 30 Priorities This feels like a tough road ahead, and it is.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

High school grades are no longer as reliable, standardized test scores became optional for admissions, and placement tests were often abandoned or replaced with alternatives. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.” Traditional placement tests are clunky and high-stakes.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

High school grades are no longer as reliable, standardized test scores became optional for admissions, and placement tests were often abandoned or replaced with alternatives. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.” Traditional placement tests are clunky and high-stakes.

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising. On May 26, 2022, in connection with a panel discussion about the future of academic advising , we were honored to speak with Arne Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary Duncan suggests that we in higher ed need to focus on evolving how we advise students. "We Secretary of Education.