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Collegiate Commentary: Five key insights to engage successfully in ‘Building communities’

Teaching Matters Academic Support

As Yuemiao Ma highlights in the thoughts for the future, these initiatives often need staff support in order to be sustained, and working together on them provides a great opportunity to build stronger student-staff relationships and studentsengagement with the institution.

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

Studying abroad has been shown to give students invaluable learning opportunities that aren’t available in a traditional classroom setting. The study also showed that student learning outcomes were unique compared to the classroom. Student engagement is important and helps build a community for travelers at the school.

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Looking back at the UC graduate worker strike (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The significant improvement in wages and benefits for teaching assistants, graduate student researchers and postdoctoral scholars are milestone changes, marking an important victory for organized labor. The faculty says we recognize our graduate students as early-career colleagues. 16, 2022.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton explores how higher ed leaders can follow these actionable steps with CEO Elliot Felix of Brightspot Strategy, a consultancy focusing on attracting and retaining students. But toward the end, I realized that this research and stakeholder engagements uncovered many problems and solutions. Tell us more.

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Collegiate Commentary: Five communities created by staff-student projects

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As universities are under an increasing level of regulation and accountability in relation to student success and retention, we see commitments towards partnership working as a form of best practice (see: Office for Students Student Engagement Strategy ). Dec 9, 2022

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

The importance of establishing early relationships with prospective students, engaging them, and getting them excited about the institution was highlighted as a key strategy in the admissions process. Crisis in Student Debt and Institutional Finance 2023 was marked by substantial financial challenges within higher education.