Inside Higher Ed

Opinion | The View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed Actually Requires Leaning into competency-based education is one answer. By Raymond J. Rice: https://bit.ly/4pt3hIC

Student Success | How 4 Colleges Are Expanding Student Success From academic interventions to childcare and basic needs support, institutions are stepping up efforts to help students persist. https://bit.ly/4b1Oi2d

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Column | Conventions on Campuses? A reader responds with a great idea. By Matt Reed: https://bit.ly/4wSugQk

An Agency That Supports Health-Care Improvement Cuts Off Grant Funding The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sent researchers letters this week saying they wouldn’t receive long-awaited funding continuations. The agency cited the “best interest of the federal government.” https://bit.ly/4w91kmW

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My latest for Inside Higher Ed: As student demographics and needs continue to evolve, colleges are realizing that supporting success extends well beyond tutoring and advising. Institutions are investing in a wide range of supports, from mandatory academic interventions to free childcare and basic needs services. While each of the four campuses showcased has taken a different approach, they share a common belief: that helping students graduate often means removing barriers that exist outside the classroom. This story brings together several strands of my recent reporting on how institutions are expanding support to help students persist—from Ferrum College's mandatory academic intervention program and LaGuardia Community College's free summer child care to Stony Brook University's basic-needs pantry and Coppin State University's efforts to reduce nontuition expenses by lowering meal plan costs for students who live on campus. #StudentSuccess #CollegeCompletion #StudentSupport #CollegeAccess https://lnkd.in/exxT_axn

SJSU Grad Student Arrested for ‘Hateful and Threatening’ Campus Graffiti https://bit.ly/4fmZpUG

Today’s students have more options for reaching their educational and career goals than ever before. As institutions compete for enrollment, the ability to communicate value through authentic, student-centered storytelling has become essential. Explore how institutions are rewriting the student recruitment playbook and using storytelling to connect with the next generation of learners: https://bit.ly/4wOiHtj #sponsored by AccessU

Rise of Chinese Social Media Sleuth ‘Exposes Research Failures’ Content creator who helped oust top Chinese academics after accusing them of fabricating data promises to strike again. Read the latest from Times Higher Education ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ptk26o