We can, and must, replicate the vibrancy of campus life – beyond bricks and mortar. That’s one of 27 points worth noting, highlights from a recent Chronicle of Higher Education issue.
Read MoreEven college students want to return to campus, to see their friends, interact with faculty, and pursue their futures. No offense to Zoom, but its centrality to education at the present time is growing old, and nearly a fifth of more challenged students have not had easy access to online learning and are surely falling further behind.
Read MoreHow can we help our teachers and support staff provide on-line, text, or dare I say, on-phone assistance to more challenged students who are less able to take full advantage of online platforms?
Read MoreEvery holiday break or summer for the last four years, I repeatedly was asked the same questions: How do you like college? Can you believe you are a [insert grade]? What do you want to do after graduation?
Read MoreThe degree to which college students are capable of successfully moving from matriculation to graduation, described as “retention” or “persistence,” should be a concern for all of us. Employers regularly complain that the skills needed for the workplace are lacking. Policy wonks lament the declining ratio of productive workers to retirees, now about three to one, down drastically from decades ago – an ominous threat to the solvency of the Social Security system, as well as the viability of the economy and the health care system.
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More College Graduates are Staying in Connecticut
By nearly every metric, student mental health is worsening.
The American Psychological Association examines what’s happening on campus…
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