From Setback to Success: APLU’s “Turning Points”
Imagine this scenario at a hypothetical university: it’s the early 2000s, and online learning is an emerging concept growing in...
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Aug 19, 2016
5 Things Universities Can Do to Engage Faculty in Student Success
As the summer draws to a close, you and your colleagues may be contemplating how you will achieve your goals for the upcoming academic...
Aug 5, 2016
Urban Universities Excel at Improving Student Retention and Degree Completion
Image Credit: John Walker The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named four urban-serving institutions as finalists...
Jul 15, 2016
No Small Change: How Financial Indicators Impact Student Success
What are the biggest risk factors for students dropping out? And what can institutions do to keep students on track? To find out, five...
Jun 9, 2016
Revolutionizing the Role of the University: Collaboration to Advance Innovation in Higher Education
Key Lessons The change process is: Student-centered Collaborative, both across campus and between campus and community Enbedded in the...
Mar 29, 2016
Georgia State University’s Dollars & Sense Retention Efforts
Georgia State University (GSU) is taking a leading role in response to dramatic demographic shifts in the Southeast United States....
Mar 24, 2016
The Transition Coaching Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago Transitioning from high school to college is rarely seamless. Many students...
Mar 15, 2016
Siri, Help Advise Portland State University’s Students
Sona Andrews, Provost, Portland State University, winner of the 2015 innovation pitch competition. Photo Courtesy of APLU When Portland...
Mar 4, 2016
Florida International University’s High Tech Fix for Gateway Courses
Florida international University (FIU) knew it had a teaching problem. It even had a solution. Bringing the two together was the...
Mar 1, 2016
Building Fresno State’s K-16 Pipeline
A picture is worth a thousand words. This one has 1,002. A bright-eyed Latina stands radiant in graduation cap and gown, her arms raised...
Feb 11, 2016
Urban Serving Universities Collaborate to Transform Higher Education, Strengthen Cities
Portland State University Life Sciences Building In 2014 a cohort of seven public urban research institutions embarked on a bold journey...
Feb 2, 2016
Small Grants Produce Big Results to Push Students Across the College Finish Line
Photo credit: Georgia State University Nearly everyone has had, or will have, an unexpected financial need. The car breaks down. A child...
Dec 14, 2015
Educators Are Pitch Perfect in $165,000 Advising Innovation Competition
L-R: Peter Meiksins, Isis Artze-Vega, Melissa Welker, Sona Andrews, Jacqueline Smith, Alan Houston. Photo Courtesy of APLU. Maybe you...
Dec 1, 2015
Can Personalized Learning Transform the Student Experience?
Meaghan Duff, Executive Director, Personalized Learning Consortium Is personalized learning the answer to helping your campus reach,...
Nov 12, 2015
Pitch Competition to Award $160,000 to Fund Student Success Innovations
Photo Credit: University of New Mexico Campus leaders are used to seeking funds for new ideas. But venturing into a shark tank like...
Sep 28, 2015
Will this degree get me a job? Cleveland State’s Career Pathways Orientation
Photo Credit: University of Minnesota “Will this degree get me a job?” To help students, their families, faculty and employers see the...
Aug 12, 2015
Building Deep University-City Collaboration: Wayne State’s Warrior STEAM Saturdays
At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...
Aug 6, 2015
Deep Collaboration Between Campus and Community, Visually Depicted
At the USU Summer meeting, our speakers took a microscope to university-city partnerships and we used a graphic recorder to document...
May 20, 2015
Project Management to Support Student Success Innovations
When I think about innovation, it has a dynamic sound. Something in motion, letting our creativity take flight to create new ideas. ...
Mar 31, 2015
Recruitment in the 21st Century: University of Cincinnati harnesses social media to create pathways
“I know I’m supposed to go to college after high school, but is it really worth it?” This question, asked by high school student Patience...
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