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First-Generation Students
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Recruitment at Bay College starts early — very early. The community college, which serves 2,000 students across 15 counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, begins outreach in fifth grade. Students ...
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The University of California, Los Angeles, is expanding its age-friendly efforts with a task force and new website to support older adults and promote lifelong learning.
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The newly announced Khan TED Institute plans to soon offer an AI degree for under $10,000. But experts say proving the degree’s value to students, employers and accreditors will take time—if it ha...
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When colleges close, they leave sprawling facilities behind. Some are acquired by other colleges or converted into housing, K–12 schools or businesses. Others fall into disrepair.
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Join Dr. Enrique Morales-Diaz as he discusses how to meet the needs of differently prepared students post-COVID.
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A new survey finds that most students use AI to support learning—not to complete full assignments—but many worry about being wrongly accused of misuse.
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New Trevor Project survey finds that while LGBTQ+ young people still experience high levels of anxiety and depression, affirming schools and campuses can lower their risk of suicide.
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For decades, students transferring between colleges was a side road in American higher education. Today, it’s one of the system’s main highways. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center ...
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More leaders are considering mergers as a growth strategy. Two leaders who pulled them off share what nobody told them going in.
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We should answer.
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Institutions including the University of Virginia and the State University of New York are launching AI initiatives to prepare students for a changing early-career job market.
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The legislation would also slash funding for Work-Study and other programs, but wouldn’t implement President Trump’s call to cut the NIH.
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Higher Education Chancellor Sarah Armstrong Tucker asks for nearly $300,000 in additional funds.
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‘I don't want to sacrifice my family for my possible success’
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This brief examines first-generation students’ reasons for leaving school and the role their social networks played in informing their decision.
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UC Davis graduates attend one of the university’s spring commencement ceremonies at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Friday, June 12, 2026.
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In this week’s Voices of Student Success episode, The Rithm Project’s Alison Lee explores whether AI is filling critical gaps in student support—or deepening isolation on college campuses.
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New research from Trellis Strategies finds that most stopped-out students believe degrees pay off, but financial strain, life demands and weak institutional ties keep them from returning.