04Oct

Please Mind the Student Trust Gap

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All students should have access to high-quality educational pathways they want and deserve. But do they trust the system to provide it? There is strong evidence to the contrary. According to a recent survey[1] that measured public trust in the top 135 doctoral research universities, about 35 percent of adult members of Generation Z said they tended not […]

19Sep

A Framework for Strengthening Student Voice and Engagement

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Who has better insight into what new majority learners need and seek from higher education institutions to thrive than students themselves? Today’s majority learners bring a diverse and different array of experiences, needs, and ambitions. However, in many regards, the system of higher education is not designed to holistically support these learners due to deeply […]

27Mar

Capturing the educational experiences of young men of color

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What are the educational experiences of young men of color? As a component of the College Board’s The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color Initiative, the experiences of 92 African American, Asian American/ Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students from 39 institutions across the country were explored to learn how they get ready, get in […]

27Mar

Intentional service experience for adult learners

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What does an intentional service experience for adult learners look like? Kinetic Seeds was selected as a winner of the Lumina Foundation/Innocentive Innovation Challenge for scaling and sustaining adult learning. Our solution shifts the center of adult learner gravity away from a set of traditional and grossly disconnected student service offerings and employer workforce development programs toward […]