Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the wake of the COVID pandemic, high school GPAs (HSGPA) are less likely to be clear indicators of first-year, postsecondary success. We believe in multiple measurements. A more holistic assessment of students, including the use of the ACT test score alongside HSGPA, acts as a better predictor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But even with ample warning, school closures have a steep impact on student success. Dr. Abiola Farinde-Wu, assistant professor of urban education, leadership, and policy studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Re-enrollment does not itself guarantee success.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Blogs Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s Students are no longer entering college with the same levels of academic preparation that we might have expected before the pandemic, one of the many ripple effects we face as a result of disruptions in high school learning.

Student success 52

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