Month: March 2016

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Georgia State University’s Dollars & Sense Retention Efforts

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 Georgia State University (GSU) is taking a leading role in response to dramatic demographic shifts in the Southeast United States.  Located in downtown Atlanta, the university enrolls more African American, Latino, Asian American, first-generation and Pell Grant students than any other institution in the state of Georgia, says Timothy Renick, Vice Provost and Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success. Driven by a commitment to the success of its students in life, school, and career,  the university has seen its graduation rate increase by 22 percentage points over the past decade. Georgia State University’s progress has come from an innovative approach … Continue reading Georgia State University’s Dollars & Sense Retention Efforts

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The Transition Coaching Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago

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Transitioning from high school to college is rarely seamless.  Many students experience a great deal of anxiety related to financing their education, keeping up with college-level coursework, creating new support networks, and leaving the familiar behind. So when leaders at … Continue reading The Transition Coaching Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago

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Siri, Help Advise Portland State University’s Students

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  When Portland State University (PSU) Provost Sona Andrews proposed bringing Siri onto the PSU advising rolls she captured immediate attention. Academic advising in higher education is partly a numbers game, with a 2011 National Survey of Academic Advising by NACADA, the global organization for academic advising, finding the median case load for a full-time adviser to be 296 students.  The numbers have since risen. According to Apple, Siri fields one billion information requests a week, roughly 99,000 questions per minute.  Advising PSU students would be a breeze. With the futures of more than 23,000 undergraduates on their minds, leaders … Continue reading Siri, Help Advise Portland State University’s Students

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Florida International University’s High Tech Fix for Gateway Courses

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Florida international University (FIU) knew it had a teaching problem.  It even had a solution.  Bringing the two together was the dilemma.  That’s where UT3, University Transformation through Teaching, came into play. Supported by FIU’s Transformational Planning Grant (TPG) project, … Continue reading Florida International University’s High Tech Fix for Gateway Courses