Academic Life

The Gardner Institute’s Courses and Curricula in Urban Ecosystems initiative works alongside institutions to improve success in general education courses.

The biggest takeaways from our Student Voice survey on academic life have implications for teaching practices, deadline flexibility, grading, advising and more.

Looking to incorporate more varied perspectives and voices into your course materials? Experts across fields offer tips for doing so.

Data usage is growing in student success work. As professionals look to track efficiency and outcomes of their efforts, a new report offers suggestions for creating measurement systems.

A recently launched Student Success Hub at Western Michigan University gives students access to their support team and advisers with a click of a button.

A new group connects professors and higher education professionals in search of actionable ways to create relationships with students and improve feedback in courses.

The University of Arkansas’ student success center established an advisory board that draws feedback from student workers in the departments housed within the center.

Here are a few easy-to-implement ideas from readers that can promote student success.