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This report’s action agenda calls on higher education leaders and policy leaders to make civic learning and democracy engagement part of all students’ degree requirements. It also broadens the meanings of “student success” to include students’ gains in civic purpose, bridge-building across difference, and career-related work on public good issues and problem-solving.  

Engagement Insights highlights institutional stories and research to guide improvement of undergraduate education.

The pandemic has challenged a number of stubborn assumptions about higher education—i.e. that change is slow, that faculty can’t adapt, that student learning can be neatly separated from students’ everyday lives, or that all students have the same opportunities to succeed. This report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities paints a picture of…

Public two-year colleges serve as an important access point for two out of every five students enrolled in postsecondary education. However, only 40 percent of community college students earn a postsecondary credential of any kind within six years, limiting their opportunities for advancement.1 Hoping to increase student retention and success, many colleges are developing and…

This report examines the relationship between students’ participation in high-impact practices (HIP) and their perceived learning gains, with special attention paid to the nature of these relationships among Black and Hispanic students and among students 25 years or older. In 2018, with support from Lumina Foundation, the National Association of System Heads (NASH) launched an…

Students who participate in certain “high-impact practices” are much more likely to succeed academically and complete community college, says this report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement.