Student Success

An endowed gift allows Centre College to offer additional scholarship funding for first-generation, low-income students to participate in study abroad, underpaid internships or other experiential learning opportunities.

A study from Florida International University’s STEM Transformation Institute finds that using a new calculus curriculum rooted in active learning boosts student knowledge—and grades.

A data collaborative at Belmont University seeks to empower all campus community members, including students, to utilize and strategize with data, as well as create a larger impact on the surrounding Nashville community.

Students who have active learning opportunities, receive frequent and intentional academic advising, and utilize support services are more likely to feel they belong at their college or university, according to new research from Tyton Partners. Here’s what campus leaders can do.

Professors can collect student feedback throughout the term with short “exit ticket” assignments to conclude a class period.

Wheaton College will offer study abroad experiences for travel-inclined students in their first year at the college. College leaders hope the international education experience improves participants’ college experience over all.

Ohio State professors use superheroes to make human anatomy courses more interesting to students, increasing their motivation and understanding of the material.

To promote student participation, higher education practitioners can encourage well-organized student programming groups to carry on traditions and maintain a defined mission.