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Germany, known for sorting kids into college and vocational tracks, takes a more flexible approach

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Credit: Patricia Kühfuss for The Hechinger Report Neriman is taking part in Kein Abschluss ohne Anschluss (KAoA) — or “no graduation without connection” — a program that has been rolled out across the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to help students better plan for their futures.

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Getting More Students Through — Not Just To — College

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percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. The national six-year college completion rate was 60.1

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To Retain College Students, Look to Academic Support and Campus Activities, New Report Finds

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A new report on the effects college programs have on student retention attempts to answer that question. For its new report, Civitas dug into the data it helps colleges collect on students’ daily activities to figure out which programs most correlate with better retention from year to year.

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Ohio import of NYC community college program passed rigorous 3-year test

The Hechinger Report

Students were required to attend college full time, participate in a first-year seminar and meet frequently with an adviser. Meanwhile, CUNY has cut some costs from its $14,000 program by eliminating the first-year seminar and has expanded it to 25,000 students. There were substantial differences between the New York and Ohio students.

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In Coastal Alaska, 2 Visions for the Future of Higher Education

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The move to remote instruction — long before that model caught on in higher ed more broadly — came about as the institution searched for a way to stay relevant and accessible to more students given its geographic isolation, Kraft explains. So far, Outer Coast reports it has raised more than $3 million from individuals and foundations.

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Webinar: "Collection Protection" | Year-End All-Access Webinar Pass Special

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: How and why security is all about awareness, vigilance, and access control. DATE: Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time COST: $99 /person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and to receive a participation certificate. ALL-ACCESS WEBINAR PASSES Library 2.0

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Is technology outpacing you?

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What technology does, and does quite well, is make learning materials more accessible, more equitable, more up to date, and better suited to individuals. If you were in a seminar, it would include the people on both sides of you and in front and back. ” — RAND Education. You’re not alone. Those are big numbers.