Improving student success requires each of us to change in ways that are difficult. One example is the need to encourage most students to take 14-16 credit hours per semester, and complete 30 credits by the end of their first year. As the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, I’ve had the privilege to speak with …
The United States graduation rate is at an all-time high, with 82.3% of high school seniors graduating last year. At this point, it is not inconceivable that we could achieve a long-standing national goal of having a 90% graduation rate by 2020. But despite the good news, a 2016 report by Civic Enterprises and the …
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is more students are receiving a high school diploma than ever before in American history. In the 2013-2014 school year (the most recent year for which data is available) the high school graduation rate hit a record high — 82%! And not only have graduation …
This article describes surprisingly effective interventions that improve college success rates for low SES/SAT students. Let’s hope they can be broadly replicated. NYTimes: … Laude was hopeful that the small classes would make a difference, but he recognized that small classes alone wouldn’t overcome that 200-point SAT gap. “We weren’t naïve enough to think they …