All Hands on Deck: Partnering with Faculty to Redefine Excellence for Our Students and University
“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...
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May 26, 2017
Redesigning Advising? Online Course Provides Opportunity to Learn from Leading Colleges and Universi
This blog was originally published on the EDUCAUSE Review, Transforming Higher Ed blog on April 28, 2017 Last year, as program manager...
Feb 17, 2017
Breaking Ground: A Wellspring of Civic Energy
The influential 2012 report A Crucible Moment called on higher education to infuse support for civic learning and democratic engagement...
Feb 3, 2017
VCU Launches New University-Community Partnership: the MLK Jr Collaborative Intervention Project
Like many urban-serving institutions, Virginia Commonwealth University is located in a high-needs community where K-12 students struggle...
Jan 18, 2017
B-STAR: A Pathway to Success
Transitioning to college life can be a challenge, even for the most talented of students. The first few months are critical – students...
Dec 9, 2016
Building Shared Spaces for Shared Work
As author Rebecca Solnit once wrote, “In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built.” Urban-serving universities have...
Dec 2, 2016
Paving the Way for Student Veteran Success
In the military, everything is about being part of a team. You’re working with your fellow service members all day, every day, and you...
Nov 11, 2016
How IUPUI Achieved Excellence in Assessment
What does it take for an institution of higher education to be excellent in assessing student learning and using results to drive...
Oct 28, 2016
Small Changes, Big Results: How “Re-imagining the First Year” Is Changing the Way We View Student Su
The first year of college is a critical period that shapes students’ impressions of the university and their place in the campus...
Oct 6, 2015
Global Macrotrends Shaping Higher Education: The Economist Higher Education Forum
Change in higher education is the new normal. While we have spent a lot of time on this blog discussion innovations within the academy,...
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