Inside Higher Ed’s recent survey of university and college student success administrators found that they are confident in the quality of education their institution provides and say their college is effective in making student success an institutional priority. Our respondents’ optimism about student success initiatives reflects other encouraging trends in the sector, including data showing improvements in national persistence and retention rates.
There are, however, still many areas where administrators say their institution can improve, with greater effort among faculty being the most common desired action.
A new episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, features Colleen Flaherty, special content editor at Inside Higher Ed, discussing the results of the student success administrators’ survey and how they compare with what students have told us in other polls.
Trey Conatser,assistant provost for teaching and learning at the University of Kentucky and director of UK’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, also shares his experience of helping faculty align developing students’ career skills with teaching and learning through curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and language.
Listen to this episode of The Key here, and click here to find out more about The Key.
