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Back on Track: Helping Students Recover From COVID-19 Learning Disruption
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from COVID-19
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College Leadership in an Era of Unpredictability
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Taking Colleges Online: How Smart Institutions and Their Leaders Can Approach Online Education Now and in a Postcoronavirus World
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Careers in a Changing Era: How Higher Ed Can Fight the Skills Gap and Prepare Students for a Dynamic World of Work
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Success at Scale: Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Underserved Students
Deep insight into the strategies community colleges and regional public universities are employing to improve student outcomes as well as the considerable work and resources that are needed to bring these policies to bear.
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Large majorities express optimism about their financial situations even as enrollments and revenues decline, federal recovery aid wanes, and inflation looms.
They express pride in the academic health of their institutions but are open to changes on tenure. On mental health on campus, they are aware of the problem but vary on solutions.
Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey finds them recognizing that higher education is in flux but disinclined to pursue some key changes. Most are optimistic about their finances and think race relations on their campus are good.
In a chaotic year, 32 percent had filled classes by May 1, campus closures hurt recruitment efforts, minority students top recruitment targets and admissions officers like test-optional admissions.
Campus business officers say their institutions are healthier now than before the pandemic -- and they don’t foresee the reckoning some observers do when federal recovery money ebbs, annual Inside Higher Ed survey finds.
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"Preparing Professors for a More Digital World" is Inside Higher Ed's new print-on-demand collection of articles. A copy of this booklet can be downloaded free here.
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"Educating and Supporting the Whole Student" is a new print-on-demand booklet from Inside Higher Ed.
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"Revamping Curriculum Management: Optimizing Academic Operations" is a new print-on-demand booklet from Inside Higher Ed. You may download the free compilation of news articles and essays here.
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"Recruiting International Students in a New Era" is a new print-on-demand editorial compilation from Inside Higher Ed. The free collection of news articles and essays is available for download here.
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"Using Data to Drive Student Success" is a new print-on-demand editorial compilation from Inside Higher Ed. The free collection of news articles and essays is available for download here.
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"Student Success for Everyone: Serving the Underserved" is a new free compilation of articles and essays from Inside Higher Ed. You may download the print-on-demand booklet here.
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